Highly detailed watercolor botanical paintings of ’tsunami plants’ by Mitsuko Kurashina will be on exhibit at the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show. These depictions of survival plants in situ repopulating the forest floor, coastal banks and beaches, swamps and lagoons cover nine years of observations following the Tohoku tsunami disaster. The tsunami scoured the coastal plants, so other endangered plants have resurfaced, and unfamiliar plants have washed ashore from other coasts. Mitsuko is interested in the story of how the plants arrived there; her artwork examines various environments, including grasses nearby and the sand around the target plants. She hopes to convey the message that plants are able to survive and rebound from shocking disasters long before humans can readjust to the new landscape.

About artist
Mitsuko Kurashina, a native from Aomori, is a botanical artist living in Tokyo. Her watercolour illustrations depict details of plants amidst their microcosms. Her style is unique in color, and she creates mandala-like compositions influenced by her career working for Edo Yuzen in kimono dyeing. Her artworks were
 exhibited in the 16th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, the Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh, US., the exhibition of ‘tsunami plants’, Mitsuko Kurahsina, the Shibata Memorial Hall, the Koishikawa Botanical Garden in Tokyo, Japan, and others.  
Please click the link to see more about her artwork
https://mitsukokurashina.amebaownd.com

About the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the world’s leading gardening charity, which aims to enrich people’s lives through plants, presents the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2022. The show discovers the best botanical artwork and garden photography by global artists, all competing for a prestigious RHS medal.

 

Entrance cost: General Admission £5 (weekend £8) Student ad Senior (60+) £3 (weekend £5) Children (under 10yrs) Free Free to RHS and Saatchi Gallery members