This is the story of Celia Rosser, internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, who dedicated her life to painting the entire genus of Banksia, the only artist to have done so.

Celia Rosser is a renowned Australian botanical artist, best known for having illustrated The Banksias, a three-volume series of monographs containing water colour paintings of every Banksia species.

In 1974 she was appointed University Botanical Artist and began the project of painting every Banksia species. The project took over 25 years to complete and resulted in the publication of a three-volume monograph entitled The Banksias, with accompanying text by Alex George. Publication of the final volume in 2000 represented the first time that such a large genus has been entirely painted.

In 1977, Celia Rosser was awarded the Linnaean Society of London’s Jill Smythies Award for botanical illustration, and in 1995 was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia. Monash University awarded her an honorary Master of Science degree in 1981 and an honorary Ph.D. in 1999.

Rosser began working on Volume 1 in 1974 and completed Volume 3 in 2000. Each volume of The Banksias has been presented to the Queen by the Australian Government as a gift of the Australian people. Rosser was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia 1995 for her contribution to botanical art.

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