Biography
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Family / Early Years

Education
1978 - 1982 - University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Graduated Batchelor of Arts - Honours
1982 - 1983 - University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Post Graduate Certificate of Education

​Work
1983 - 1985 - Teaching appointment
1985 - Began Painting full time
1989 - Elected member of Society of Botanical Artists, London, UK

1992 - Returned to live in Australia

Exhibitions & Collections
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Group Exhibitions https://web.archive.org/web/20240519030030/https://blaxill.com/exhibits.php
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1988
-- Norwich Festival Exhibition, Two Man Show, Tudor Gallery, Norwich, UK
 
1988
-- Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, London, UK
 
1988 - 1989
-- Mixed Exhibitions, "Look" Gallery, Helmsley, Yorkshire, UK
 
1989 - 1990
-- Mixed Exhibitions, "Look Again" Gallery, Thirsk, Yorkshire, UK
 
1989
-- Society of Botanical Artists Group Exhibition, Westminster Gallery, London, UK
-- Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK (Country Life Gallery, Hitchin, UK)
 
1990
-- Society of Botanical Artists Group Exhibition, Westminster Gallery, London, UK
-- Linnean Society, Burlington House, London, UK
 
1991
-- Linnean Society, Burlington House, London, UK
 
1992
-- "World of Water colours", Park Lane Hotel, London, UK (David Ker Gallery)
-- Society of Botanical Artists Group Exhibition, Westminster Gallery, London, UK
-- Represented in New York by the "Artis" Group
-- 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration, Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA This Exhibition takes place once every five years and is by invitation only. The painting chosen for the catalogue cover was by Susannah Blaxill
 
1993
-- Society of Botanical Artists, London, UK. Touring Exhibition of South Africa.
-- Society of Botanical Artists Group Exhibition, Westminster Gallery, London, UK
 
1996
-- Kew Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA
 
1997
-- National Galleries of Scotland, Museum of Modem Art, Edinburgh, UK Gibbes Gallery, Charleston, USA New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, USA National Arts Club, New York, USA
 
1998
-- S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia Yasuda Kasai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa Tryon and Swan Gallery, London, UK
 
1999
-- Millesgarden Museum, Sweden Tudor House Art Show, Moss Vale, NSW, Australia
 
2000
-- Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
 
2001
-- Tryon and Swan Gallery, London, UK Marciana Library, Venice, Italy
 
2002
-- "Botanica", Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW, Australia
-- Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
 
2003
-- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington,
 
2004
-- "Photosynthesis", The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, U.K.
-- Botanica 2004, The Art of the Plant, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
2005
-- "A New Flowering: 1000 Years of botantical Art", The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, U.K.
-- Botanica 2005, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
2006
-- Seijo Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
-- Botanica 2006, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
2007
-- Botanica 2007, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
2008
-- Botanica 2008, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
2009
-- "Down Under: Artists from Australia and New Zealand." Link Gallery, Kew Gardens, England
-- "The Art of Plant Evolution," Kew Gardens, England
-- "Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art," The Alisa and Isaac Sutton Collection, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
 
2010
-- "Hidden Treasures at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery", Kew Gardens, England
-- "Bulbmania Kew Gardens", England
-- "Botanica," Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
 
2012
-- "Leaves", Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, England
 
2013
-- "The McEwen Legacy: Artists Influenced by Rory McEwen", Kew Gardens, England
-- "Botanical Art into the Third Millenium", Museo della Grafica, Pisa, Italy
 
2014
-- "Botanical Art in the 21st Century", Kew Gardens, England
 
2015
-- "The Joy of Spring", Kew Gardens, England
-- "Work from Botanical Artists in the Collection of Dr Shirley Sherwood OBE" Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery, London, England.
-- Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery, London, UK
 
2015 - 2016
-- "Nature's Bounty", Kew Gardens, England
 
2016
-- Members Exhibition, BDAS, Bowral, NSW, Australia.
   Winner of the 2016 Botanic Art Prize.
 
2017
-- "Flora of Australia: A Botanical Art World Wide Exhibition", Canberra, ACT Australia
 
2018
-- "Botanica"", Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
2021
-- "Still Now", Horsham Regional Art Gallery Horsham, Victoria, Australia
-- "Fungi x Botanica”, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, NSW, Australia
-- "A Botanical Rainbow”, Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. UK
 
2023
-- "The Wonderful World of Waterplants", Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. UK
-- "The Art of Food”, Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. UK
 
One Person Exhibitions
1991
-- David Ker Gallery, Bourne Street, London, UK
1993
-- New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW, Australia
1994
-- Spink, St James', London, UK
 
Private Collections

• Painting are held in private collections in UK, Europe, Australia and the US

 
Public Collections

• Kew Gardens, Kew, UK