Event EndedNative Leaves - Botanical Art Workshop

Domain Wintergardens

Wintergarden Road, 1010, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Jennifer Duval-Smith Botanical Art

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Jennifer Duval-Smith an Auckland based botanical watercolour artist and nature journalist. Her personal mission is to reconnect people back to nature and their own innate creativity, while having fun, preferably in beautiful places.Currently Artist in Residence at Auckland Domain Wintergardens, where she teaches an annual workshop series and is the leader of theExploring Botanical Watercolours course at at Te Uru Waitakere Gallery in Titirangi.She uses nature journaling principles to teach students to become more observant, to use their intentional curiosity and form new connections. These tools and techniques will allow the student to become a more accurate, confident and engaged artist. This method helps beginners overcome artistic anxiety and to improve results for more experienced artists.If you would like to learn more about Jennifer and her work, you can check out herwebsite hereorlisten to this recent podcast interview.Artist in Residence Auckland Domain Wintergardens 2023-2024 (current)Work selected for Botanical Art Worldwide 2025Creator of “The Nature Space” for the professional association of professionals in the addiction field DAPAANZ Cutting edge conferenceCreator and facilitator of The Auckland Wintergarden Sunday Art Series 2023Exploring Botanical Watercolours course at Te Uru Contemporary Gallery 2022 to currentWorkshop facilitator, 7th Global Annual Global Botanic Gardens Congress, Melbourne 2022Work exhibited at Art of Botanical Illustration at Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria, Melbourne 2022Artist in Residence, Taranaki Garden Festival 2022/23Workshop facilitator, International Botanical Gardens Day - Auckland Botanical Gardens 2022Friends’ Visiting Artist in Residence at Auckland Botanic Gardens 2021Solo exhibition ‘Feast Your Eyes - The Colour and Beauty of Edible Plants’Public nature journaling workshop programmeWork selected for ‘Botanical Art Worldwide 2018 - Nga Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora’,