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Susanne Choinowski Gaschen
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Susanne Choinowski Gaschen
1964 born in Switzerland.
During my work as a family doctor and consultant at the Psychiatric University Hospital in Bern, I started 2002 the training to become a botanical illustrator, first at the English gardening school in London, Kew Gardens and several courses in South Africa, Cornwall, and West Dean College. Now this year I finished the Diploma at the Royal Botanical Garden in Edinburgh.
Title of the Project:
Medicinal Plants
About the Project:
Within the scope of my medical activity as a general practitioner with the subtitle psychosomatic/psychosocial medicine, I often need medication that is based on herbs. There are several Swiss companies for evidence-based phytotherapy. They offer a quite wide range of medicines. In this work, I focused on herbs specially for depression or other stress symptoms. From the evidence-based combinations of herbs, I have studied and painted the individual plants. The combination of medicine and art/botanical illustration is exciting and instructive.
Illustrations:
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Petasites hybridus, 70 x 50 cm Watercolour on paper, 2022
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Passiflora caerula L., 70 cm x 50 cm Watercolour on paper, 2022
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Petasites hybridus L., 70 cm x 50 cm Watercolour on paper, 2022
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Valeriana officialis L., 70 cm x 50 cm Watercolour on paper, 2022
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Melissa officialis L., 70 cm x 50 cm Watercolour on paper, 2022
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Hypericum perforata L., 70 cm x 50 cm Watercolour on paper, 2022