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My name is Rosie Warwood and I am a Kent based, nature inspired artist.In 2025, I graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a first class degree in BA Illustration. My graduate show piece, ‘Homegrown’ sparked my ongoing interest in Victorian Floriography and colour symbolism, and yet my love for painting plants began in childhood. 

One of my earliest memories is painting in the garden while my dad potted flowers. As a seven-year-old, I was fascinated by the colours, shapes, and textures of floral forms, and that sense of curiosity continues to inspire me and my work today. My art strives to evoke these same childhood memories of nature within onlookers.

My process is rooted in painting from observation. Rather than working solely from photographs, I spend time in front of flowers and plants, painting directly from life. This approach allows me to capture plants from a variety of perspectives, in a similar manner to Picasso and the Cubist movement. This in turn, produces patchwork-like compositions, full of pattern. Due to my keen interest in textiles, and from working as a seamstress, I find that I gravitate more towards creating paintings which obtain an element of textile design and repeat pattern. For example, I transformed ‘Pink Roses’ into a pleated maxi skirt for my graduation last summer and ‘Homegrown’ was designed into my mum’s dress for my sister’s wedding.