“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, Fluttering from the autumn tree” -Emily Bronte Endlessly variable, beautiful and sometimes strange. From pine needles to palms, Annie has always loved the immense variety of scale, shape, structure, colour and texture of leaves. Botanical Illustration Here are a few of her botanical illustrations showing the interest in detail and colour. Botanical illustration is in many ways like the ‘painting-up’ or, to use a more modern term, ‘rendering’ of