Barbara Tillsley is an Australian artist. She was born in Northern NSW and moved to Sydney as a young woman. She lived in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens for many years where the inspiration for her paintings came directly from the exposure to extensive plants and flower collections. Her still life paintings also reflect a personal interest in antique porcelain, textiles, art and design. She works in watercolours and oil paints painting fruit and flowers in compositions with a unique but traditionally based style. The settings for the fruit and flowers are inspired from personal memories of travel, traditional textile designs, imagined landscapes and favourite collections from her home. Barbara now lives in the Sunshine Coast hinterland and continues to draw her creativity from nature.