Reinhild Raistrick

UK

Born 1940

Reinhild Raistrick is a botanical artist, born in Tanzania and now living in Suffolk.

She has painted wild flowers in various parts of the world, ranging from the Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan to the Mediterranean, from East and South Africa to the British Isles. In 1991 - 1992 she was involved in painting flowers of the equatorial rainforests, Tanzania. A number of her flower paintings from there were purchased by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for their permanent collection. Some of her work is featured in the Curtis's Botanical Magazine. The August 2000 edition devoted a whole issue on the Genus Fritillaria, using her paintings