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Holker Garden Festival Welcomes Sam Zwemmer

We are delighted to welcome Sam Zwemmer into the Floral Art Marquee at the 20th Holker Garden Festival this June.

Sam is a fabulous floral and botanical artist who will be exhibiting for the first time, as well as doing demonstrations throughout the weekend.

Largely self taught, Sam became adept in Trompe l’Oeil and specialist paint finishes which inevitably led to a dual career as an interior designer, decorator and muralist.

It was however while painting a commissioned, 3 metre long, twelve door cupboard unit with botanical studies copied from the Florilegium of Joseph Banks, that Sam discovered an amazing ability and love of painting flowers.

In response to this she started working on canvas and now concentrates the majority of her work in this area. Sam specialises in:

  • Trompe l’oeil on cupboards, dressers and doors
  • Reproduction advertising subjects
  • Gothic design and work in the style of William Burges
  • General subjects; Toys; Military; Naval etc
  • Botanical subjects
  • Canalia

Visit www.samzwemmerpaintwork.co.uk to see Sam’s work!

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