Botanical Paintings - Leonard Aitken

Botanical Paintings Gallery

Most of the botanical paintings in this gallery are for sale.

This gallery is a testimony to my love affair with light, colour and the local botanical gardens.

Feel free to ring me on H: (02) 5698 5284 or email me (go to contact page) for offers or questions.

Limited edition prints are available on request.

: Transience $2400 Oil 100 * 75 cm

: Burnished Light $1480 Oils 60 * 90 cm

: Bromeliad Design $1250 Oil 100 * 75 cm

: Pond $1380 Oil on canvas 84 * 61 cm

: Tropical Grove $1250 Oil 100 * 75 cm

: Green Pond $1250 Oil on canvas 100 * 75 cm

: Ultra hibiscus $590 Oil on canvas 100 * 75 cm

: Chrysanthemums 2 Sold Oils 60 * 90 cm

: Pond $1280 Oil on canvas 100 * 75 cm

: Menagerie $1450 oil 60 * 90 cm

: Banana Leaves $780 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Glorious Leaves $850 Oil on canvas 100 * 75cm

: Leaf Design 1 $1280 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: White Poppy 60 * 45 cm Oil Sold

: Japanese Flowers $360 Oil 60 * 45 cm

: Crimson Dance $540 oil 60 * 90 cm

: Yellow Grove $490 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Mighty Flowers $540 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Bromeliad Design $1150 Oil 100 * 75 cm

: Buds $1250 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Pink Daisy $270 Oil 75 * 45 cm

: Hibiscus $1250 Oil 90 * 90 cm

: Garden Ornament $680 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Delightful Garden Grove $320 Oil

: Morning Grove $540 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Pink Sonata $680 Oil 100 * 75 cm

: Pond 2 $520 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Orange and Blue Reflection $540 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Confection $680 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Delight $780 Oil 100 * 75 cm

: Enigma $680 Oil 60 * 90 cm

: Through the Looking Glass $550 Oil

: Fluttery 2 $680 Oil 100 * 75 cm

“My botanical paintings are quite intimate. I love insects, the details of leaves, little droplets of water and the peaceful solitude of a small nook in a garden. Light plays an important role in these works. All life comes from light.

My Botanical paintings reflect the way I see nature. I play with light a lot in them. I especially love back lighting. This shows up, the veins in leaves, the shadows of insects and other leaves or flowers showing through the main motif. It also shows the general shapes and tones of the less important background features. These are still essential to the composition.

The soft-focus background suggests their is more in this scene than just the main motif. These works are a microcosm of the bountiful world within which they live.

Technique

These paintings are painted slowly. I build up thin layers of paint to add translucency and transparency. They have the ability to absorb the light with which they are illuminated. It is because the paintings are built up in thin layers of paint that they can do this.

Botanical Painting.

Botanical painting is often just a bland scientific recording of the plant. Therefore, it can be more like illustration. My botanical paintings have more depth and feeling. They also have a slightly surreal air.

In regards to fine art, botanical painting is often left out in the cold, because It is considered too scientific. I try to imbue a sense of the ‘creative’ in my botanical paintings.