Mariella Baldwin, M.A.

Mariella Baldwin has a breadth of knowledge within the Visual Arts. However, her passion is for Botanical Painting, having studied under the tuition of Anne-Marie Evans on the Botanical Illustration Diploma Course at the English Gardening School within Chelsea Physic Garden. She was awarded her M.A. in Visual Arts from the University of Sussex following her studies at West Dean College in West Sussex; receiving the Vice Chancellor’s Prize for her work.

Since 1998 Mariella Baldwin has had a successful career both as an exhibiting Botanical Artist and a tutor of the subject. She has taught on the English Gardening School Botanical Illustration Diploma Course as well as at West Dean College as a Short-Course Tutor. Other notable workshops include Sarah Raven’s Cutting Garden, The Museum of Garden History, The Wallace Collection and The National Trust.

Her paintings are held in numerous collections, both public and private, including The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA; Chelsea Physic Garden Archive, London and the Hampton Court Palace Archive. She and her work has been featured in a number of magazine articles and her paintings have been reproduced in books. She is a painting member of Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society, her work featured in a collaboration between Chelsea Physic Garden and Oasis clothing in their summer 2016 collection.