Rosie Harbottle is an artist based in the Teign Valley on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon. Drawing on close observation of the natural world, her paintings explore cycles of growth, renewal and transformation through flowers, plants and place.

Memories of a childhood spent exploring wild places continue to inform her practice, alongside an enduring fascination with the relationship between people and nature. She is particularly interested in the traces left behind by living systems; what disappears, what returns, and the layered histories embedded within a landscape. Through colour, pattern and intuitive mark-making, her paintings seek to capture not only the appearance of a plant or place, but its character, memory and emotional resonance.

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Influenced by folk art traditions, mythology and music, her work weaves together observation, symbolism and storytelling. Before becoming a full-time artist, Harbottle worked in illustration and textile design, experiences that continue to inform her use of pattern, colour and composition. Her paintings invite a slower way of looking, celebrating the beauty, complexity and interconnectedness of the natural world.