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Reflections On The Rhs Botanical Fine Art Exhibit Tumble 2014

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The Botanical Artists selected yesteryear the RHS to exhibit at their Autumn Botanical Art Show 2014
- from Bath, Cornwall in addition to Lincolnshire (England)Midlothian (Scotland)Powys (Wales),
in addition to Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, South Africa in addition to the USA (Maine in addition to Florida)

More from the artists in addition to photographers whose piece of occupation was submitted in addition to selected for final week's Royal Horticultural Society Exhibitions of Botanical Art in addition to Botanical Photography - amongst a thought to winning those all of import RHS Medals!

RHS Botanical Photography

I viewed the Botanical Photography starting fourth dimension (displayed on the Mezzanine grade inwards the Lawrence Hall for anybody who missed it).  This is ever exhibited at 1 of the RHS exhibitions inwards Oct - unremarkably the Autumnal colours rather than the Harvest themed.

Four Gold Medals were won equally follows.

GOLD MEDAL: Kobaimo - Japanese Endemic Fritillaria by Laurence Hill 
It's non actually bendy - it's but my photographic telly camera trying to larn it all in!
Laurence Hill has an extremely odd display of Kobaimo - Japanese Endemic Fritillaria. It was rattling impressive both inwards price of scholarship in addition to techniques.

 His display played tribute to:

  • shashin - which relates to how images were created equally prints in addition to the incredible importance of demonstrating authenticity - of having handled the plant
  • Iinuma Yokusai - a Honzu-Gaku (Herbal doctors) of the late-Edo current who was responsible for the publication of the starting fourth dimension botanical majority inwards Nippon - the Somoku-dzusetsu (an iconography of herbaceous in addition to woody plants of Japan)
His photographs are printed on rice newspaper in addition to the format adopted is that of the old woods block prints of plants.
Two of the exhibits in Kobaimo - Japanese Endemic Fritillaria by Laurence Hill 


Laurance has too developed a website - Fritillaria Icones - which serves equally a photographic botanical database for all all Fritillaria species. Its go is to assistance amongst identification, interrogation in addition to conservation of Fritillaria.
The Botanical Artists selected yesteryear the RHS to exhibit at their Autumn Botanical Art Show Reflections on the RHS Botanical Art Show Autumn 2014
GOLD MEDAL WINNER: The Art of Plants yesteryear Nigel Chapman
RHS Gold Medal winning Botanical Photography inwards 2012). Nigel in addition to I are both interested inwards photographing patterns inwards the same sorts of plants which makes viewing his display a rattling interesting sense for me. You tin encounter his former exhibits at the RHS on his website

The Botanical Artists selected yesteryear the RHS to exhibit at their Autumn Botanical Art Show Reflections on the RHS Botanical Art Show Autumn 2014
GOLD MEDAL WINNER: Past Perfect yesteryear Polina Plotnikova
Polina Plotnikova is a Russian born UK-based lensman who directly lives inwards the London Borough of Bromley.  This is the page relating to Polina's previous submissions to this Oct RHS exhibition.

The 4th Gold Medal was won by Plants (in this illustration "Lichens on Flint") by J Cassidy Photography (Cambridgeshire).

RHS Botanical Art

This is a commentary on other interesting aspects of the Botanical Art Show

Medals awarded

The medals were awarded equally follows.

Using a dark background

The 'classic' background for botanical fine art is white newspaper (and all the variations on white that this means!). However a dark background tin too been institute inwards botanical fine art history in addition to Julia Trickey's Silver Gilt display was of Parrot Tulips on a dark background.

Julia Trickey's display of Parrot Tulips - amongst a dark background

Awarded a Silver Gilt Medal
Here's a photograph (below) of Julia showing me that the dark goes on final of all!  Adjustments are thence required to residue out the color inside the context of the dark background.

Julia Trickey amongst a Parrot Tulip amongst a dark background

- in addition to a digital ikon on her mobile devise showing the completed watercolour painting
BFORE the dark background was added.
Another contemporary botanical creative someone who too works on dark is Susannah Blaxill. As you lot tin encounter from the piece of occupation of both artists, the utilisation of a dark background tin brand the colours glow.

Another type of background


Mangoes yesteryear Hillary Parker

Awarded a Silver Gilt Medal

I was rattling impressed amongst Hillary Parker ASBA's Mangoes. The background is a rattling subtle monochrome map which illustrates where inwards the globe each mango was found. I dearest the fact you lot practise non notice the map until upward closed in addition to that the delineation did non distract from the principal subject.

The geography of phytology is something which is non oftentimes highlighted in addition to it was a refreshing alter to encounter this detail facial expression of each flora highlighted inwards this way. I assemble the Judges too liked it!



The international aspect

Every RHS Botanical Art exhibit I plow upward to I'm rattling impressed amongst the seat out of artists who cause got submitted from overseas - in addition to been accepted - in addition to thence travelled to the show.

That's a major commitment in addition to expense - but but imagine having to larn all your labels in addition to dependent champaign narratives done inwards a linguistic communication which wasn't your starting fourth dimension language!

This is Hae Kyung Kim from Korea in addition to her exhibit of Stories of Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon) - The Eternal Flower of Korea
Stories of Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon) - The Eternal Flower of Korea by Hae Kyung Kimawarded a Silver Medal

The display

I practise promise those organising the exhibit volition effort inwards futurity to allocate stand upward panels thence that it's possible to encounter the consummate display easily.

I felt it was actually unfair to those who were on the exterior edges of the correct angled stand upward equally it was completely impossible to appreciate all the exhibit at once. That's rattling distressing too for the visitors when 2 of the exhibitors affected were both winners of Gold Medals!

I remember this is the starting fourth dimension exhibit I've been to where this facial expression has been thence poor.

I jurist the saving grace is it wasn't equally bad equally the Spring Show where the artists were actually crowded in addition to viewing in addition to campaign was rattling hard for visitors. Plus the creative someone who won the best overall display was stuck inwards a rattling dim spot!

I'm absolutely certain it's non beyond the wisdom in addition to capacity of the exhibition organisers to ensure that, at all futurity shows, the layout of ALL the stand upward panels volition ensure:
  • the botanical artists cause got plenty infinite for their exhibit thence that people tin thought their piece of occupation properly
  • every exhibit tin endure easily seen inwards its entirety.

More almost Botanical art

You tin find to a greater extent than resources almost Botanical Art in my resources for artists websites:
  • Botanical Art - Resources for Artists [UPDATE: Now Botanical Art in addition to Artists - This site shares information almost botanical fine art - societies, collections, books in addition to other resources which back upward the evolution of botanical art. It too links to leading botanical artists inwards the yesteryear in addition to present..
  • [Link UPDATE] The Best Botanical Art Instruction Books Learn almost the best botanical fine art didactics books.
  • The Best Books almost Botanical Artists & Illustrators If you lot dearest botanical fine art in addition to desire to know to a greater extent than almost to a greater extent than or less of the of import the artists - inwards the yesteryear in addition to introduce - who cause got created botanical fine art in addition to illustration
  • [Link UPDATE] Botany for Botanical Artists Did you lot know that RHS Gold Medal winning artists oftentimes cause got a rattling rigid botanical theme to their artwork?
  • [Link UPDATE] A History of Botanical Art This site focuses on the evolution of botanical fine art in addition to botanical illustration. 

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