Clare is a professional designer and illustrator with a degree in Interior Design and worked for many years as a designer for a commercial contemporary design company in Edinburgh. With a passion for nature and detail, which she combines in her illustrative work, Clare completed with Distinction the new Diploma course in Botanical Illustration at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 2009 and then went onto receive an RHS Gold Medal for her collection of Vegetables in March 2010. Her work is now held in the RHS Lindley Library Collection as well as in private collections. In addition to painting for commission, Clare also teaches for the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh including one of their weekend Masterclasses and one of their continuing Botanical Art courses.
Clare McGhee
