Applications are invited for the £10,000 Botanical Art Prize 2024 awarded by the Finnis Scott Foundation. This is about the Call for Entries, who can apply and how to apply. In summary, the Botanical Art Prize is dedicated to the practice and promotion of botanical art. It aims
Specifically the £10K Award is:
Previous Winners of this Botanical Art Prize have been:Links are to information about the projects which won the award. Call for Entries: Botanical Art Prize 2024What follows is about:
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The Association of Botanical Artists are TONIGHT hosting a free online webinar about Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 on Zoom for artists from around the world. DATE: Tuesday 12th September TIME: 8pm (British Summer Time) TOPIC: Q&A session focused on the Botanical Art World Wide 2025 exhibition SPEAKERS: Carol Woodin in conversation with Martin Allen This session is designed to help answer any questions you may have about this exhibition. WHO CAN VIEW: The event is open to ALL botanical artists no matter where you live. This event is NOT just for ABA Members and you do not have to be a member to watch. LINK: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86845923213 The webinar is also being recorded and will be available to watch after the event. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? You can:
Botanical Art Worldwide 2025DATE: 18th May 2025 (i.e. 20 months in the future) INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: "Crop Diversity". The second Botanical Art Worldwide Project will focus on and celebrate biodiversity in the crops that have been closely associated with the human species over thousands of years. The theme is designed to draw attention to the vast variety of food and useful plants available, in contrast with the relatively few varieties currently used in mass cultivation. Plants eligible for inclusion are those cultivated for food, textiles, building, energy, and medicine. In 2025, Botanical Artists and associated organisations and various institutions from around the world will be collaborating to develop the second Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition by
All artwork will focus on plants which are included in one of the following categories
When I change the seasonal banners for my website and Facebook Page, I normally try to pick images for each seasonal banner of flowers or fruits which I'm totally confident are correct for the season. However I've been totally seduced by a wonderful album of Chinese watercolours of Asian fruits - and I have absolutely no idea which ones are correct in which season or even what some of the fruits are - despite three trips to the east (Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia) and visiting local markets! Although I think I recognised some.... The main problem is none of the fruits are identified in English and indeed each is identified only by very faint arabic script. However I did recognise the pink pineapple which I regularly see fruiting in the Princess of Wales Glasshouse at Kew. [Note: feel free to suggest what the fruits are in this image via the comments] I found the album:
The Harvard reference page states... Bill Archer and his wife Mildred, an English art historian who specialized in 18th- and 19th-century art in British India, curator of Prints and Drawings at the India Office Library from 1954 to 1980, viewed this album of watercolors at Dumbarton Oaks around 1958 and determined from their style and coloring that the album was most likely painted by a Chinese artist, probably in Malaysia or Sumatra. Archer dated the manuscript to between 1798 and 1810. while the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library shelflist card apparently states "Drawn by Indian artists under English influence: probably done in India but has no relation to Chinese artists - check where Chinese were working at this time in India or possibly in Indo-China. Indian artists started this vogue of drawing. Writing is perhaps Malaysian." Whoever painted them, the first 12 paintings are absolutely fascinating as they are very elaborate compositions which fill the page. they comprise:
Asian artists who go large.....The 26th Annual International Exhibition of Botanical Art by the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) opens next month. The exhibition comprises two-dimensional, original, botanical art and runs from 17th September to 26th November at Marin Art & Garden Center (MAGC) in California. (More details of this and the opening event at the end) This post is about the artists whose artwork has been selected for this exhibition. [UPDATE 31 August 2023: It has now been updated to include
Selection processThe selection jury for this show comprised three botanical artists and educators.
Selected artists 2023The artists who produced artwork selected by the jurors are listed below.
The thing I noticed as I went through the listing below is that a lot of names are new to me and are artists who have not exhibited in the ASBA International before. I understand a total of ten (22%) are new to having their art displayed in the Annual International. UPDATE: You can now see ALL the artworks in digital form on the ASBA website - in alphabetical order of the surname of the artist. Find out about the artists below.... 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)
To be able to exhibit at the RHS Botanical Art Show you have to follow a lengthier process than for other international art exhibitions. Understanding how the process works is absolutely critical:
It's entirely possible that if you apply to be "approved to exhibit" and get your submission in by the 5th September, that you might be exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery next summer. This year priority was given to
No other show requires and displays I've given my page dedicated to the process of exhibiting your work at the RHS Show a complete overhaul. See RHS Botanical Art Shows: How to Exhibit / How to Visit. This
Only artists who have been accepted by the Botanical Art Judging Panel are eligible to apply for space You can also read the RHS Exhibition Factsheet (7 pages) which I think might actually be longer than my page! Subscribe to this news blog to find out more about botanical art and illustration and associated exhibitions Blog posts are emailed to you when you SUBSCRIBE to "Botanical Art and Artists - News" by Email More about the RHS Botanical Art Shows |
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