Bienvenue dans l’atelier de Sandrine Maugy

Welcome to my studio

I started painting botanical subjects when my enjoyment of gardening, fascination for colour and passion for painting suddenly collided. I started with Botanical Illustration and slowly drifted towards Botanical Painting, using composition and intense colours to create contemporary plant portraits.

In 2002, I was lucky to be noticed at my first exhibition by plantsman Roy Lancaster. “Ever since I spied a painting of Sandrine’s in a local exhibition and bought it, I have admired her developing talent for the careful depiction of wild and garden flowers, fruits and plants.” Roy Lancaster.

I then became a fellow member of the Society of Botanical Artists.

This was the beginning of a wonderful adventure…

The blog pages work together with my free YouTube channel Atelier Sandrine Maugy, where you can find a range of videos, including some demonstrations, tutorials, art materials testing and garden/exhibition visits.

I also have a subscription channel on Patreon (please click here to have a look) where I post longer paint-along video tutorials, downloadable PDF tutorials and behind the scenes videos. 

Since 2005, I have been writing regular articles for Artists & Illustrators Magazine, more than 50 to date. I was featured on the cover in June 2009.

My first book, Colours of Nature, was published in 2013. The second book, Botanical Watercolours through the Seasons, came out in July 2022.

I have been teaching botanical painting at the illustrious West Dean College since 2005, and at Kew Gardens and North Yorkshire Art School since 2026.

In the past few years, my work has been expanding from the close-up world of plants to the wider scale of landscape. The medium might change from watercolours to oils and the style from realism to semi-abstract, but the inspiration and the purpose behind the art remain the same: showing the beauty of nature and trying to capture ephemeral moments before they fade.

I run an ethical art practice, trying to respect the natural world that gives me so much inspiration. I also use only cruelty-free art materials and vegan products.

Happy painting!