Ann Swan

Ann trained as a textile designer, and began by painting large abstracts in oils! After an illness in 1988, she started pencil drawing, and a career in Botanical art. As colour proved more popular than pure graphite work, she experimented with many media unsuccessfully before hitting on coloured pencils.In 1994 she had an exhibition with two other artists at Kew Gardens, and this was a great success. Her work has been exhibited in the Hunt Institute of Botanical Illustration in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and is in many private collections, including that of Dr Shirley Sherwood. She has now gained four Gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society.

She has a collection of limited edition prints, and sells these from her site by mail order - www.annswan.co.uk - as well as at Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows. She teaches at various venues around the country including the RHS Gardens at Wisley, Cambridge Botanic Gardens, and as Artist in residence at Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Gloucester. She has recently moved to a new studio and runs classes from this - please contact her for details.

Contact details:

Tel: 0208 977 0624
Email: ann[at]annswan.co.uk
Website: www.annswan.co.uk