Artistic Approach:

I am a contemporary botanical artist based in Mount Eden.  As both gardener and painter, I am driven by an obsession with the natural world around me, and by my delight in the freshness and luminosity of the watercolour medium on beautiful paper.  My object is to connect the viewer to the beauty to be found in close observation of my plant subject, be it humble or magnificent. I challenge myself to capture the spirit of each plant with both accuracy and spontaneity and to reveal a new or previously unconsidered perspective.

Prints and cards of my work are available at https://jenniferduval-smith.com/

Affiliations:

Member: BASNZ - Botanical Art Society of New Zealand
Member: Friends of Auckland Botanic Gardens Painting Group

Education:

Exhibitions:

2021

May - ‘For the Love of Botanical’ - Space Studio Gallery, Wanganui2020

August - 'A Big Show of Little Botanical Works 2020' - Annual exhibition BASNZ members, Auckland Botanic Gardens
May - 'Creativity Unlocked' - Group exhibition, Auckland Botanic Gardens

2019

October - 'BOTANICA 2019' - Annual exhibition BASNZ members, Chamber Gallery, Rangiora Library, Christchurch
August - 'In Memory of Banks and Solander' - Group exhibition, Auckland Botanic Gardens

2018

March - ‘Botanical Art Worldwide - Nga Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora’, Auckland Botanical Gardens, Wellington Botanic Gardens and Millennium Public Gallery, Blenheim
March - 'BOTANICA 2018', Annual exhibition BASNZ members, Akaroa Art Gallery, Christchurch