"Rarest of colours, blue is there but not there, beyond and infinite, light itself. The future and the past.
The seeds of time is part metaphor and part a description of the plant’s mechanism of seed dispersal. The fluffy head of seeds that develops after the Dandelion flower has wilted are carried on the wind, and in order to achieve the widest dispersal the plant can tune the flight to the weather conditions. When the weather is foggy or rainy and the wind is weak the tiny parachutes attached to the seed close up. They open out again when the weather conditions are more propitious so that the seeds can be carried much further. As a metaphor that has been used for predicting the future as it is mere chance where the seeds will fall. Shakespeare wrote in Macbeth, ‘If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak then to me ‘.

These clocks are resilient and yet somewhat ephemeral globes of light. At times you can pick one and the seeds are so firmly attached and yet at others one slight puff and they fly away carried by the wind to who knows where. The plant decides when that time shall be."

Rosie Sanders, February 2024


Rosie Sanders has established herself as one of the most innovative painters of flowers, setting her apart from traditional botanical artists. She has garnered international acclaim for her captivating watercolour paintings, and more recently, her striking oils on gessoed wood panels. Sanders' art is far from a mere representation or scientific documentation; instead, her paintings transcend the boundaries of contemporary botanical art and evoke a myriad of emotions.
Formerly a member of the Linnean Society, Rosie Sanders, a rebellious self-taught artist, is now often found at the Chelsea Arts Club. She has earned five Royal Horticultural Society Gold medals, and her paintings can be found in the collections of Dr. Shirley Sherwood O.B.E., being frequently exhibited in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew, and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Starting her artistic journey as a miniaturist, she was recognised by the Royal Academy Miniature Award in 1985. Her remarkable work is featured in several published monographs, including "The Apple Book," originally published by Phaidon Press and republished by Francis Lincoln, along with publications dedicated to her Flower paintings and Roses.