‘Jade Vine with Bat’ drawn on location, courtesy of Cambridge Botanic Gardens. I applied for permission to sit in the glasshouse at CUBG and draw this beautiful and strange plant when it was in flower in March 2006. I spent two days drawing field notes and taking photographs and mixing the correct colours for application in the final painting. I tried to find out more about this exotic plant, which grows in the tropical jungles, but could not find out much—only that it is fertilised by flower bats. Hence the furry friend in the tops. The plant is a vine related to the pea family and clings to the trees. The flower stems are usually a metre long. As the flower heads die they fall off, leaving the stalks on the stem (notice the fallen flower head at the bottom nestling on the branch!
Jade Vine with Bat P0701. 10 Limited Edition Prints, size approximately 17" x 45". Unmounted, unframed print only, on specially coated canvas
Canvas Print £95 + £10 p&p:
Box canvas Print 15" x 36" £110 + £20 p&p:
Lifesize ORIGINAL OIL ON STRETCHED CANVAS. Glazed and housed in a handmade light beechwood frame, with 1" acid-free cream mount backdrop. Framed size approx. 14" x 50". £450 + £38 registered postage and packing. View Framed Original
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