Felicity Tattersall
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Apophenia, or patternicity, is characterised by seeing patterns in unrelated things. Felicity draws plants in minute detail within loosely planned formations, which are linked to the cyclical rhythms of nature. Early on in her career she worked as a museum cataloguer, especially enjoying archiving historical wallpaper, fabric and ephemeral artefacts. This archival experience collides with her love of historical botanical drawings, herbaria, and folklore. Her aim is to capture the essence as well as the form of the botanical subjects. Within her work, she seeks to memorialise and patternise flowers. Her work has a clear connection to the climate emergency, representing a sort of lullaby or prayer of hope that these flowers will survive into the next millennia. Her work is concerned with the loss of biodiversity, brought about by climate change.
Felicity is an artist and writer based in Oxfordshire. She originally studied Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University then worked in museums for a decade. She then trained as an illustrator at Falmouth University, graduating in 2017 and has since worked as a freelance illustrator. Her clients including the National Trust, Tate St Ives, North Lincolnshire Museum, the Shipwreck Treasure Museum, Bodmin Keep, Museum of Cornish Life, the Royal Cornwall Museum, and the University of Exeter. Her first nature based children's book, which she wrote and illustrated was published in 2021. She runs botanical drawing workshops for museums galleries and the National Trust. Newbury Arts, 'Nature's Art', exhibiting artist, December 2025. The Old Fire Station, 'Winter Open' exhibiting artist, December 2025 The Mill, Banbury, 'Empower Exhibition' exhibiting artist ,November 2025 Tate St Ives, commissioned to design and coproduce artwork with members of the public, Winter festival November 2024. Ryebank Gallery, exhibiting artist 2023. New Ground: North Lincolnshire Museum (Commissioned artist), 2021 Falmouth Art Gallery, exhibiting artist, 2018. Email: [email protected] Website: www.felicitytattersall.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FTIllustrator |