by adrienne holman BA(Hons)
Graphite
h: 56 w: 76 d: 1 (cms).
I was privileged to have been given permission and great support from the Christie family to study the Rhododendron Collection at Blackhills Garden in Moray. Rhododendron sinogrande, The Great Chinese Rhododendron, studying this plant has been one of the most amazing challenges. The sheer scale with its grand architectural foliage reaching up to over 70cm in length the largest leaves in the genus with a dark green shiny rugulose upper surface contrasting with the beautiful silvery to fawn agglutinated indumentum on the lower surface. My first visit to the plant was whilst in bud, astounded by the beautiful large dramatic sculptural buds, I studied every stage of the life cycle, intrigued by the details, the bell shaped campanulate flowers, the colours, the indumentum, the tomentum on the ovary, seed capsules and the tiny seeds themselves. Building layers of graphite to show form, texture and detail to hopefully capture that dramatic moment I first discovered this species.
£850 (As exhibited.)
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