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Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson grew up in South Africa which has a long tradition of botanical illustration. She is now dividing her time between her country of birth, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

Julie began drawing at an early age, having spent the first years of her life at the foot of the imposing Drakensberg Mountains of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Surrounded by foxgloves, black-eyed susans and the blossoms of an apple orchard, it is not surprising that in later life she became an enthusiastic amateur botanist and gardener. Her passion for plants, especially those native to her area, led to a wish to interpret them in watercolour.

Her career as a botanical artist began tentatively in 2000, gradually to be honed after the loss of her first husband in 2002. She attended several courses offered by internationally renowned botanical artists in Cape Town, producing works that have been bought by botanical art enthusiasts from England, South Africa, Australia, the United States and Canada.

Julie remarried in 2007 and now spends summers in Newfoundland. She and her husband, Johan, are taken by the uniqueness and rarity of the Newfoundland native plants and plan to illustrate and enhance their significance over the next few years in original watercolours.

Website: http://www.jgeldenhuys.com/BotanicalWatercolors.html

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