Sue J. Williams MA Oxon came late to botanical painting via short course at Kew, but had always been fascinated by the endless variations in colour, texture and pattern in plants as well as their therapeutic uses. She was commissioned to paint the indigenous flowering trees and plants for the National Botanic Gardens in Zimbabwe 1998, and designed definitive botanical stamp issue for the Pitcairn Islands 2000. She was awarded RHS Gold Medal in 2008. Her work is held in major collections in UK and abroad.