About the speaker
This month's event has the theme of Divergent, and we're taking the opportunity to switch up the format with not one but two brilliant creative speakers!
Join us for a discussion of what (if anything) is different about those who create.
Is artistic talent something you are born with? How can you stayed motivated to be creative? Is the 'tortured artist' a complete myth? Our panel discussing these questions will include:
Marianne Hazlewood is a botanical artist who was born and lives in Edinburgh.
She began her artistic career as a graphic designer and studied Botanical Illustration at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), where she was awarded a distinction and the Eve Bennet book prize for Botanical Illustration.
She has won Gold Medals at both the RHS London Botanical Art and Photography Show, and the RCHS Botanical Images Scotia exhibition in 2019, as well as regularly exhibiting as part of the Society of Scottish Artists, Visual Arts Scotland, with various botanical society groups and in October 2020 held her own exhibition, “Fine Hair, Soft Nibs” at the Open Eye Gallery. Marianne continues her connection with RBGE where she tutor’s the Online Certificate in Botanical Illustration and loves working with her students to assist them with their introduction to botanical illustration.
Marianne wants to highlight some of the life-giving qualities of the plant world, and focus on the interconnectedness between us through her work.
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