This is a tale in which I share how I came to use the watercolour paints and palettes that I do and a story of coincidence and serendipity which follows. 

My visit to Kew Gardens in June 2018 provided me with most of the images for my series of paintings which I am near to finishing. This was not intentional however in the nearly 2000 photographs of gardens I took on that trip it appears that Kew is extremely photogenic!