ANGIE LEWIN: PLANTS AND PLACES

The artist Angie Lewin has a unique vision of the natural world. Her hugely popular prints depict in intricate detail the native flora of a variety of environments, from salt marsh and Highland loch, to flower-strewn meadow and wild garden, finding beauty in each landscape, whatever the season and inspired by plant forms: slender reeds, stately goatsbeard, spiky teasels and sculptural seed heads. This book presents over 70 of her beautifully crafted linocuts and wood engravings, grouped according to habitat such as coast, woodland and hedgerow, and garden together with drawings, paintings and collages from sketchbooks of grasses, seed pods, seaweed, shells and other objects that she has collected on her walks. In an engaging introduction, Leslie Geddes-Brown meets Lewin in her studio, discusses her artistic inspirations and her fascination with plants, and describes how she creates her prints.