Eleanor Lea Rohrbaugh

Eleanor Lea Rohrbaugh is a native of South Carolina but a longtime resident of New York City, where she is an active botanical artist and illustrator. She has a master's degree in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania and was a park planner with New York City Parks & Recreation for 20 years. Since 1995, she has devoted her talents to botanical art and illustration. In 1998, she received a certificate in botanical illustration from the New York Botanical Garden. She completed a three-year course of study with Anne-Marie Evans and received a certificate in advanced botanical watercolor painting in 2003. She is a member of the Guild for Natural Science Illustrators and American Society of Botanical Artists and a fellow of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society. Her artwork has been shown in many venues in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region, and is currently on view in two traveling group exhibitions of invasive plants in New York and in Connecticut.

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    • Eleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Olea europea
Watercolor, 10/17/02
© Copyright Brooklyn Botanic GardenEleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Olea europea Watercolor, 10/17/02 © Copyright Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    • Eleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Sanguinaria canadensis
Watercolor on Arches 140 lb hot press, 16" × 20"Eleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Sanguinaria canadensis Watercolor on Arches 140 lb hot press, 16" × 20"
    • Eleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Quercus robur
Watercolor and graphite pencil, 30" × 22"Eleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Quercus robur Watercolor and graphite pencil, 30" × 22"
    • Eleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Ferraria crispa, 2005. 
Watercolor on Arches 140# hot press, 22" × 16".
© Copyright Brooklyn Botanic GardenEleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Ferraria crispa, 2005. Watercolor on Arches 140# hot press, 22" × 16". © Copyright Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    • Eleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Albuca canadensis, 2008 
Watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb. soft press, 20" × 16".
© Copyright Brooklyn Botanic GardenEleanor I. Rohrbaugh, Albuca canadensis, 2008 Watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb. soft press, 20" × 16". © Copyright Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    • Eleanor Lea Rohrbaugh, Gladiolus carneus ‘Painted Lady’, 2010.  Helen Mattin Warm Temperate Pavilion. Watercolor on Arches 140lb. hot press. 22" x 18". 
Eleanor Lea Rohrbaugh, Gladiolus carneus ‘Painted Lady’, 2010. Helen Mattin Warm Temperate Pavilion. Watercolor on Arches 140lb. hot press. 22" x 18".
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