The Traveller
Media Type
Multidisciplinary Ethnobotanical Artist, including Watercolour, Drawing and Photography
A Multidisciplinary, Ethnobotanical Artist, inspired by the relationships between people and plants producing work with many layered considerations and narratives. Predominantly Watercolour, Drawing and Photography.
Biography/Details

A multidisciplinary artist Julia is passionate about the relationships between plants and people.

Her Art Practice is informed by her former work as a Horticulturalist in therapeutic organic/biodynamic Community Gardens and City Farms.

Julia has an active interest in ethnobotanical investigation producing work with many layered considerations and narratives whether environmental, spiritual, symbolic, or cultural. Inspired by the historical and contemporary traditions of Botanical Art and their re-configurations within contemporary art practice.

Julia exhibits widely and was awarded a Silver Gilt medal in 2022 for her ‘Seeds of Hope’ paintings at the prestigious RHS Botanical Art Show, Saatchi Gallery, London.

Julia is a member of the Iceni Botanical Artists Society, the East Anglian artists group – Artworks, and is a former member of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium and the Bedgebury Pinetum Florilegium.

June 2025 Opening Dates
14/15 June 2025
Studio Address
26 Majors Close
Chedburgh
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Postcode
IP294UN
Wheelchair Access?
No
Visit by Appointment at Other Times?
Yes
Social Media Sharing
Yes
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  • Sunflower seed head
  • Dreaming
  • Like a Prayer - Invocation
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  • The Imaginal Rose
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