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Botanical Art by Diane
Diane De Roo
I am a botanical artist who has developed my own unique style. Utilizing the vegetables, herbs and flowers cultivated from my cottage garden, I create a collection of show stopping wall hangings. Throughout my 30 plus years of practice, I have developed a range of drying, pressing and casting techniques for capturing the beauty of my homegrown plants in my art.
My work uses delicate cross sections that I create by using a razor to cut through the centre of each vegetable, preserving the roots, stems and seeds. I have spent years developing a process for pressing and drying these perfect cross sections and retaining their integrity. My finished works capture the vivid colours, varied textures and delicate inner details of each vegetable.
In my latest collection of botanical casts, I focus on traditional representations of herbarium specimens as art. My cast pieces are directly inspired by this art form. For this work, I meticulously transfer the delicate veins, tendrils and flowers of my plants into a clay mold, and then encase them in plaster medium.
My new botanical relief tiles showcase intertwined leaves, herbs and flowers, reminiscent of an exuberant, free-flowering cottage garden. All of my work is inspired by my love of nurturing plants in my backyard oasis, my ever-growing interest in art and botany, as well as the calming and meditative place that is my cottage garden.
As an artisan I aim to draw the viewer in, and surprise them as they look more closely into the intricate beauty of each piece. My work has been showcased and highlighted in juried artisan shows across Canada since I started my craft. I have also exhibited in local boutiques, shops and art galleries. I currently reside, cultivate and create in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.
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Framed Botanical Cast - Dark Grey Wash
Botanical Art By Diane De Roofrom $65.00Β Framed Botanical Cast - Black Wash Product Description: My painted wooden frames are a wonderful way to display your plaster tiles. This soft blac...
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Snap Peas Mini Frame
Botanical Art By Diane De Roo$55.00ο»ΏOne of the earliest vegetables of spring, the elegant snap peas are a beautiful addition to my mini frame collection. The lovely green colour is ...
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Golden Beets Vegetable Shadow Box
Botanical Art By Diane$85.00Golden Beets Vegetable Shadow Box These golden beets are the newest edition to my shadow box collection. Their vibrant colours and elegant shapes a...
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Broccoli, Red Peppers, and Eggplant
Botanical Art By Diane$165.00Broccoli, Red Peppers, and EggplantΒ The first frame in this series features broccoli, red peppers and Japanese eggplant. The striking combination ...
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Red Beets Vegetable Shadow Box
Botanical Art By Diane$85.00Red Beets Vegetable Shadow Box Beets are a beautiful root vegetable. In creating each of these pieces, I include the shapely beetroot in each one. ...
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Pepper Vegetable Shadow Box
Botanical Art By Diane$85.00Pepper Vegetable Shadow Box Handcrafted with pressed slices of the red peppers I grow in my garden, complete with the seeds and stem. The vibrant r...
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Asparagus, Peppers, and Mushrooms
Botanical Art By Diane$165.00Asparagus, Peppers, and Mushrooms The third in this series showcases the vivid red of the chilli peppers. The elegant green asparagus nod towards e...
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Beets, Carrots, and Peppers
Botanical Art By Diane$165.00Beets, Carrots, and Peppers This piece glows with warm colours. The stunning orange carrots, the vibrant red beets, alongside the textured golden s...
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Chilli Peppers Vegetable Shadow Box
Botanical Art By Diane$85.00Chilli Peppers Vegetable Shadow Box These Thai chilli peppers are a much-loved piece, with their vibrant redΒ exterior, golden seeds and elegant sha...
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Carrots Vegetable Shadow Box
Botanical Art By Diane$85.00Carrots Vegetable Shadow Box I love the way these carrots seem to dance and twirl with one another, sometimes even intertwining and dancing togethe...
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Asparagus Vegetable Shadow Box
Botanical Art By Diane$85.00Asparagus Vegetable Shadow Box These stately asparagus slices marching across the frame seem to be leaning in to each other to have a conversation....
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Framed Botanical Trio - Cottage White
Botanical Art By Diane$175.00Framed Botanical Trio - Cottage White My painted wooden frames are a wonderful way to display your plaster tiles. This cottage white frame is perf...
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Framed Botanical Trio - Dark Grey Wash
Botanical Art By Diane$175.00Framed Botanical Trio - Black WashΒ My painted wooden frames are a wonderful way to display your plaster tiles. This soft black frame is perfect f...
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Mini Broccoli Frame
Botanical Art By Diane$55.00Mini Broccoli Frame I grow the spouting broccoli variety in my organic garden because it produces many tiny side shoots that are wonderful for mini...
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Mini Gold Beet Frame
Botanical Art By Diane$55.00Mini Gold Beet Frame Golden beets are my new favourite vegetable - I love their glowing colour and their shapely form. This frame will add warmth t...
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Mini Thai Chilli Pepper
Botanical Art By Diane$55.00Mini Thai Chilli Pepper I love the way the dainty Thai chilli peppers dance and bend gracefully together in this vibrant piece. A perfect gift for ...
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Mini Asparagus Vegetable Frame
Botanical Art By Diane$55.00Mini Asparagus Vegetable Frame Tiny new asparagus shoots come up in my garden every year in the early spring. This piece always brings me back to t...
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Mini Carrot Frame
Botanical Art By Diane$55.00Mini Carrot Frame Tiny baby carrots dance and intertwine gracefully across this small frame. These are the "thinnings" from my organic carrot patch...
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Mini Beet Frame
Botanical Art By Diane$55.00Mini Beet Frame These are my crimson baby beets, picked very early in the spring so they are small enough for my mini frames. Each piece may have a...
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Hummingbird and Ivy Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$45.00Hummingbird and Ivy Botanical Cast This unique piece was cast using an antique jar lid engraved with two exquisite hummingbirds, which I surrounded...
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Hydrangea Large Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$95.00Hydrangea Large Botanical Cast The curving slender stems of these hydrangeas are gracefully intertwined. Flower heads of all sizes sway above the s...
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Lysimachia Large Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$95.00Lysimachia Large Botanical Cast The Lysimachiaβs slender arching spikes of white flowers with their graceful curves are beautifully rendered in thi...
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Queen Anne's Lace Square Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$45.00Queen Anne's Lace Square Botanical Cast Queen Anneβs Lace graces the roadside and meadows in the late summer, with itβs delicate, umbrella-shaped h...
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Clematis Vine Square Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$45.00Clematis Vine Square Botanical Cast The clematis is the queen of vines in my garden. I love the way this cast shows the tiny lines etched in the el...
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Hydrangea Square Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$45.00Hydrangea Square Botanical Cast LongΒ floweringΒ Annabelle hydrangeas are oneΒ of my favourites and I have plantedΒ them where I can look out at them f...
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Lavender Square Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$45.00Lavender Square Botanical Cast This tile features lavender, one of the most popular of herbs, not only for its beauty but also for its fragrance. S...
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Queen Anneβs Lace Mini Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$35.00Queen Anneβs Lace Mini Botanical Cast Queen Anneβs Lace graces the roadside and meadows in the late summer, with itβs delicate, umbrella-shaped hea...
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Bleeding Heart Mini Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$35.00Bleeding Heart Mini Botanical Cast The bleeding heart is an old-fashioned garden favourite, and it blooms early in the spring to signal the seasonβ...
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Poppy Mini Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$35.00Poppy Mini Botanical Cast The exuberant poppy has long been a staple of the cottage garden, and this cast depicts itβs beautiful nodding seed pods....
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Hydrangea Mini Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$35.00Hydrangea Mini Botanical Cast This cast uses the small new blooms of the long-lasting Annabelle hydrangeas that grow all along the front of my stud...
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Lavender Mini Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$35.00Lavender Mini Botanical Cast This tile features lavender, one of the most popular of herbs, not only for its beauty but also for its fragrance. Spi...
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Hand Painted Daffodil Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$65.00Hand Painted Daffodil Botanical Cast Daffodils are such a colourful first sign of spring in many gardens. This cast captures the lovely trumpet sh...
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Hand Painted Hummingbird and Ivy Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$65.00Hand Painted Hummingbird and Ivy Botanical Cast This unique piece was cast using an antique jar lid engraved with two exquisite hummingbirds, whic...
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Hand Painted Hydrangea Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$65.00Hand Painted HydrangeaΒ Botanical Cast Annabelle and Invincible Spirit hydrangeas are two of my favourites and I have plantedΒ them where I can loo...
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Hand Painted Clematis Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$65.00Hand Painted Clematis Botanical Cast The clematis is the queen of vines in my garden. This new cast showcases each of the delicate lines in the bu...
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Hand Painted Queen Anne's Lace Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$65.00Hand Painted Queen Anne's Lace Botanical Cast Queen Anneβs Lace graces the roadside and meadows in the late summer, with its delicate, umbrella-sh...
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