Tulipa, 'Blumex Parrot'
The Shirley Sherwood Collection
Watercolour on Kelmscott Vellum 41.4 x 54.7 cms (framed)
'Tulipa' Jonathan Cooper Gallery London
IN BLOOM - HOW PLANTS CHANGED OUR WORLD - ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM - OXFORD
19 March-16 August 2026
Press Release.
"How much do we really know about the plants and flowers in our gardens and vases? Beyond their beauty, many have surprising stories of exploration, exchange, and discovery. In Bloom takes visitors from Oxford across the world and back, tracing the journeys that some of Britain’s most familiar blooms travelled to get here........
......This legacy remains visible in the work of some of the most celebrated modern botanical artists - Rory McEwen, Pandora Sellars and Fiona Strickland - whose exceptional works are also on view."
"I always remember where I place my first tentative brushstroke. I doubt that will ever change, or that I will stop painting tulips. My forensic observation of them at a vital moment becomes utterly absorbing, taking me beyond their historical, horticultural, or botanical significance into an inexplicable connection that compels me to paint."