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On Inspiration

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0400

“On inspiration there is but one, Nature.
For Nature knows no bounds. For her there is no colour too vivid, no form too bold.
Yes, it is to her I yield.
I look.
I listen.
I learn.
From her cool freshly stretched canvases of fallen snow, to the exquisite fiery strokes of her sunsets,
or the deep impasto of a raging sea, there is none greater.
Art and Artist, unequalled is she.
My Mother, my Master, my teacher, my life.
And so it is I say, that to Nature I bow,
long and mighty may she reign !”

~ L. J. Le Rolland

“On Inspiration” Journal Excerpt.

New Botanical Print For Sale

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:04:00 -0500

“Bittersweet” the Title piece from the Collection of the same name is now available to purchase
as a Giclée print over at my Etsy shop.

Use the link below to head there or click the image below to go direct.

ETSY SHOP

“Bittersweet” Title piece From the Collection...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:03:00 -0500

“Bittersweet”

Title piece From the Collection “Bittersweet ~ Botanical Illustrations”

Juxtapoz Magazine

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:28:00 -0500

I’m really pleased to have my work featured online by
JUXTAPOZ Magazine ! Have a look for yourselves over at

JUXTAPOZ.com

Bittersweet Nightshade

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:15:00 -0500

Solanum dulcamara - Woody Nightshade or Bittersweet

Veiled amongst shadowy undergrowth and hedgerows can be found the delicate Woody Nightshade or Bittersweet, a femme fatale of flora.

Flowering from June through to September with an exquisite blaze of vibrant purple flowers and enticing, voluptuous scarlet berries, it is easily to fall under the spell of the Bittersweet.
Alas, Bittersweet by name, bittersweet by nature. Its allure and beauty aside, La Belle Fleur is pernicious - from its very root to berry it is entirely poisonous.

’ Bittersweet ’ ~ Title piece FromBittersweet ~...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:08:00 -0500

’ Bittersweet ’ ~ Title piece From

Bittersweet ~ Botanical Illustrations

Pen & Ink

Brilliant Britain Guide . . .

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:01:00 -0500

I’m very pleased to have ‘… A Rose but Only Two’ from my Tam Lin series selected and featured in the Mulberry ’ Your Brilliant Britain ’ gallery.

The gallery by British luxury brand Mulberry champions the unsung heroes, craftsmanship traditions, and unique characteristics that make Britain great.

Follow the link below and scroll down to view my work and the gallery.

http://www.brilliantbritainguide.com/your-brilliant-britain

First Edition Botanical Prints

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:11:00 -0500

First Edition prints of my botanical Illustrations from my “Bittersweet” series
are now available for purchase through my Etsy shop

CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO LINK TO THE SHOP

Photo

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:34:00 -0500

First edition Giclée botanical prints

First edition Giclée botanical prints

Group Show

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:42:34 -0500

** TONIGHT **

The Private View of the group show I’m taking part in!

6~10pm, free entry:

A-side B-side Gallery
Hackney Downs Studios
5 - 9 Amhurst Terrace
Hackney
London | E8 2BT

Hope to see you there.

Limited Editions for Group Show

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:29:00 -0500

Signing & numbering the limited edition screen prints for the group show at
A-side B-side Gallery, private view this Friday, 07/12/12.

Photo

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:59:00 -0500

... An Angry Queen Was She

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:13:00 -0500

Here is my latest artwork ‘… An Angry Queen Was She’ forming part of my Tam Lin series.
Thomas the Rhymer, the 13th century Scottish laird introduced best the Queen of Elphame
in all her splendour when he said:

“All hail, thou mighty Queen of Heaven!
For your peer on earth I never did see.”

Tam Lin: ‘…An Angry Queen Was She’ Pen &...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:08:00 -0500

Tam Lin: ‘…An Angry Queen Was She’

Pen & Ink

A-Side B-Side Exhibition

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:07:00 -0500

I am taking part in the group show ‘Dreaming of a Black & White Christmas’
at the A-side B-side Gallery in Hackney. Private View December the 7th, 6pm-10pm.

I will be showing “A Rose but Only Two” as a limited edition screen print, which I have printed especially for the show. The edition is limited to ten prints, four of which will be available for purchase exclusively to the show.

Hope to see you there.

Tam Lin “A Rose but Only Two”

Pen & Ink

Bittersweet

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:51:00 -0400

I’ve fallen somewhat behind with my posts recently.
However, I’ve been deeply engrossed in researching and working on my latest series of artworks a series of botanical illustrations entitled “Bittersweet.”

The flora which make up the series “Bittersweet” all share in common a beauty, albeit, only as a veil.
Their beauty is but skin deep.
Each of the flowers having something much darker, more sinister than first meets the eye.

Indeed, the series takes it’s title from the common name for Woody Nightshade, Bittersweet.

Below are two excerpts from “Bittersweet”;

Convolvulus ~ Bellbind or Bindweed:
This beautiful flower can be seen late Spring till the end of Summer.
The common name comes from the plant’s creeping, winding vines which “bind” themselves suffocating and choking with its beauty the flora to which it hugs.

Digitalis purpurea ~ The Common Foxglove or Deadman’s Bells.
This bewitching flower can be seen flowering early Summer and sometimes later in the season.
The entire plant is toxic including the roots and seeds.

Taken from “Bittersweet” Botanical Illustrations Pen...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:50:00 -0400

Taken from “Bittersweet” Botanical Illustrations

Pen & Ink

A Rose But Only Two . . .

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:54:00 -0400

Here is the third artwork from my Tam Lin series entitled “A Rose But Only Two”.
This piece forms a diptych with the artwork “Tam Lin”.

“She’d not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two
When up there came young Tam Lin says “Lady, pull no more.”

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:45:00 -0400

Tam Lin: “A Rose But Only Two”

Pen & Ink

New Limited Edition Prints

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:53:00 -0400

“The White Steed” the latest artwork from my Tam Lin series are now available as an
extremely limited edition screen print of only five.

Available from my STORE.

http://www.ljlerolland.com/

On Inspiration

New Botanical Print For Sale

“Bittersweet” Title piece From the Collection...

Juxtapoz Magazine

Bittersweet Nightshade

’ Bittersweet ’ ~ Title piece FromBittersweet ~...

Brilliant Britain Guide . . .

First Edition Botanical Prints

Photo

Group Show

Limited Editions for Group Show

Photo

... An Angry Queen Was She

Tam Lin: ‘…An Angry Queen Was She’ Pen &...

A-Side B-Side Exhibition

Bittersweet

Taken from “Bittersweet” Botanical Illustrations Pen...

A Rose But Only Two . . .

Tam Lin: “A Rose But Only Two” Pen & Ink ©...

New Limited Edition Prints