Ravenala Madagascariensis

Ravenala Madagascariensis or Travellers Palm full painting almost a meter tall,
was first shown in 2013 at Sue’s joint show with Sue J Williams ” Black and White in Colour” at Kew Gardens, London.

Then, 29th November 2017 - 11th March 2108 was part of the "Abundance: seeds, pods and autumn fruits exhibition" at Kew.

Image shown here with Marilyn Ward head of the Illustrations Collection at the time.

Now the painting is owned by Dr Shirley Sherwood it is back at Kew.

In 2019 Ravenala madagascariensis was included in the book - 'The Shirley Sherwood Collection: Modern Masterpieces of Botanical Art - by Shirley Sherwood'. This was published in association with a major retrospective exhibition of botanical art in her collection at Kew (16 November 2019 - 15 March 2020)
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