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.

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

The Art of Botanical Illustration (16th Biennial)
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Exhibiting Excellence: Colour & Composition

Society of Botanical Artists Awards

Five watercolour paintings by Billy Showell in Plantae 2022 (except for the middle on right)

Hornbeam by Agita Keiri

Banksia grandis by Lynne Uptin

Monetary Awards (sponsored)

The Making a Mark Award:
​a new perspective on Botanical Art
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Best in Show - Botanical
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Take a Breath' - Tree Lungwort, Lobaria pulmononaria with Pertusaria multipuncta by Shevaun Doherty. GM (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 + Best in Show, 2018, 2022)

Gold Medal - Botanical
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Patrica Butler and Deborah Lambkin