Online / Virtual Exhibitions of
Botanical Art and Illustration
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ARCHIVE ​2018 - 2022:
Past Online / Virtual Botanical Art Exhibitions
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25th International Exhibition
​American Society of Botanical Artists
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Some of the artwork from the 25th International exhibition displayed on the ASBA Facebook Page - in individual posts

Society of Botanical Artists
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My photo of Bryan Poole with his aquatint etching of "Cynara cardunculus - Cardoon" at a Private View at the Jonathan Cooper Gallery in Chelsea (21 April 2015)

Biography

"Bryan Poole follows in a long line of fine botanical illustrators. Unusually, he has the gift to be able to combine traditional methods of illustration and reproduction with a very modern approach to botanical art and design. His appealing and distinctive work adds hugely to the wide range of talent found amongst botanical artists today."
Dr Christopher Grey-Wilson

Bryan Poole in his studio

"I lived my life, independently, overseas and sang my own song  . . . It is not that I've neglected New Zealand in any shape, way or form but it is just that I can make a living in London. I could never have done international work, gone to Dominican Republic, met (Smithsonian botanist and curator) John Kress, gone to Nepal . . . I am in the centre of things in London."
Botanical artist Bryan Poole home for Central Otago exhibition

​Exhibitions
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My first meeting with Bryan Poole - who was exhibiting his aquatint etchings at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2008

Poole always shows his hand-coloured etchings at Chelsea and this year he has two pictures on display that are likely to cause something of a sensation. Each portrays the flower of a tropical heliconia species - just visible inside the enormous, gaudy, orange-red bracts - and the gorgeous purple-throated carib hummingbird (Eulampsis jugularis ). In one, the male bird is visiting Heliconia caribaea, in the other the female is buzzing round H. bihai. These pictures tell an amazing tale of co-evolution - or what scientists call "ecological causation of sexual dimorphism and co-adaptation
from Chelsea Flower Show 2008: A cut above the competition by Ursula Buchan, Daily Telegraph (21 May 2008)

Bryan Poole at the Otago Exhibition in 2016

Technique
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Audrey Eagle (courtesy of Royal Society of New Zealand)

LODER CUP AWARD 1985 CITATION
She devoted herself to the descriptive painting of native plants. Her ambition was to paint every known native tree and shrub in such detail that her drawings might make identification easier, and serve as a reference for those engaged professionally in forestry, parks and reserves administration, botany, and botanical research. She painted many rare species, some still unnamed and only recently discovered.

In 1975 Audrey Eagle published her first volume of Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, which included 228 coloured botanical illustrations. In 1982 her second volume, with 405 paintings of woody stemmed flora, endowed future generations with an accurate pictorial record of New Zealand trees and shrubs, complete with flowers, fruits and seeds capsules. These works represent twenty years of painstaking care and accurate artistry in the search for, recording and correct identification of specimens.
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Mrs Eagle was a member of the Nature Conservation Council from 1977. She took a keen and active interest in its work, particularly in the conservation of indigenous flora. She has given expert assistance to forest rangers and led many botanical, conservation and youth groups on field trips, freely sharing her expertise. Her fine native garden in Ngaruawahia was a show case for native plants suitable for the home garden. Here she also raised and donated rooted cuttings and seedlings of rare species.
Loder Cup: List of all winners since 1929

Timeline
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​Audrey's interest in nature commenced as a child and she recalls her childhood in Wroxton (Oxfordshire), "...every spare moment was spent exploring the countryside on bicycle and on foot. Hours were spent in woods, on hillsides and by streams, observing plants, birds and other details of the countryside. It was during this time that she began to paint plants, though she had been keen on drawing and painting from the age of about five"
Anonymous 1986: Profile - Mrs Audrey Eagle. Nature Conservation Council Newsletter No.61: 4.

What's changed?
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​Artwork: Jessica Shepherd, ‘Giant Leaf Poplar Tree’, 900 x 1260, Watercolour.

​In collaboration with Kew Gardens, we’ve decided to dedicate an entire wing of the Shirley Sherwood Gallery to our #YoungBotanicalArtist competition. More space means more artworks so we’ve extended our deadline to April 30th, 2023. Shortlisted artists will be informed by June 30th and 40 selected artworks will be displayed in the gallery from October onwards.

This is a unique opportunity to make your mark as a botanical artist and we encourage you to be as creative as you can within our theme of ‘TREES’. Check out our website for inspiration – you’ll find over 1,000 of the world’s best artworks all in one place.

We’re inviting young artists from the ages of 16-18 and 19-25 to enter our competition. If you turned 26 between our original deadline of November 30th, 2022 and our new deadline, your application will still be eligible.
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The winning artist from each age group will receive £750 and the two runners-up £250 along with an art supplies bundle donated by Seawhite of Brighton.
To read more about the competition and apply, visit our website: https://shirleysherwood.com/YoungBotanicalArtist

The artist's age on the deadline date - April 30th 2023 - should determine which age category they submit within. Artists who turned 26 between November 30th 2022 (our original competition deadline) and April 30th 2023 are still eligible to apply.

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Presentation of the Exhibition
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Flora of Southeast Asia is an international botanical art exhibition celebrating the diversity of the native plants of Southeast Asia. It is organised by the Botanical Art Society (Singapore) and Singapore Botanic Gardens, in their first-ever collaboration with the Indonesian Society of Botanical Artists, Thai Botanical Artists and the Philippine Botanical Art Society.

Best in Show
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BEST IN SHOW Paintings (Courtesy of Dianne Sutherland)

Deinitisa Amarawi, Indonesian Society of Botanical Artists (Courtesy of Dianne Sutherland)

Dianne Sutherland, Botanical Art Society (Singapore) (Courtesy of Dianne Sutherland)

Teo Nam Siang, Botanical Art Society (Singapore) (Courtesy of Dianne Sutherland)

Flora of Southeast Asia Exhibition - Artists
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The Listing of Participating Artists in Flora of South East Asia Exhibition 2022

This exhibition showcases the native plant diversity of Southeast Asia with 80 original botanical artworks in the Botanical Art Gallery and 40 additional facsimiles in the People’s Gallery outdoor exhibit spaces of the gardens.
A wide variety of Southeast Asian native plants such as orchids, shrubs, trees, wetland species, epiphytes and fungi are depicted in watercolour, graphite, colour pencil, acrylic and ink.