This is about the newly published Call for Entries for the Margaret Flockton Award in 2024.
Named after Margaret Flockton who was the Botanic Gardens of Sydneyâs first botanical illustrator, the purpose of the award is to highlight the very best of international scientific botanical illustration. There are with five prizes:
READ MORE about the award and see who has won it in the past on my dedicated to The Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Illustration on this website. Summary: What you need to know
Last year 37 artists from 18 countries were selected for the 2023 exhibition. Check out the quality of the illustrations selected for the exhibition can be seen in the Margaret Flockton Award 2023 album on Flickr
For full details about the Award and Exhibition, plus updates to entry requirements, please visit Margaret Flockton Award 2024 at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney website. Below is an abbreviated summary of what you need to know and do. âWhat you need to submit All illustrations and paperwork must be submitted digitally via Dropbox.
You also need to complete the Entry Form - which stipulates additional information you MUST also provide. There are no entry fees. Digital Image requirements
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Gustavo Surlo has won the First in the Margaret Flockton Award 2023. This award is very highly prized within the scientific botanical illustration community. The Second Prize has been awarded to Juan Luis Castillo. The Margaret Flockton Award is judged and hosted by the Botanic Gardens of Sydney’s botanical illustrators Catherine Wardrop and Lesley Elkan. 37 artists from 18 countries have been selected for the 2023 exhibition at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan until Friday 20 October 2023. A total of 54 entries have been judged and 29 finalists will be exhibited on-site. The images of illustrations selected for the exhibition can be seen in the Margaret Flockton Award 2023 album on Flickr The Criteria used to judge the Award are as follows:
First Prize: Gustavo Surlo - Wedelia sp. nov. (daisy) Gustavo Surlo has won the AUS$5,000 First Prize in the 20th Margaret Flockton Awards (2023) for his illustration of his drawing of the newly found Wedelia species which is a member of the daisy family. Last year he was one of the artists who was Highly Commended. Gustavo's pieces show the Wedelia sp. nov. species with strength while capturing the delicate surface of the plant's textures. He has skilfully composed the illustration. The subtle use of lines and bars gives a sense of scale. We can understand the plant's role in its habitat and see its minute hairs and glands on the leaf surface. Lesley Elkan. ABOUT GUSTAVO SURLO
His Instagram post about his illustrationindicates his pleasure with his win. I recommend he now get himself a website! I am immensely grateful to the organizers of this incredible initiative, which I have followed with delight for several years. I also thank the researchers who very kindly allowed the submission of the illustration and helped to understand the structures. Today an old dream comes true with Margaret Flockton Award Second Prize: Phoenix canariensis by Juan Luis Castillo, SpainThe second prize is awarded to Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island date palm) by Juan Luis Castillo (Spain)
Two important dates in May for scientific botanical illustrators:
What is the Margaret Flockton Award?
The Margaret Flockton Award - organised annually by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney - commemorates the contribution Margaret Flockton (1861-1953) made to Australian scientific botanical illustration.
Every year, illustrators from around the world submit scientifically accurate drawings that accompany the published taxonomic description of a plant, clearly highlighting all of the distinctive features of the species. Original taxonomic illustrations are highly detailed black and white drawings primarily undertaken in pen and ink, pencil or digitally rendered.
You can read more about past winners on my dedicated page The Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Illustration
Who can enter the Margaret Flockton Award?
Entries are welcomed from all those who generate scientific illustrations of plants.
All previous winners of the Margaret Flockton Award are eligible to enter, EXCLUDING the 2020, 2021 AND 2022 first prize winning artists. Typically, the people who submit illustrations for this award - and win awards are professional botanical illustrators / people who produce scientific botanical illustrations for botanical gardens and botanists on a regular basis. However they' are NOT the only people who enter. Enthusiastic botanical illustrators ALSO make up at least half the entries
What can you enter?
The page relating to the Award includes a Guide to Scientific Botanical Illustrations - which I recommend you read before processing any further.
Klei Sousa has won the First Prize in the 18th Margaret Flockton Award 2022. The award comes with $5,000 but is most prized for its highly prestigious nature within the scientific botanical illustration community.
An outstanding result for a long-time entrant in the MFA. Delicately rendered in ink on board with Klei’s trade-mark restraint, the perfect line and stipple had the judges straining to find a flaw (which they didn’t). The crucial white halos around foreground features help delineate form, avoiding confusion when layering. With every essential aspect comprehensively rendered in fine stipple, and with zero superfluous information, Klei brings together scientific accuracy and an experienced artistic sensibility in this beautiful plate.
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