Jackie Isard

Bristol, United Kingdom

Jackie Isard lives in Bristol, UK and worked as a graphic designer for 22 years before taking up botanical illustration in 2015. She is a self-taught artist and strives for botanical accuracy in her work. She has a passion for painting wildflowers, nature subjects and the beauty of decaying plants. Jackie received an RHS Gold Medal for her exhibition depicting wet meadow wildflowers in 2022. Jackie is proud to have two of these works held in the RHS Lindlay Library and the Shirley Sherwood Collection. In 2020 Jackie wrote a book on colour mixing and theory for the botanical artist. Jackie is also a very attentive tutor who loves to inspire and encourage!