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P is for Poppy.
Apart from the plant’s infamous analgesic and narcotic properties, it also symbolises remembrance, sleep, and peace.
The Botanical Alphabet is inspired by old scientific botanical illustrations and categories of olden day Explorers and Naturists. Paired with modern outlined sans serif letters and bold colour blocks, it has a much more contemporary feel while still keeping a hint of the much loved illustration genre of the past.
The Botanical Alphabet series is also available as greeting cards, so you can send a very personal card for any occasion featuring your friend’s initial.
Warm coral-red, soft peachy-orange, cream, olive green, and charcoal-grey make up the palette here – a combination that reads as energetic but grounded, with the warmth of the reds and peach tones firmly anchoring the mood. Because the dominant hues are all warm, walls in terracotta, dusty blush, or warm off-white will pull the coral and peach forward in an analogous scheme that feels cohesive and sun-filled. For contrast, a deep forest green or sage – colours that sit almost opposite the red-orange family on the colour wheel – will make the botanicals sing against the wall without fighting the print’s vintage-naturalist spirit. If you prefer something quieter, a warm greige or linen-toned neutral whose yellow undertone echoes the olive foliage will let the bold red letter do all the talking. The print suits a study, kitchen, or reading corner particularly well – rooms where the poppy’s combination of scholarly botanical detail and graphic punch feels right in place – and it holds its own above a desk, on a deep shelf, or centred between two windows. This piece belongs to the Botanical Alphabet collection, a series the artist describes as "a delightful fusion of past and present," pairing vintage scientific illustration with bold modern lettering, each print representing a letter alongside the plant that shares its initial. Hung alongside other letters from the collection it builds a vivid, characterful gallery wall, and as a standalone initial it makes a genuinely personal gift for a gardener, a plant lover, or anyone whose name begins with P.
The print is produced with archival pigment inks on Enhanced Matte art paper, a smooth gallery-grade stock with a soft, glare-free finish – the kind of surface that sits naturally beneath both a slim black or white modern frame and a more ornate gilded or dark-wood moulding that echoes the vintage botanical references in the image, and qualifies as museum-grade in both ink and substrate. At A4 the print works beautifully propped on a shelf or slotted into a gallery wall arrangement; A3 holds its own as a single framed piece above a sideboard or bedside table; A2 makes a confident statement on a kitchen splashback wall or in a hallway; and the A1 sheet is large enough to anchor an entire wall in a living room or generous home office. This print is also available as a 28×40 inch (70×100 cm) canvas, ready to hang with no frame needed.
