Paula Darriba

Paula Darriba (b. 1980, Buenos Aires) is a naturalist illustrator based in Bariloche, Argentina. She holds a Drawing and Painting teaching degree (Academia Rosa Asplanato / Conservatorio Schubert, 2006) and specialized in botanical art at the Botanical Art School of Melbourne with Jenny Phillips and in Costa Rica with Mindy Lighthipe. She continues training in watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite. Paula teaches Naturalist Art workshops in Patagonia, combining traditional and contemporary techniques for scientific and artistic representation of plants and wildlife.