Edwina has worked as an illustrator for over 40 years, beginning as an in-house illustrator for UK publisher Quarto. This was a good grounding in techniques and materials, as well as flexibility, and prepared her for life as a free-lance illustrator, still mainly in publishing. She learnt to tackle many diverse subjects which could be anything from medical, movies and music to horses, health, and horticulture.

Seeking adventure and escape from England’s grey skies, she spent 4 years in the Middle East, working mainly on children’s books. From here she moved to Australia where she broadened her skills studying creative visual arts before teaching the foundations of art and design in various institutions including graphic design college, Billy Blue. During this time, she also completed an MA in Art Therapy, which she practised for several years. Commissions for her illustration work, though still varied in content, were becoming more oriented towards horticulture and botany.

She enjoys working with gouache, ink and graphite, but lately has found that she is particularly drawn to watercolour, for its vibrancy, spontaneous, organic quality and luminous properties enabling transparent layer-building.

Eight years ago she bought a house on a large plot. The challenge has been to turn this patch of land (mostly gum trees, sand and rocks with a few azaleas & camelias) into the beautiful garden it now is, planted with both native Australian and exotic flora. It has become both her inspiration and something of an obsession. Deciding to specialise in botanical illustration, she completed the Society of Botanical Artist's Distant Learning Diploma in 2018 with an Award of Excellence. This has further nurtured an intimacy and deep connection to plants which she is continuing to pursue in her studio in the heart of the beautiful Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

In March 2022  she was awarded the Best In Show at BASA's exhibition in Melbourne for her work 'Hydrangea, Petunia, Blackberry'.