Christina
Brodie's
Art
This site features art and illustrations from longstanding author, artist and illustrator Christina Brodie.
The work on this site is focused on botany, natural history, landscapes and the built environment.
​Some work is new, for 2025. Also included are award-winning botanical studies and other work of Christina's, which has never been in the public domain.
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Christina is a versatile artist with a keen eye for aesthetics. She is capable of working across a range of media, and enjoys travelling and recording the world around her - whether through a simple sketch, or beautifully detailed drawing. Always inquisitive, she never ceases to be open to possibilities!
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Black Backgrounds
Project type
Paintings
Date
2000-2004
Location
West Somerset, UK
I have always had a heart for black backgrounds, and traditionalist, 19th-century depictions of the plant and animal world in the manner of Ernst Haeckel.
I've deliberately included a painting of a horsetail which I didn't manage to finish and which didn't make it into the book Drawing and Painting Plants. I think I ran out of steam before the end, but I rather enjoy including such work as it shows my work-in-progress!
