Art & Design
‘I don’t paint nature. I am nature.’ – Jackson Pollock
The natural world has inspired artists and designers since the beginning of time. Here we share the work of talented painters, landscape designers, architects, photographers, sculptors and more who design, make and create work inspired by plants and the natural world.
143 Results
The Art of Refusal: Lucienne Rickard’s Extinction Studies
Art & Design, CultureAn extraordinary essay on extinction, art and erasure.
Reilluminate: The Garden at Night
Art & Design, GardensAn interview with Allison Watkins - photographer and night-time garden stalker.
Artist Profile: Sally Blake
Art & DesignSally Blake's art practice explores the complex space between humans and nature.
Ectopic Plants: Life in the Cracks
Art & DesignPhotographer Chloe Ferres finds hope, and life, in the cracks.
Interrogation and Regeneration with Artist Cara Johnson
Art & Design, PeopleArtist Cara Johnson's works interrogate ideas around land management practices and the human relationship with the natural world.
Nocturnal Medicine: Dancing in the Dark
Art & DesignAn interview with Michelle Shofet and Larissa Belcic of New York based design studio, Nocturnal Medicine
Sasha Duerr is a Natural Dyer, Artist & Alchemist
Art & Design, PeopleA chat with natural dyer extraordinaire, Sasha Duerr
Colleen Southwell’s Art Grows From the Garden
Art & Design"I am unashamedly hoping to create work that is beautiful, contemplative and uplifting. I want it to speak, but with an optimistic, inquisitive and gentle voice."
Alice Fox is a Natural Fibre Artist, Scientist and Gardener
Art & DesignA chat with natural fibre artist Alice Fox.
Case Studies: Questions of Home, Plants and Power
Art & DesignAn art project by Felicity Jones and Mark Smith exploring the cultural and environmental impacts of the Wardian case.
Touching the Earth: A Survey of Female Land Artists
Art & DesignLucy Munro shines a light on a bunch of acomplished and important land artists.
Fiona Brockhoff’s Sublime Garden Wonderland
Art & Design, GardensKarkalla is one of the great private gardens of Australia.
Landscape Architecture and the Garden
Art & DesignLandscape architect Bede Brennan explores the sometimes fraught relationship between landscape architecture and gardening.
Designer Profile: Juan Grimm
Art & Design, GardensWe chat with one of South America's most outstanding landscape designers, Juan Grimm.
Coming Home: The art of Tamara Dean
Art & DesignTamara's photographic work explores beautiful ways of saying painful things.
Design and Life: Xanthe White, Miguel Urquijo and Phillip Johnson
Art & Design, GardensThree outstanding designers with a deep appreciation for and reverence of the natural world.
Design and Life: Andrea Cochran, Kate Cullity and Sacha Coles
Art & DesignThree landscape architects whose combined visions are shaping the earth beneath our feet for the better.
Landscape as Protagonist?
Art & DesignAn exploration of what it look like when landscape plays the lead role.