I am a mixed media artist based in Oban on the north west coast of Scotland. Originally from Edinburgh, I studied at Gray’s School of Art and my work has taken me to New York, Sydney, Dubai and London.

Working with pressed flowers, paint and plaster, I’m interested in the ways we collect, classify and interpret the natural world. Across botanical casts, modular canvases and flag-based works, I use the visual language of colour charts, industrial palettes, botanical classification and symbolic systems.

My current work focuses on botanical bas-relief casting, using real plants and flowers to create impressions in plaster. I arrange these into grids, panels and larger installations, often deconstructing familiar botanical forms and rearranging them in unexpected ways. I deliberately keep broken stems, wilting flowers and incomplete impressions, enjoying the unpredictability of nature within these ordered arrangements.

In my flag-based works, including those inspired by nautical signal flags, I recreate powerful symbols associated with authority, possession and communication using fragile pressed flowers. I’m interested in the difference between the strong symbolic nature of flags and the quiet, delicate materials used to make them.

(For Lorna’s Illustration work and alphabet prints please visit www.lornafreytag.com)