CHRISTOPHER RYLAND

Christopher Ryland graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1972. He has specialised in botanical painting since the early 1980s and has been a member of the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) since 1995. The SBA’s annual exhibition, Plantae, runs from 2-7 June at the Mall Galleries in London.

Christopher has held several solo exhibitions in London and East Anglia, most recently at Ipswich’s John Russell Gallery in 2017. His paintings have been featured in many publications and won several awards, including the President’s Award at the SBA’s annual exhibition in 2001 and the St. Cuthbert’s Mill Award in 2007. He also teaches art courses from his studio in Sudbury, Suffolk.

ADDING VARIETY

Flowers are a marvellous feature of the natural world, always surprising, so when you are painting them, they need to be treated and shown in a natural way.