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TALK (18 May 2022): How to exhibit at the RHS Botanical Art Show

15/5/2022

I've been asked by the Society of Botanical Artists to do a talk about "How to Exhibit at the RHS Botanical Art Show" on Wednesday 18th May 2022.

Below are details about the talk - which is open to all.

TALK: How to exhibit at the RHS Botanical Art Show

There's a very specific process for exhibiting at the RHS Botanical Art Show - and it's completely different to ALL other Major International Open Exhibitions of Botanical Art.

I sometimes refer to it as "The Botanical Art Olympics" - as almost all of those who participate get a medal!

This talk aims to

demystify the process for all those interested in participating in the show at some point
enable botanical artists wanting to enter to understand how they can help themselves to do better.

TITLE OF TALK: How to exhibit at the RHS Botanical Show by Katherine Tyrrell

SCOPE OF THE TALK

How to get approved to exhibit
- what you need to read
- timeline for the process
- who should apply
- when you should apply
- what you should submit
- how you should submit
How to win a Medal
- how is artwork judged?
- what are the characteristics of Gold Medal exhibits?
TOP TIPS for how to get into training for the Botanical Art Olympics!
- based on very many interviews with Gold Medal Winners for more than a decade
- plus analysis of all the top exhibits in recent years

Talk Host: Society of Botanical Artists
Platform: Zoom
Date: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Time: 19.00 - 20.00 BST (that's 2pm Eastern Standard Time in the USA ) and https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html gives you the conversion to other places
SBA Members: Free event for all SBA Fellows, Foundation members and DLDC students. Login for the Zoom Talk in the normal way (Plus a recording will be added to the Members', foundations' and Students' sections of the SBA website)
Everybody Else: Also available to non-members via Eventbrite on THIS LINK for £10

My credentials for giving this talk are that I've:

written about RHS Botanical Art Shows since 2007
interviewed most of the Gold Medal Winners since 2011 and have recorded their top tips for people wanting to enter and do well
analysed the exhibits in terms of type and frequency - and how these contribute to doing well in terms of the colour of the medal
developed dedicated resources to support people entering the RHS Show
been thanked by very many botanical artists - at the show after they won a medal - for making the "how to" more accessible! :)

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Scottish Society of Botanical Artists wins £10,000 Finnis Scott Foundation's Botanical Art Prize 2022

4/5/2022

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The winner of the £10,000 Botanical Art Prize 2022 - awarded by the Finnis Scott Foundation - is the Scottish Society of Botanical Artists, for their project ‘Botanical Art Training Scotland’.

The presentation of the £10,000 prize will take place in late May in Edinburgh.

Members of the Scottish Society of Botanical Artists during one of their painting days

“We are delighted to have been awarded this year's botanical art prize. It will enable the SSBA to grow by introducing beginners and other artists in the north and south of Scotland to the joy in capturing the beauty of plants in the fine detail of botanical art, and hopefully inspire them to continue learning."
Anne Carlaw, Chair of the SSBA

SSBA Saughton Park Sketching Day

The Finnis Scott Botanical Art Prize 2022

I wrote about the Botanical Art Prize for 2022 back in November last year in Finnis Scott Foundation Botanical Art Award (£10,000). This explains the background of and purpose of the prize.

In summary, the Botanical Art Prize is

dedicated to the practice and promotion of botanical art; and
aimed at established botanical art groups.

Specifically the Award is:

intended to fund discrete and collaborative projects that promote and encourage the practice and appreciation of botanical painting in the UK and/or Ireland
awarded biennially i.e. every two years.
sponsored by The Finnis Scott Foundation - a charity that was established by the will of the late Valerie Finnis to support Horticulture and Art.

WHAT THE JUDGES THOUGHT!

The judges thought that the entries were of a very high standard. However, they particularly liked the SSBA’s plan to

give groups or individuals the opportunity to learn, or develop their botanical art skills,
by running a number of free of charge, face-to-face courses in Inverness (the Highlands to the north) and Dumfries (the Southern Uplands)
which will be open to artists with some botanical painting experience as well as individuals are who are interested in learning.

In other words, a project which tackles the deficit in tuition outside the Central Lowlands 'Belt' where all the major cities lie and most of the population live.

“We are delighted to award the biennial Finnis Scott Botanical Art Prize to the Society of Scottish Botanical Artists, to help in their work enabling Scots outside the central belt to participate in the creation of botanical artworks, with all the benefits that come with that.

The Society won the prize against very stiff competition from other groups in the United Kingdom. We wish the SSBA good fortune in their endeavours."
Ursula Buchan, Chair of the Finnis Scott Foundation

The project proposes to

run 8 weekend courses over 2 years free of charge to participants. The only costs participants will need to pay are their own travel, accommodation and meals and recommended art materials.
Year 1 there will be 2 beginner courses in autumn and 2 in spring.
Year 2 there will be 2 intermediate courses in autumn and 2 in spring.
There will be 12 places per course.

I think this is an admirable project - and one which highlights the attention all botanical art societies should endeavour to outreach activities which embrace those living in less populated areas. Their costs are very much more significant when they have to travel long distances to more expensive places.

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About the Finnis Scott Foundation

The charitable trust, the Finnis Scott Foundation, was founded in 2006, to provide money for charitable projects in the fields of gardening, plant sciences and art.

The Foundation was set up in memory of Sir David Scott, diplomat, art collector and passionate gardener (1887-1986), and his wife, Valerie Finnis (1924 -2006), the famous alpine gardener and photographer, with the proceeds of the sale of their extensive collection of Victorian and twentieth century British pictures.

The FSF Botanical Art Prize, worth £10,000, is awarded every two years, and is separate from the awards granted for applications to the general fund.

The FSF Botanical Art Prize was first awarded in 2018 and is the most valuable prize of its kind in the UK.

“The Prize is unique in that it offers the opportunity for dedicated botanical art societies and similar groups to apply for funding to develop projects they wouldn’t otherwise be able to carry out. The botanical artist often works alone, so the opportunity to work in collaboration as part of a group can be incredibly inspiring.”
Sandra Wall-Armitage (one of the Judges)

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Botanic Endeavour: RBG Sydney Florilegium Society celebrates the Banks and Solander Collections

3/5/2022

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Back in 2020, one of the significant botanical exhibitions of the year was that of "Botanic Endeavour" - in Sydney. This was the second exhibition - in association with the publication of a new book (see below) - by the Florilegium Society of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (RBGS).

This, of course was the year, when public spaces were being locked down and then reopening and then locking down again. At the same time that people were being careful about where they travelled and how and which public spaces they visited. It really wasn't a great year for art exhibitions.

My recollection is that the planned exhibition was cancelled. Then in November 2020, a webinar was held to talk about the second project, the book and the paintings

It's really pleasing therefore to hear that there's going to be another chance to see Botanic Endeavour: The Florilegium Society celebrates the Banks and Solander Collections. This announcement feels like it provides another opportunity for all those who were playing it safe, not travelling and not going to exhibitions in 2020 - or 2021.

The Society will present an exhibition of 50 recent botanical paintings linking the historic Banks’ and Solander specimens held in the National Herbarium of NSW with the Living Collection of the three Gardens. This project was created to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s voyage in the Endeavour in 2020.

Curated by Colleen Morris, the focus is on these historic specimens; drawing attention to the time and place of their collection, their history and inviting reflection on their significance to science, to the Indigenous peoples, to those collecting them and to the Gardens now.

Some of the newly digitised Banks’ and Solander collection images will be displayed along with more treasures from the Daniel Solander Library including some of the Banks’ Florilegium plates and his specimen cabinet.

Details of the exhibition are below:

Venue: The Lion Gate Lodge, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Dates: Saturday 7th – Sunday 22nd May 2022
Hours: 10am - 4pm daily
Cost: FREE

Public transport is recommended as parking is limited.

The majority of the Banks and Solander specimens represented in the new works were collected at Botany Bay and the remainder from several locations in Queensland. Fresh plant material was sourced in many ways; with the co-operation of the botanic gardens in Cambridge, Oxford and Kew in the UK and a specialist nursery in California as well as from the three Gardens of the Trust in Australia. One artist sourced seeds from Western Australia and grew them in Cambridge; another painted from plants on the Amahlongwana River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In Australia, some material was obtained from specialist nurseries and grown on at home; naturally, many grow in Sydney and the areas of collection in Queensland.
The Florilegium at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney by Dianne Sutherland (one of the artists)

Botanic Endeavour - the book

The First Book by RBGS Florilegium Society (published 2016)

The second book - Botanic Endeavour - published 2020

Those visiting the exhibition will have a chance to buy the Botanic Endeavour book. Those living further afield, who would like a copy can find out more about it - and the first book - on my page about the Florilegium Societies.
Just scroll down until you get to Australasia and The Florilegium Society at The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust.

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RHS Medals for Portfolio Photography 2022

27/4/2022

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This post covers the photographers who received RHS Medals for their Photography Portfolio.

The RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show comprises two parts.

One exhibition is for Botanical Art - covered in earlier posts this month and
the second exhibition focuses on the Portfolio aspect of the RHS Photography Awards.

This post is ordered according to

a preamble about the nature of the competition, exhibition and how it is judged
the Awards and colour of medals
with photographers in each category being listed alphabetically by surname.
links in their names are to their website - but I only liked to those who have a self-evident and serious interest in plants and not to those using this competition as some sort of marketing opportunity

All quotations are from the RHS Photographic Competition: Portfolio Category 2022 (PDF Guidance)

The RHS Portfolio Photography Category

Contrary to what the title of the show suggests this is NOT a Botanical Photography Exhibition. Its content and criteria for judging bears little relation to the Botanical Art Show.

Copper and Pewter by Paul Mitchell - from the Best in Show exhibit

I commented last year about aspects of the development of this particular show which I find unsatisfactory. It now seems to me that it has lost its original and unique purpose.

The Portfolio category is different because it offers entrants the ability to:
* Submit a portfolio of work based on a minimum 6 images. The submission must form a series OR have a distinct common theme. It should include a hanging plan with a 250 word statement describing the work.
* From entries submitted, an initial shortlist is created having been assessed by our panel of Portfolio judges.
* All photographers shortlisted for the Portfolio category, are then invited to prepare their work in print, ready to hang their entry for exhibition at an RHS show.
* Exhibits in the portfolio category are judged as a whole against a set of RHS criteria at a designated RHS show.
* The RHS medals offered are Gold, Silver Gilt, Silver and Bronze
* A ‘Best Portfolio Photography exhibit’ with a prize is awarded to the most outstanding exhibit.
RHS Photographic Competition: Portfolio Category 2022 (PDF Guidance)

Note that this introduction to the awards excludes the words "plants" and/or "botanical and/or "horticultural". One would be forgiven for thinking that it's all about the creative endeavour.

I think the saddest aspect of the show this year is that the move to the Saatchi Gallery means that

genuine innovation and creativity with respect to exhibits has now been lost
all work has to be the same size and framed in the same way - meaning that one the very distinctive aspects of the exhibition has been removed
the number of words are severely curtailed
some exhibits do not even explain which plants you are looking at
which means that
- the element of judging relating to presentation should no longer be weighted as it has been in the past
- the exhibits are far less informative about the plants

The net result is that botanical photographers who have won Gold Medals in the past now refuse to exhibit in this very 'dumbed down' show.

I also have a MAJOR issue with the focus, experience and calibre of the Judges in relation to this exhibition. The question I pose repeatedly is that if ALL other RHS medals can be awarded by specialists in each of the very specialised and expert categories why can't photography? Frankly in other competitions I often say, knowing who the Judges are tells you a lot about whether it's worth entering.....

Who are the judges?
Portfolio is judged by members of the RHS Portfolio Judging Panel. Panel members come from a wide range of backgrounds, some are professional plant and garden photographers, others are photographers working in other fields such as architecture. Others have their background in plantsmanship or gardening but all have a keen interest in photographic art and plants. Judges are selected each year and they do change year on year depending on their availability.

I have an even bigger issue with the fact that nowhere in the Guidelines for entrants to this show is there an EXPLICIT statement of ALL the criteria to be used in judging exhibits.

Instead we have some very generic and general sentences - one of which left me with a dropped jaw - because it contravenes competition law!!

Portfolio is judged against a variety of criteria including the technical execution of the photography, how the portfolio hangs together as a whole, how the portfolio is presented and the horticultural content of the images........

Rules for the exhibition will be provided once date and venue are confirmed.

So absolutely no criteria relating to the "botanical" or "plant" content? Despite the name of the show?

Maybe the show needs to be retitled as the RHS Botanical Art and Horticultural Photography Show?

Or maybe just a creative photography show which happens to involve plants?
Even though plants do not get a mention in the guidance about "what is the Portfolio Category all about"!!

Below is the explanation of the exhibition hanging in Gallery 3 at the Saatchi Gallery. It contains a lot of content which is omitted from the Guidance Document and some which which it would have been very useful to include. See if you can spot the sentences which rankle,

Best in Show Award

All photographs must be mainly of plants, flowers or gardens or some aspect of botany or horticulture, including fungi and lichens. This may include people in a horticultural environment. Images which include other aspects of garden wildlife such as birds, mammals or invertebrates must ensure that they are balanced with sufficient plant content and that the wildlife content is not dominant.

Best Exhibit in Show - Portraits of Time by Paul Mitchell

I hope that people will enjoy this portfolio of tree portraits, some ancient and others that help to make the rich tapestry of British Woodlands.
Narrative of Paul Mitchell's exhibit label

Portraits in Time by Paul Mitchell
Paul is a first time exhibitor. Born in East Yorkshire, he now lives in East Dorset. He is a Fellow of the British Photographic Society. His interest in photography began at school. He studied graphic design at art college and had a design career in London working for many well known FMCG companies and brands. He now works as a professional landscape photographer and specialist book designer.

He has had previous successes in Landscape Photographer of the Year, Outdoor Photographer of the Year and the International Garden Photographer of the Year. I'm not surprised.

A cash prize of £500 plus an RHS gift membership is awarded to the Portfolio named Best Portfolio Exhibit

RHS Portfolio Photography: Gold Medals

This is the only RHS competitive exhibition for photographers which is eligible for RHS Medals.

Gold medals are only awarded to exhibits of the highest standards.

Christine Adams - The Perpetual Cycle of Life that includes Death
Tracy Calder - Plant Scars - a former editor of Outdoor Photography magazine, and currently works as Technique Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine. She has written various photography books, including Close-up & Macro Photography. Her work has been exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Paul Mitchell - Portraits in Time
John Shepherd - Tribute to the Rainbow

RHS Gold Medal - Plant Scars Tracy Calder

RHS Portfolio Photography: Silver Gilt Medals

Libby Ellis - Cosmosis
Soia Letourneau - The Thread
Mark Lunn - New Life from Old

RHS Portfolio Photography: Silver Medals

Alan Bousfield - Kent Orchids
Konrad Cox - The Flowing Forest
Sanjay Dinker Jani - Richard of York Gave Battle in Vein
Kevin Dutton - Spring Bulbs - also exhibited in 2021 when he got a Bronze Medal
Kaylie Mountford - Contained - a Study of Botanical Houses

RHS Portfolio Photography: Bronze Medals

Emma TS Robinson - Still Life with Flowers
Jacki Rosin - The Dawn of Spring
Joseph Shaffery - A Window to A World of Forests

Previous Shows

2021:
- RHS London Botanical Art & Photography Show - Pros, Cons and the Future
- Review: RHS London Portfolio Photography Show - which includes a summary of how this exhibition has developed over time - and lost its way....
2020 - show was cancelled
2019 - RHS Portfolio Photography Show 2019 - Selected Exhibits
2018 - RHS London Botanical Photography Show 2018 - Awards and Medal Winners
2017 - RHS Awards for Botanical Photography 2017

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More about botanical photography

You can read and see more about botanical photography on the following pages on my Botanical Art and Artists website

HISTORY: Famous Botanical Photographers
CONTEMPORARY: You can find Notable contemporary botanical photographers on my page about people working on other media - Botanical Printmakers, Photographers, Sculptors and Digital Illustrators
This label is used for all blog posts about botanical photography on this news blog - and references non-RHS botanical photography shows and photographers.

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RHS Silver Medals - Botanical Art Show 2022

21/4/2022

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This is about the botanical artists and illustrators awarded an RHS Silver Medal at The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show - on display at the Saatchi Gallery until 29th April 2022.

My two previous posts covered:

There will be one more post about the Botanical Art Show in which I will comment on themes and learning points from the exhibits

RHS Silver Medals for Botanical Art 2022

These are the RHS Silver Gilt Medallists , listed in alphabetical order by country.
UK

Georgia Danvers - Making the invisible visible
Jane Goodson - Aeonium
Yolande Muschamp - A Gloucestershire Hedgerow
Shirley Slocock - Lucian's Herbarium revisited
Wendy Smith - Running to Seed - flower seed heads

USA

Hyunjin Cho - The anatomy of flowers

Below is a profile of each artist - based on information available online.
If the artist has a website or social media site a link to this is embedded in their name.

The Anatomy of Flowers by Hyunjin Cho

Hyunjin Cho - The anatomy of flowers

Exhibit.
Her paintings show the complete flowering process from first bud to full bloom. Anatomical details are shown in a U shape below the flower, echoing the shape of a fetus in a womb

About Hyunjin Cho (First time Exhibitor)
Lives and works in California, USA. She has previously exhibited at Filoli and ASBA 24th Annual International Exhibition of Botanical Art

Georgia Danvers - Making the invisible visible

Exhibit
Her exhibit explored the diversity in structure and colour in pollen grains, relative to the plant. She collaborated with Professor David Twell who sourced and grew the plants and supplied images of the pollen from a high definition electron microscope at the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics and Genome Biology. Her exhibit comprises 12 artworks

a small painting of a macro view of the pollen grain and
a very small painting of the flower (life size?).

Both artworks lack a scale on the artwork - although the level of magnification is indicated on the label for the pollen grain.

The decision to paint pollen grains too much research and thought. To paint something which is invisible to the naked eye, to capture is structure, form, beauty, colour and shape was a deeply exciting project.

Making the Invisible visible by Georgia Danvers

About Georgia Danvers
Based in Leicestershire and trained in botanical illustration at Leicester College. Former Chair of Leicester Floral Artists Society. Previously awarded an RHS Silver Medal in 2013.

Jane Goodson - Aeonium

Exhibit
This exhibit is a response to the changing climate in the U - with many gardens experiencing increased periods of dry weather - and hence the need to review plants grown in a UK garden. Aeonium are native to Madeira, the Canary Islands and North Africa but do not thrive above 40 degrees C. However, unlike many succulents, they can tolerate increased rainfall. They can grow to 1 metre tall and exhibit dense branching rosettes of leaves up to 15 cm across.

About Jane Goodson
A botanical artist and adult education teacher who lives and works in Dorset. Awarded an RHS Silver Gilt Medal at Malvern in 2016. Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists. Accredited Lecturer for The Arts Society. She provides courses, talks and demonstrations.

Aeonium by Jane Goodson

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Andrew Brown awarded Jill Smythies Prize 2022

20/4/2022

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The Linnean Society of London has announced that Dr Andrew Brown has won the Jill Smythies Prize 2022 for outstanding diagnostic illustrations in botanical art.

Andrew Brown developed his skill in botanical illustration through his doctoral work on palynological vegetation history and during a career as an educator in the independent school sector. After retirement, he devoted himself to illustration fulltime. His detailed paintings of Alaskan wildflowers based on drawings done from life, have been exhibited at the Society and elsewhere. Other paintings have been selected for inclusion in limited edition botanical works, such as the Highgrove Florilegium. The black and white illustrations accompanying new species descriptions and floristic treatments demonstrate his skill in depicting detail, as well as the overall aspect of a plant, ensuring they are both faithful to the specimen from which they are drawn and aid in identification. He also contributes to the promotion of excellence in botanical illustration through his participation in societies and in botanical illustration workshops.
Citation for 2022 Jill Smythies Award

His award - and medal - will be officially presented at the Society’s AGM/Anniversary Meeting in May 2022.

About Andrew Brown

Dr. Andrew Brown

Dr Andrew P. Brown GM

has been awarded four Gold Medals by the Royal Horticultural Society - in 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999
His watercolour drawings of wildflowers in Alaska were made during the Westminster School 1985 Expedition to the Gates of the Arctic National Park in the Brooks Range of Alaska. These were exhibited at:
- 1987: the Linnean Society of London
- 1995: the Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation in Botanical Watercolors by British Artists Andrew P. Brown and John Wilkinson
graduated from both Oxford and Cambridge Universities and taught botany and biology as a career. Prior to his retirement, he was Head of Biology at Westminster School, London
In his retirement he has continued to be very active and has been
- Secretary of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
- author and Editor of the books associated with exhibitions by the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society.
He now works as
- a freelance botanical illustrator for Kew Gardens;
- a member of the Picture Panel Judges for the RHS Botanical Art Show
- an educator

RHS Judge Andrew Brown providing feedback to Jackie Isard on her RHS Gold Medal winning exhibit - at the RHS Botanical Art Show preview day earlier this month.

his scientific illustrations form part of the Kew Collection and he has given talks at Kew about how to prepare a complete scientific illustration through meticulous observation, planning and execution.

Dr Andrew Brown giving a talk - From Plant to Plate - at Kew about producing a scientific illustration on the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art 18th May 2018

his watercolour paintings are in the collection of the Shirley Sherwood Collection, The Transylvania Florilegium, The Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
his paintings have been exhibited at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art Kew Gardens - including in the "British Artists in the Shirley Sherwood Collection" exhibition in 2016

Andrew Brown with his Voodoo Lily in the 'British Artists in the Shirley Sherwood Collection' exhibition at Kew in 2016

About the Jill Smythies Prize - and the Linnean Society

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RHS Silver Gilt Medals - Botanical Art Show 2022

10/4/2022

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This is about the botanical artists and illustrators from all over the world who were awarded an RHS Silver Gilt Medal at the The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show last Friday.

My last blog post was about the Botanical Art Gold Medallists
My next blog post is about the Botanical Art Silver Medallists

If you'd like to visit the show at the Saatchi gallery, read RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show 2022 at the end of this post for more information about venue, dates, hours and tickets.

NOTE: Most of the photos and text in this post has been provided to me by the botanical artists exhibiting in the RHS Botanical Art Show. I'd love to expand to fill the gaps - and if I've got any details wrong please do not hesitate to contact me

Some of the exhibits with interesting stories will be highlighted in more depth in subsequent posts.

The hanging format picture provided to RHS by Melinda Edstein for her exhibit "Red flowering, bird pollinated Australian flowers"

RHS Silver Gilt Medals for Botanical Art 2022

I always think the Silver Gilt Medal exhibits are really interesting to study in some depth. These are the exhibits which are within the spectrum of

EITHER just missing out on a Gold Medal;
OR adding something extra which elevated their work beyond Silver.

This is the group for which the oft repeated mantra (at least by me) is particularly relevant.

An exhibit is only as good as the weakest painting.

In other words, errors and weaknesses are what lead an exhibit to lose points in the scoring of the different criteria used for judging the exhibits.

I can see people in this list who, for me, obviously have the capacity to come back and get a Gold Medal. Can you spot them?

These are the RHS Silver Gilt Medallists , listed in alphabetical order by country.

AUSTRALIA

Andrew Carr - Two Western Australia Eucalypts
Melinda Edstein - Red flowering, bird pollinated Australian flowers

ROMANIA

Irina Neacsu - On Transylvania's botanical remedies - Winter Berries

TAIWAN

Annie Chen - Jewels in the Amazon Rainforest

Catherine Day - Species Lilies
Margaret Fitzpatrick - Threats to the Hose Chestnut Tree documented in 2020
Julia Groves - Seeds of Hope
Maureen Hallahan - Plant Lore

Rui Jiang - Violas (Violaceae)

Pamela Taylor - Trees: Form and Structure
Julie Whelan - Passiflora

USA

Susan Tomlinson - From Field to T-Shirt: Diversity in modern elite cotton bolls (see image below)

The botanical artists and illustrators below are listed alphabetically by surname.

Each profile includes something about the exhibit and something about the artist.
Links to their websites (or other social media site) is embedded in their name IF a link is available

Some of the exhibits will be covered in more depth at a later date.

Andrew Carr - Two Western Australia Eucalypts

Two Western Australia Eucalypts by Andrew Carr

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