Native terrestrial orchids bloom across the southern states of Australia, mainly in Winter and Spring. Many are quite small and elusive, and their survival is threatened by habitat destruction. This detailed drawing of the aptly-named Rabbit Ears Sun Orchid (Thelymitra antennifera) enlarged about 5 times life size is part of my project depicting the fascinating terrestrial orchids in the Adelaide Hills. This drawing is professionally framed behind special art glass that is anti-reflective and UV-protective.
Rabbit Ears Sun Orchid
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Framed dimensions - 54.5(W) x 48.0(H).
Artwork dimensions - 32.0(W) x 25.0(H).
Artwork Details
Medium | Pencil, Paper, Framed by Artist |
Dimensions | 54.5cm (W) x 48cm (H) x 4cm (D) |
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Artist Bio
After a long career in medical research, Judy started a new life as a full time artist in 2009. Many years of detailed scientific observation and visual representation have informed Judy’s drawings of the natural world. Plants and animals in the garden, bushland and seashore quickly became some of her favourite subjects. Using graphite and coloured pencil, Judy enjoys rendering fascinating natural forms and textures at the macroscopic and microscopic scale. Her drawings take up to 100 hours (sometimes more!) of meticulous application of layer upon layer of coloured pencil to achieve the desired colour intensity and 3-dimensionality. Judy has held six solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions. She has been a finalist in the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, the Nora Heysen Centenary Art Prize, the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, and was invited into the Kedumba Drawing Award. In 2016 Judy exhibited internationally with the Pencil Art Society in Ottawa, Canada, and in 2019 won the Madeleine Taylor Award from the Botanical Art Society of Australia. In 2022, three of Judy’s drawings were selected for the 16th exhibition of The Art of Botanical Illustration held biennially by the Friends of the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne, where one of her drawings received an Honourable Mention for the Celia Rosser Award and was acquired for the State Botanical Collection of Victoria. In 2023 Judy was awarded Fellow membership of the Society of Botanical Artists, based in the UK.
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Artwork: Rabbit Ears Sun Orchid