 This year the Society of Botanical Artists have opted to have an ONLINE EXHIBITION in place of an annual exhibition in a gallery. This post is about how you can see it - by thumbnail, artwork or artist! ABOUT PLANTAE 2024Plantae 2024 is now available to view online - until 30th June 2024. To view the artworks you need to click the link in the TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER of the website. I found it takes rather a long time to load - but that's doubtless due to the very many images of artwork which you can see online! You have the option to:
You can also view the artworks created by the students and graduates of our Distance Learning Diploma Course - on a completely seperate page on this link DLDC Plantae Gallery 2024 If you are interested in purchasing any of the artwork on display, you need to contact the artist direct via the "Enquire about this artwork" button. Note that there are variations in what's on offer:
 Thumbnail images of some of the artwork being exhibited in SBA Plantae 2024 Participating ArtistsThe names of the participating artists are listed below - in alphabetic order of their (last) surname. I've taken the liberty of changing the order of some of the names (currently out of sync with the alphabetical order) so they can be found more easily You will see that:
PLUS I've spotted a number of names of artists who are participating in this year's RHS Show which opens next week (see my last post Artists exhibiting at the RHS Botanical Art Show 2024) A
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Some of the exhibiting artists at RHS Botanical Art Show 2024
Facts about the RHS Botanical Art Show 2024
This is how to see the exhibition.
The Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea
Some of you may be aware I've been interviewing Gold Medal Winners for years and years.
RHS Botanical Art Show 2024: List of Exhibiting Botanical Artists & Illustrators
Charlotte Brooks and the RHS have gone to a lot of trouble this year to improve the scope and quality of the information about the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show and the exhibitors on the RHS Website.
Every artist has their work featured with a profile and links to their websites and social media. The exhibition will showcase exquisite botanical art and photography, featuring a rich variety of subjects from medicinal desert flowers to ornamental bananas, and from images of forest slime moulds to urban street plants. It will showcase the new work of leading botanical artists and photographers representing the UK, Italy, Portugal, Romania, USA, South Africa, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Japan. Saatchi Gallery
As usual, the two countries dominating the show are the UK and Japan - with four artists each.
Unusually, the majority of the artists are first time exhibitors - and only two artists (Linda Pitkin and Toni Dade) are previous RHS Gold Medal Winners. It's been apparent in recent years, how much the calibre of entrant has improved and it's now not at all unusual for first time exhibitors to achieve a Gold Medal the first time they exhibit. As a number of the artists have demonstrated their ability to excel in other countries and other exhibitions, I'm expecting the same will happen this year. (I am already making my list of those who look to me like possible GMs!) ​So it will be interesting to see what the medal table looks like after the exhibits have all been assessed and the medals and prizes awarded. I'm looking forward to meeting as many as possible of the artists listed below as possible. I'll be there on the 13th for the Press View and Private View in the evening.... 
Botanical artists and illustrators from England, Scotland, Wales, Australia and the USA - exhibiting at the RHS Botanical Art Show 2024
Below, I'm listing the names of the various botanical artists and illustrators, ordered by country - starting with the UK and then going alphabetically for the remaining countries.
Each of the names - on this page - provides
UK (4 artists)
England
 At long last, the good news is that BISCOT is coming back to Scotland! It's been a very long time since I wrote on this website about BISCOT. My last post BISCOT 2019 & RBGE Florilegium at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was in pre-pandemic in June 2019. I've been waiting ever since to see if it was going to be resurrected. Which is why it gives me great pleasure to share the news that BISCOT is to resume holding exhibitions. This post tells you about:
About Upcoming BISCOT Exhibitions There is to be:
About Botanical Images Scotia (BISCOT)
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 Sydney’s 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. 
Wedelia sp.nov. by Gustavo Surlo, Winner Margaret Flockton Award 2023
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. ​What 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 The talks organised by Julia Trickey are now very well know within the botanical art world - and are also accessible to every botanical artist around the world. This is about the talks which will take place in the first half of 2024 - plus details of a very generous offer from Julia.  February - March 2024 The new schedule of one hour Julia Trickey Talk for the first half of 2024 has been published On the Talks Page on her website you can find out about:
The Talks include:
If you'd like to enjoy a sample, you can watch a FREE ZOOM video of BOTANICAL ART TALKS - Best Bits 2023- Shared screen with speaker view  APRIL - MAY 2024 As somebody who has done a couple of talks for Julia, I can confirm they are always extremely well organised with those talking given a prep and practice beforehand so all goes smoothly on the day of the talk. Plus there's lots of opportunities to ask questions of the speaker if you watch LIVE!  JUNE - AUGUST 2024 NOTE: The next subscriber email of one of these blog posts may well look different as I have to move to a platform on Mailerlite before 1 February 2024 - and have to set up the way it looks again from scratch.
 Christmas Cactus (1884) by Christian Möllback (Danish, 1853–1921) As the seasons change, I always change the banner on the Home Page of my Botanical Art and Artists website and on its associated Facebook Page.
However, I ALWAYS struggle to find a suitable image for Winter in terms of Winter Plants which bloom. I've had rather a lot of variations on Hellebore in the past The alternative is to dedicate Winter to Latin America, South African and Australasian blooms - but I'm much less familiar with blooming seasons for such plants and would very much appreciate recommendations of artwork which might be suitable for next year. I started off thinking maybe a Banksia this year - but then got distracted by Christmas Cactus! Or rather this painting of a Christmas Cactus by a 19th century Danish artist called Christian Juel-Frijs Möllback (1853-1921) who appears to be relatively unknown despite selling well on the auction market. Sotheby's valued it at between £15-20k when it had it as a sale lot. I started off searching using Latin names (Schlumbergera truncata and variations on Epiphyllum) , which is normally a good way to track down botanical illustrations - but not this time. The inaugural exhibition of the Young Botanical Artist competition opened on Friday. On Saturday I was back at Kew for the Private View for the exhibition - which was held in the much larger Marianne North Gallery - because this is a space which can accommodate lots and lots of people - including some 40 young botanical artists from all over the world.! Following the presentations of Certificates, people moved to the actual exhibition in Galleries 5 and 6 of The Shirley Sherwood Gallery - which then became full of people with their art - and their significant others! I'll be writing more about the artwork in the exhibition in my next review post.  After the presentation of Prizes and Certificates. During the presentation, I was able to video selected artists receiving their certificates and then afterwards photograph some of them with their artwork. These are links to where you can see those videos on my Facebook Page
I'll be doing another post which considers this exhibition in more detail - and this will also include a link to my video of the exhibition - minus people. This post is about:
Young Botanical Artist Competition & ExhibitionWe believe there is significant talent among the 16-25 age group with a wealth of exciting work to be uncovered. This is a crucial moment to engage with the ever-growing genre of botanical art – the scientific capacity of botanical paintings and drawings to document plants and fungi is particularly vital in contemporary society as we work to preserve our planet’s biodiversity. The aim of the Young Botanical Artist competition was to encourage young artists to engage with the natural world at a time when preserving our planet’s biodiversity is vital. The Young Botanical Artist Competition was initiated in 2022 by The Shirley Sherwood Collection, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (see my blog post Young Botanical Artist Competition 2022: Call for Entries) The YBA competition asked artists from two age groups, 16–18 and 19–25, to submit two-dimensional artworks on the theme of ‘Trees’.
Ten of the world’s most renowned botanical artists and curators donated their time to judge the entries, choosing works that represented their subject creatively, but with scientific accuracy. The nine Judges, alongside Dr Shirley Sherwood, were:
The panel looked for for botanical artworks that represented their subjects creatively, but with scientific accuracy.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to vote for their favourite artwork and a People’s Choice award will be announced in April. Some statisticsI'm absolutely amazed by just how international this exhibition is. I've covered many international art competitions in the past and I can't ever remember getting so many entries from so many different countries - including ones which are not generally recognised as part of the international art scene. I wonder if we'll see some new national art societies developing as a result of this. From entries to hung artworks
“I couldn’t be more thrilled with the standard of the entries we received for our inaugural Young Botanical Artist competition and I’m grateful to my daughter-in-law Rachel Sherwood for bringing the initiative to life. It’s been fascinating to see such a broad range of responses to the competition and to have received so many entries from across the world. To see first-hand the next generation of talented botanical artists coming to the fore is enormously inspiring.” PrizewinnersYou can see images of all the artworks by the age group prizewinners and the runners up at the bottom of the page about the Young Botanical Art competition/exhibition  Marianna Zych (Poland) with one of her two works in the exhibition Prunus serrula (watercolour on paper) won First Prize for the 16-18 Age Group The winner of the 16-18 Age Group was Prunus serrula (watercolour on paper) by Marianna Zych from Poland. What is particularly noteworthy about this artwork is that
When I saw this Tibetan cherry tree (Prunus serrula) at the Royal Botanic The winner of the 19-25 Age Group was Bauhinia variegata leaf (watercolour on paper) by Khanh Ly Nguyen from Vietnam. Her small watercolour (below) showcases the intricate detail of this stunning tree.
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