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Kelly Leahy Radding

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I found my way back to my artist-self through botanical art. The genre requires careful observation of form, color, light and composition and many hours of practice to become technically proficient. Ultimately it is an art form that celebrates “quiddity”: the inherent nature or essence of a thing. 

  • ōhi‘a lehua, Kelly Leahy Radding, hawaiian flowers
  • tulip, egg tempera, alkyd, oil, panel, Kelly Leahy Radding
  • Charentais Melon

    egg tempera on true gessoed panel, 10 x 8 inches, $1,400.00

    Currently exhibiting in The New York Botanical Garden 4th Triennial Abundant Future: Cultivating Diversity in Garden, Farm and Field

  • L’amour est un oiseaux rebelle

    casein on gessoed panel, 24 x 18 inches, $3,250.00

  • Common Cattail & Common Green Darner

    watercolor on calfskin vellum, 16 x 10 inches, $2,500.00

  • Heirloom Granniwinkle Apple

    watercolor on calfskin vellum, 7 x 8.5 inches, $1,000.00

  • ōhi‘a lehua, Kelly Leahy Radding, hawaiian flowers

    Pele’s Pincushion, ōhi‘a lehua

    watercolor on dyed goatskin vellum, 9 x 11.5 inches, available at sfnbotanicalart.com

  • Pyrus communis

    watercolor on calfskin vellum, 8 x 6 inches, $1,750.00

  • Fibonacci‘s Camellia

    gouache on pastel board, 8 x 10 inches, $1,800.00

  • tulip, egg tempera, alkyd, oil, panel, Kelly Leahy Radding

    Caught in the Flame

    egg tempera and oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches, $1,280.00

  • A Piece of the Northwoods

    watercolor on calfskin vellum, 17.5 x 11.5 inches, available at SFN Botanical Art

  • Spring Candles – Bloodroot

    opaque watercolor on dyed and mounted goatskin verllum, 6 x 4 inches, $550.00
    To Purchase

  • Camellia japonica “Betty Sheffield”

    watercolor on Kelmscott vellum, 14 x 11 inches, available: contact artist

  • Camellia japonica “Seafoam”

    watercolor on calfskin vellum, 14 x 11 inches, $3,500.00

  • Camellia japonica “Pink Perfection”

    watercolor on Kelmscott vellum, 14 x 11 inches, $3,500.00

  • Camellia japonica “Elegans”

    watercolor on Kelmscott vellum, 14 x 11 inches, $3,500.00

  • Camellia japonica “Reine des Fleurs”

    watercolor on Kelmscott vellum, 14 x 11 inches, $3,500.00

  • Mountain Laurel & American Redstart

    watercolor on paper, 15 x 22 inches, $2,600.00


Sold Works

  • Endurance – Earth, cypress, pointreyes, california, monterey cypress, kellyleahyradding, watercolor, painting
  • Fan Dance of the Red Oak

    dry brush watercolor on vellum, 7 x 5 inches, SOLD

  • Alula

    gouache on Stonehenge Kraft paper, 20 x 15 inches, donated to NTBG Florilegium

  • Delissea kauaiensis & i’iwi

    gouache on Stonehenge Kraft paper, 20 x 15 inches, donated to the NTBG Florilegium

  • Koa & Koa Butterfly

    gouache on Stonehenge kraft paper, 20 x 15 inches, donated to the NTBG Florilegium

  • uala & moa

    watercolor on paper, 20 x 15 inches, donated to the NTBG Florilegium

  • Endurance – Earth, cypress, pointreyes, california, monterey cypress, kellyleahyradding, watercolor, painting

    Endurance – Earth

    watercolor on mounted paper, 20 x 30 inches, SOLD

  • Camellia japonica “Lady Vansittart”

    watercolor on Kelmscott vellum, 14 x 11 inches, SOLD

  • Silvestre & Culta #1 -Wild Blackberry & Gooseberry

    watercolor on calfskin vellum, 5 x 5 SOLD

  • Silvestre & Culta #2 – Silky Dogwood & Blueberry

    watercolor on calfskin vellum, 5 x 5 inches, SOLD

  • Sacred Lotus

    casein on panel, 8 x 8 inches, SOLD

  • Painted Buntings and Cardinal Airplant

    gouache on paper, 13 x 10 inches

  • Teasel

    dry brush watercolor on calfskin vellum, 10 x 7 inches, SOLD

  • Gooseberry

    dry brush watercolor of Kelmscott Vellum, 4 x 6 inches, SOLD

All artwork, photographs & text ©2021 Kelly Leahy RaddingMINIMAL

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