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Artists participating in the next RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show now have the dates and venue. These are:
 Watch out for an update on this page laster this week. I shall miss the intensity of the 2.5 days of the usual show - with all the artists in attendance - because it's only 3 days for them. Hopefully as many a possible will be there for the Preview evening and to pick up there Medal Certificate! I'm perplexed at the moment as to how I'm going to be able to interview all the Gold Medal Winners. Given the extended period of the show it's very unlikely that all the artists who attend will be there for the duration - and hence the scope to talk to them (which I know aspiring botanical artists much enjoy doing) will be diminished. On the plus side, as it's going to be hung for much longer there's a much greater chance it will be seen my more people given existing commitments often ruled out attendance for some on previous occasions. (I well remember one year scooting from the show to Euston for a train up north for a big birthday celebration!) I'm unclear what's happening about the sale of cards and prints which are sold by individual artists at the show in the past and often help to subsidise the costs of artists attending the exhibition. London is after all not a cheap place to stay! CHANGE IN EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE Watch out for a blog post this week about a CHANGE in the email subscription service. You may be asked to resubscribe to the new service (due to the demise of the Feedburner service provided by Google) SELECTION MEETING FOR 2022 EXHIBITION
The Selection Meeting for the 2022 Exhibition took place on 8th July. I'd love to know who's going to be showing next year..... It's unclear at the moment whether the exhibition will change dates again in 2022 or whether it will be in:
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A number of you will have watched my recent Zoom Talk "How to be a Business Savvy Botanical Artist" for Julia Trickey's Botanical Art Talks. Some of you asked questions - and the answers to these are contained in this blog post. In addition, those who registered for this "sold out" talk should all by now have had a a chance to access the detailed presentation in notes format via the link sent to you.  Screenshot of my from my Zoom Talk about How to be a Business Savvy Botanical Artist The Questions A great book! This would make a great book! I thought so too as I was preparing the talk! I'm going to give some thought to maybe creating one - possibly as an ebook. Also I'm going to give some thought to whether I need an extra page on my website about what business savvy artists need to know about. In the meantime there are two good places for artists to start to learn more about what they don't know they need to know! The first thing it's essential to understand is.....  From "STARTING OUT - Tips for an Emerging Artist" The Green Market What is “green market”? Essentially the "green market" is shorthand for the growing interest in all matters related to the environment, ecosystems, habitats, ecological matters, sustainability and the impact of climate change. I gave as a practical example the fact many more people are now interested in a plant based diet - as vegetarians or vegans. I suggested that these might also be people who would be interested in hanging paintings of vegetables on their walls. The green market can also impact on the materials you use to pack artwork to send to clients. I include a section of "green packaging" on my website which highlights eco-friendly packaging materials. In essence, the more people are thinking about how they can be "green", the more you need to factor this your thinking about how you develop your art and them promote and package it.. It's not that you have to do it - but those who do may get a competitive edge. (Think of it as being akin to when stores started selling online as well as in shops - because they could see this was going to become important over time).  Achieving the right balance between unique art and a portfolio career How do you balance the need to be flexible and follow a number of work streams and the need to have a USP/distinctive? The feature image for the Botanical Art and Artists website and Facebook Page for Summer 2021 is this image of Crinium Augustum [Queen Emma] by Mrs Priscilla Bury (1799 - 1872) This post is about Mrs Bury and her very impressive book about hexandrian plants i.e. plants with six stamens called "A selection of hexandrian plants, belonging to the natural orders Amaryllidæ and Liliacæ, from drawings by Mrs. Edward Bury, Liverpool"  Crinium Augustum [Queen Emma] by Mrs Priscilla Bury FROM "A selection of hexandrian plants, belonging to the natural orders Amaryllidæ and Liliacæ, from drawings by Mrs. Edward Bury, Liverpool" About Mrs Priscilla Bury (1799-1872)Priscilla Susan Falkner was born in Liverpool. She was the daughter of a rich Liverpool merchant whose estate outside the city at Fairfields 'boasted a garden with many rare and exotic plants' (Tomasi). As a young woman she was an enthusiastic botanist and flower painter and was particularly interested in lilies and allied flowers. She had no pretensions as to scientific knowledge and, in effect, was a very talented amateur. By 1829, (age 30) she had produced a number of paintings of hexandrian plants, which she wished to publish. In 1830, Falkner married Edward Bury F.R.S. (1794-1858), a wealthy and ingenious railway engineer and she had three sons - and her paintings were transcribed by Robert Havell into engravings. (Havel was also responsible for his engravings for John James Audubon). Following the publication of Hexandrian Plants, Priscilla Bury continued to contribute illustrations to botanical works including
Between 1852 and 1860 the family lived at Hillsborough Hall near Sheffield and later moved to Croft Lodge, Ambleside in the Lake District. By 1866 she was living at Fairfield, Thornton Heath, Croydon. She died at Fairfield on 8 March 1872 of bronchitis and cerebral congestion. About "A Selection of Hexandrian Plants" Crinum pedunculatum. [River lily] (1834) by Priscilla Susan Bury Mrs Bury's place in botanical art history is due to her flower paintings which were published - as engravings - in A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the Natural Orders Amaryllidae and Liliacae in London by Robert Havell the younger, [plates watermarked 1831-1834]. There were 79 subscribers to this book and hence this is now a rare book of some significance. A copy of her book was auctioned at Christies in 2001 and fetched £75,250. Wilfrid Blunt described it (in The Art of Botanical Illustration) as "one of the most effective colour-plate folios of the period" For me, I think her book is an excellent teaching aid in relation to those wanting to learn about composition. Note her technique - subsequently replicated by Pandora Sellars - of putting her light coloured blooms against the dark leaves of her hexaodrian plants so that they can be seen much more clearly. All the good techniques are there in past paintings. You just need to study the past to learn a lot about what does and does not work in relation to telling the story of a plant within the context of botanical art and illustration. How to see her bookYou can see examples of the images from the book in various online collections of botanical images, namely:  Amaryllis fulgida by Priscilla Susan Bury There are copies of the book in the libraries of:
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In July, a new botanical art book about a Florilegium will be published. A Florilegium: Sheffield’s Hidden Garden has been written by Valerie Oxley in liaison with The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens.  front cover of the book The book provides
About the AuthorThis book has been written by the Florilegium Society’s founding chair Valerie Oxley - in association with The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Valerie is a freelance tutor in botanical illustration and the current President of IAPI (Institute for Analytical Plant Illustration), who inspired students from all over the world with her enthusiasm for natural history, and plant illustration in particular. She also:
An excellent manual for anybody who wants to learn more about botanical illustration with a strong botanical perspective. Details of the bookAuthor: Valerie Oxley - in association with The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd Publication date: 6th July 2021 Format:
Number of Illustrations: 100 colour illustrations Weight: 843 g Dimensions: 280 x 220 x 17 mm The Florilegium Society's website does yet not provide a profile page for the book. If you're interested in ordering a copy from the publisher, I suggest you click the link embedded in the title at the top of this post. and order direct from the publishers. NEWS for botanical artists wanting to exhibit at the RHS Botanical Art Show in 2021 and 202213/5/2021 This post is for TWO groups of botanical artists and illustrators and covers THREE topics:
 This is a top down view of the RHS Botanical Art Shown the Lindley Hall three years ago. RHS London Botanical Art & Photography Show 2021 |
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