Final tweaks before the fair - straightening, adjusting, breathing. 🌷 It’s a quiet kind of joy, seeing everything come together after so many hours…
About
Where people and plants meet.
About Lesley Whelan
Lesley Whelan works from her studio on The Canal Basin in Coventry, UK.
Her artistic journey explores the various ways different cultures and civilisations use plants and flowers for medicinal, spiritual, aesthetic, and practical purposes. Her work edits and slices open these biographies to inspire wonder and respect, encouraging viewers to reconnect with the earth and find a harmonious place of rest.
She studied art in Birmingham (1982-85) and has since been exhibited across the country. Notable achievements include being Artist in Residence at University of Birmingham Botanic Garden, touring the UK with a solo exhibition of her residency work, and gaining development funding to collaborate with a mathematician exploring numerical patterns found in nature.
Her work is held in several corporate collections, including hospitals and hospices, and she regularly works to commission.
Corporate Collections
Lesley Whelan's work is held in the following corporate collections:
TCW Investment Group, London/New York; MODRU Dept, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham; St. Josephs Hospice, London; Bruker Engineering, Coventry; Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry; Murdoch Bowers, London; RJD Ltd, Essex; Birmingham International Airport; J.Foreman Architects, Brough; Petro-Canada, London; Lloyds Number 1, Coventry; The White Swan, Solihull; Winterbourne Botanic Gardens, Birmingham University; Marie Curie, Solihull; Queensway Housing Project, Leamington Spa; Askews Legal, Coventry.
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Nothing more satisfying than colour coding your paints 😊💫🎨🌈 Artist friends - when was the last time you had a studio sort? 😅 #artist…
Wild mountain flowers, for someone I loved dearly 🌄 “Amare Pax” (shown in PRINT, centre) Now showing at @lsa_leamingtonstudioartists, Portals & Pathways. Some artwork…
Visit the studio
Studio 11, Canal Warehouse
"I work from a studio on the Canal Basin in Coventry, a place I've called home for nearly 15 years."
If you'd like to drop by for a coffee, view my work in person, or talk about a commissioned piece, I'd love to hear from you. Reach out through the contact page to arrange the best time.
