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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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Hydrangea Square Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$45.00Hydrangea Square Botanical Cast Long flowering Annabelle hydrangeas are one of my favourites and I have planted 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 Anne’s Lace Mini Botanical Cast
Botanical Art By Diane$35.00Queen Anne’s Lace Mini Botanical Cast Queen Anne’s Lace graces the roadside and meadows in the late summer, with it’s 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 season’...
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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 it’s 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 Hydrangea Botanical Cast Annabelle and Invincible Spirit hydrangeas are two of my favourites and I have planted 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 Anne’s Lace graces the roadside and meadows in the late summer, with its delicate, umbrella-sh...
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