TECHNIQUES
Graphite, coloured pencil.

APPROACH AND INSPIRATION
Inspired by nature, informed by scientific rigour and the needs of the audience. Truth and beauty. Trees. Botanical artists I admire include: Masumi Yamanaka, Siobhán Larkin, Patricia Newman, Sarah Simblet, Regine Hagedorn.

BIOGRAPHY
My background is in botany and geology, and I have also published poetry (in The Stinging Fly) and broadcast prose (on RTE Radio 1 and LyricFM). I was a weekly blogger for two years, writing about nature, gardens and sometimes, my forays into botanical art. In recent years, I have begun drawing plants, trees in particular. Over the years I have occasionally attended night courses at Alberta College of Art, National College of Art and Design and, more recently, The Drawing Studio.

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
Plandaí Oidhreachta/Heritage Irish Plants, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, November-December 2016

Art in the Garden, Tourin House, Cappoquin, Waterford, October 2016

Aibítir, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, May 2014

MEMBERSHIP
Irish Society of Botanical Artists
Alpine Garden Society

CONTACT
fbroughan@hotmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/erica.cinerea