Mayfield, Enid   (1945 -  )

Enid Mayfield is an illustrative researcher based at the Geelong Botanic Gardens.

Her illustrations appear in scientific publications such as the Flora of Australia.
She has also worked as an artist at the National Herbarium in Victoria and started with the Flora of Victoria project in January 1995.

She has also published the Flora of the Otway Plain & Ranges and an Illustrated Plant Glossary.

A Geelong resident, she has a strong affection for the Botanic Gardens there and is working on a series of paintings of plants from their extensive collection.

For Enid, the plant tells the illustrator what to do. The skill is in reading this and laying down the details as accurately and pleasingly as possible. The patterns, shapes and textures are infinitely varied, especially under the microscope, each plant having its own unique features.

It has taken many years of practice and study for Enid to develop her skills, and she has done courses at RMIT and with Anita Barley.

She has spent time with the artists at Kew Gardens in London and Le Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and collects botanical art and books.

Source: Extracted from:
H.Hewson Australia - 300 Years of Botanical Illustration (1999)
https://www.publishing.csiro.au/book/6410/#author
https://www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Botanic-Mag-Volume-6web_Part2.pdf
Geelong Independent, newspaper, 'Enid's art illustrates plant diversity', 04/04/2013, By NOEL MURPHY
Portrait Photo: 2013, Geelong Independent, newspaper,.