Sandra Doyle
Illustrating the Natural World
Giclée prints are available of the following paintings. Please contact me for details.
The Great Vine, Vitis vinifera 'Schiava Grossa' syn Black Hamburg grows at Hampton Court Palace. This 250 year old grape vine was planted for King George lll, under the direction of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1768. Watercolour & Ink 31cm x 45.5cm.
'In the Shade of the Hippocrates Tree' Platanus orientalis var. insularis. This tree grows in the garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London & is commemorative of Hippocrates - the Father of Medicine, who taught medical students under a plane tree on the Greek island of Cos. Watercolour & Coloured Pencil, 44cm x 63cm.
'Kew's Oldest Tree'. This Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa, is thought to have been planted in 1695, before the Gardens were set up. Watercolour & Ink on Natural Vellum, 12.5cm x 19cm.
Cardinal Pole's White Fig, Ficus carica
White Marseilles' Watercolour on
Kelmscott Vellum, 24cm x 31cm.
This tree was originally brought to
Lambeth Palace by the last
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury,
Cardinal Reginald Pole in 1556.
'Fading Away' This illustration of a
500 yr old lapsed pollard beech in
Epping Forest was part of ''ReflectionS',
no plants no planet', an Association of
Botanical Artists exhibition inspired by
the COP26 conference, Glasgow in 2021.
Acrylic Ink & Coloured Pencil on
Paper, 36cm x 58cm.
European Spindle, Euonymus
europeus. Acrylic Ink on Paper,
27.5cm x 37.5cm.
This painting was part of the
Association of British Botanical
Artists 'Botanical Art Worldwide'
Exhibition in 2018.
Handkerchief Tree,
Davidia involucrata. This painting was
part of an international exhibition to
celebrate the native flora of China in
the Wuhan Botanical Gardens in 2020.
Watercolour & Acrylic Ink on Vellum,
15cm x 20cm.
'Achilles at Four Months'. Achilles was
born at London Zoo in 2016, where
Sandra is a volunteer.
In 2018 he was relocated to Howletts
Wild Animal Park, where he now lives as
part of a breeding programme designed to
save the critically endangered
Sumatran Tiger. Coloured Pencil &
Acrylic Ink on Paper, 50cm x 68cm.
A5 Greetings Card also available.
Sarve-e Abarkuh, the 4000 yr old
Cupressus sempervirens var. Horizontalis,
from Yazd Province Iran. Acryic Ink &
Coloured Pencil on Paper, 31cm x 40cm.
Wren on Holly. Watercolour on
Vellum, 12cm x 17cm.
Original also available.
'Meadow Fairy Longhorn' Part of
'The Natural Eye 2020' Wildlife Artists
Exhibition in the Mall Galleries, this
painting was done during the first UK
lockdown while observing the natural
world within the confines of Sandra's
garden. Watercolour & Acrylic Ink,
30cm x 42cm.
Original also available.