The Beauty of Belladonna: Stephanie Pino’s Symbolic Illustrations
<p><em>A collection of stories illustrated through the use of botanical imagery. Canberra-based painter Stephanie Pino explores how plants and flowers convey strong symbolic themes, while in turn creating colourful illustrations.</em></p>
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<p>Stephanie Pino, <strong>Spring Flowers</strong>, 2022, Acrylic on A3 Paper</p>
<p>Stephanie Pino (b. 2000, Canberra) is an illustrator currently completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship at the Australian National University. Pino’s practice involves the exploration of symbolism and aesthetics in the form of illustrative botany, the scientific study of plants. Pino uses acrylic and gouache to achieve vibrant illustrations of a variety of plants and flowers, which range from bright colourful works with a focus on colour theory to the more recent works, which include gothic and darker undertones.</p>
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