The Great Reveal:Hidden Numbers and Geometry in Flowers 

Helen Allen

Helen has always been curious about what happens inside the ‘wrapping paper’ of flowers. Petals, tepals and colourful bracts are as visually attractive to humans as they are to insects, moths, flies and other pollinators. As the ‘wrapping paper’ opens and unfolds the great reveal begins and all the action occurs. Through drawings and paintings Helen will share the clear relationships between numbers, geometry and botany that can provide useful checks when drafting. Numbers really do matter!

Helen is a botanical artist and teacher who has exhibited and taught internationally for a number of years and was owner and principal of the Chelsea School of Botanical Art in London. She has contributed art-works to a number of florilegia and projects here and overseas and her paintings may also be found in public and private collections. Helen is an artist member of the RHS Picture Panel which judges exhibits at the RHS Botanical Art Shows. She teaches and paints in her studio in south-west London.