Margherita Leoni

Fiore e albero esotico viola di un raffinato acquerellista italiano

2009

Margherita Leoni was born and raised in Italy. However, she spent most of her adult life in San Paulo, Brazil. There, she started collaborating with the botanical faculty of the local university, allowing her to develop exciting research in rare botanical species studies and drawings. For this reason, most of her artworks illustrate Brazilian botanical species, both rare and common. The artist's mastery of watercolour allows her to take part in botanical expeditions, where she paints in plein air. S also collaborates with many botanical gardens, where she holds watercolour courses. With her exquisite technique and extensive botanical knowledge, Margherita Leoni is considered Margaret Mee's heir. In 2014, Shirley Sherwood selected three of her artworks for the Kew Garden exhibition (London, "Botanical Artists of the Third Millennium", 2014). In 2016, her artworks were exhibited at Renzo Piano's Museum, MUSE, where she participated in a solo temporary exhibition.