Meet The Artist
About Libby Bell Art
Artist, illustrator, leaf-lover, enamoured with beautiful homes, at home in beautiful gardens, advocate for the adding of more hours into the day.
“The downward curve and flick of the leaf, the deep crevice of the centre of the blossom, the gentle, linear reach of the leaf stalk. My love for painting flowers goes so much deeper than the obvious and popular aesthetic of illustrated blooms for wall display. The connection forged between artist and subject when choosing the perfect colour and shape for capturing the tiniest parts of a beautiful plant, is one which I feel so deeply.”
I’m an artist and illustrator who lives on a farm in South Africa. I have vowed to paint only the most beautiful and worthy things I can think of – and these are mostly flowers. Although I do love leaves the most.
I work in watercolour on thick, rich, 100% cotton paper with perfect brushes. I’m a perfectionist and a creative but I do love admin and business too.
I draw my inspiration from almost everything beautiful I see around me but classical botanical paintings, exquisite homes and their interiors, glorious, old gardens, decorated antique vases, the miniscule detail of orchids and the hundreds of perfect feathers that make up a bird are sources of consistent, unwavering awe and artistic motivation.
