"Angraecum sesquipedale" 
Original Watercolor by
Linda Petchnick

Painting measures 15" wide x 22" high
Painted on 300# French watercolor
paper with French and German paints


Painted in 2005
This painting has just returned home after a 2-1/2 year tour across the country with the Houston Museum of Science.  Sesquipedale is considered to be "Darwin's Orchid".  My painting has been published in a book written by Dr. Guido Braem about Darwin, the Italian magazine "Gardinia", and a German Pharmaceutical Journal, "Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau"

Previously exhibited in England with the
Royal Horticulture Society,
at the University of Washington
 and at the AOS Headquarters in
Delray Beach, Florida
Specimen from the collection of the
University of Washington


This painting can be purchased for $4,000.00
Contact artist at 360-825-1869