Yellow Minnow Sketch by Maggie Smith
Contemporary botanical portraiture Gallery & Shop
Please come in and have a browse!
Yellow Minnow Sketch by Maggie Smith
Contemporary botanical portraiture Gallery & Shop
Please come in and have a browse!
About
I am an artist specialising in what I term, Botanical Portraiture, endeavouring to capture the innate personality and joie de vivre of my subject matter. I am most interested in examining my local East Sussex flora, looking up close an examining plants we think we know: the innocuous plants and flowers that escape most people’s glance, plants that exist in the fringes of our landscapes as well as our own gardens. I love to depict and record seasonal changes of our local flora. I have always been very interested in bracken and ferns, which is a theme that I frequently return to, as well as a love of lichen and miss which I find endlessly fascinating.
My work is very concerned with time and seasonality and attempting to convey this driving force, whether in a diptych or triptych series, or folded 3D paintings, as a vehicle to explore growth and change over time.
My practise is initially based on drawing, which I do with as much fluidity as possible, whilst keeping the intricacy of the natural forms. I love the meditative process of drawing, but equally colour is extremely important to me and I paint with acrylic inks on tinted paper, enjoying the way that the colours react together. I hope to try and capture the spirit of my botanical subjects in an energetic manner, full of colour and optimism, celebrating the joy and their struggle from life.
February 2023 - Yardstick Gallery -‘Draw Me A Drawing’- Exhibited 6 pieces of work at Jephson Glass House, Leamington Spa
March 2023 - Royal Watercolour Society Open -exhibited at Bankside Gallery, London
March 2023 - Spring Show -Folkestone Art Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
June 2023 - Yardstick Gallery - ‘Trug - A Growing Inspiration’- exhibited a large scale diptych ‘Picnic 1&2’ along with 3 other paintings at Jephson Glasshouse, Leamington Spa
October 2023 - Sussex Contemporary Open - ‘Tadah - Slow Blink’ & ‘A Game of Consequence’ shown at the Brighton 360.
December/January 2024 - Winter show at Folkestone Art Gallery - exhibited ‘Picnic 1&2’ & ‘A Game of Consequences’
June 2024 - Liberation Art Gallery , Brighton, ‘Art in Bloom
July/August 2024 - Atelier Open 24 - Atelier Brighton - ‘Step inside my Dreamland’
December/January 2025 - The Winter Show- Linden Hall Gallery, Deal, Kent ‘Wonder Worlds-My Little Monster’
March 2025 - ’Meander - of Land+Sea’ Sussex Contemporary, Marine Workshops, Newhaven, East Sussex ‘Wonder Worlds - Baby Bear Hug’
As well as exhibiting in galleries, I also sell original art work, framed and unframed through my website and at fairs throughout the year.
for more information please check my dates on my website www.yellowminnowsketch
Recent Exhibitions
Sussex Contemporary
Linden Hall Studio ‘The Winter Group Show’
’Meander - Land +Water’
"Wonder Worlds - Baby Bear Hug’'
Newhaven Marine Worshops
Newhaven
East Sussex
March 2025
Linden Hall Studio ‘The Winter Group Show’
Linden Hall Studio ‘The Winter Group Show’
’The Winter Group Show 2024’
December - January 31st 2025
Linden Hall Studio
st. George’s Road
Deal
Kent
CT14 6BA
’Wonder Worlds - My Little Monster’
Atelier Open 24
Atelier Open 24
’Atelier Open 24’
July/August 2024
Atelier, Brighton
’Step Inside My Dreamland’
Royal Watercolour Society
Winter Show 2023 - Folkestone Art Galleries
Winter Show 2023 - Folkestone Art Galleries
Royal Watercolour Society Open 2023
"BFF - Best Fronds Forever' & 'The Ravers'
3rd - 19th March 2023
Bankside Gallery
48 Hopton st, London SE1 9JB
online www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk
Winter Show 2023 - Folkestone Art Galleries
Winter Show 2023 - Folkestone Art Galleries
Winter Show 2023 - Folkestone Art Galleries
'Winter Show 2023'
6th Dec 2023 - 28th January 2024
Folkestone Art Galleries
'Picnic 1& 2' & 'Game of Consequences 1'
11, Tontine St
Folkestone Kent
CT20 1RN
https://www.folkestoneart.com/
Sussex Contemporary 2023
Winter Show 2023 - Folkestone Art Galleries
Sussex Contemporary 2023
Sussex Contemporary 2023
7th-21st October 2023
I360
Brighton seafront
'Tah Dah! Slow Blink' &
'A Game of Consequences 1''
Yardstick Gallery
Sussex Contemporary 2023
'Trug - A Growing Inspiration'
27th May - 3rd June 2023
Yardstick Gallery
Jephson Glasshouse Studio
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
and at 16 Hamilton Terrace Leamington till 31st July 2023
online www.yardstickgallery.com
Folkestone Art Galleries
'Spring Group Show'
31st March - 31st April 2023
Folkestone Art Galleries
11, Tontine St
Folkestone Kent
CT20 1RN
Yardstick Gallery
'Draw Me A Drawing'
1st - 3rd April 2023
Yardstick Gallery
Jephson Glasshouse Studio
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
1st April - 31st May online www.yardstickgallery.com
Botanical Portraiture Commission
Whether working with interior designers, corporate commissions, private commission for your home, gift for a plant enthusiast or bridal bouquet portrait, let me know your idea.
I would love to hear from you...
Any Questions?
FAQs
Q. I would like to order a Limited Edition Print but would prefer a different size...
A. At Yellow Minnow Sketch everything is printed to order and is completely bespoke...anything in the Gallery or in the Limited Edition Print section is available in virtually any size you would like, so please just leave me a message and I will help you order your print.
Q. How long will it take from ordering a print to receiving it?
A. At Yellow Minnow Sketch, all of my Limited Edition prints are 1/25, and bespoke printed to order. Once you have ordered your print, I will instruct the Giclee printmakers and they will send the print to me, I will then Title , Date, Sign and Edition your print by hand on the front of your print in pencil unless otherwise instructed, and then dispatch your parcel to you asap by whichever means you have requested. Lead time depends on the post between the Printmakers and myself, but I can usually send out Limited Edition Prints within a week of receiving your order, but maybe leave a bit more time just before Xmas.
Q. How long will it take to send out my order of Cards, Calendars, Notebooks etc?
A. As long as your item is marked as IN STOCK, I will send out your order ASAP, which means either the day of ordering or within 2 days during busy periods.