“I have always been interested in nature and I got trapped in this carnivorous plant vortex in 2007 after finding a few of these “cps” from a local garden shop.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Thanks for wondering to my site :-) I hope you like what you see! My name is Siru and I was born in 1994. I graduated in 2017 as horticulturist from HAMK University of Applied Sciences in Hämeenlinna, Finland. I grew up in Lahti, Finland and I have always been interested in nature and I got trapped in this carnivorous plant vortex in 2007 after finding a few of these “cps” from a local garden shop. My collection eventually grow to be unofficially the biggest in Finland and as I was studying in my University (to become a horticulturist) I decided to write a book as my thesis work about growing carnivorous plants with emphasizing the conditions in Finland. It’s called “Lihansyöjäkasvit - opas kesytyksestä kasvatukseen”and it was published in 2018.
Although now I don’t live in Finland anymore, but in United States. This new phase started in my life in 2016 on my 3rd year in the University. I managed to get myself to Virginia to spend 3 intern months in a non-profit501(c)(3) organization called Meadowview Biological Research Station http://pitcherplant.org/ When I graduated in 2017 and headed back to Virginia as soon as I could and again in 2018 and I got to marry my best American friend who also loves these carnivores (some people know him). Never thought this would happen but I’m very happy now :-) Before I decided to pursue becoming Horticulturist I considered an artist career. I like to paint using watercolors and I used to be a big colored pencil artist between 2008-2011 but have since then done less of those works.
Blog article about me on carnivorousplants.co.uk by Tom Bennett
We’re located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (USA)
Testimonials
““Quality artwork. Se definitely captured the beauty of the plant””
““I bought two prints for my mother-in-law for her birthday. They were beautiful. She loved the prints and is looking forward to seeing more of Siru’s art!””
““THANK YOU SO MUCH @snownyy @sirusplantart for creating this awesome image of N.lowii x truncata ‘giant’! LOOOOVE IT!!””
““WOW !! Siru ! This is beautiful. I’m honestly blown away, excited to hang it up in the office, Thank you !!””
Artist and the website admin
Siru Curzon
sirucurzon @ icloud . com