Three Rhs Gilt Medals For Botanical Fine Art Together With A Video Interview
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
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This calendar week iii artists won RHS Gold Medals for their Botanical Art at the Royal Horticultural Society's Shades of Autumn Show inwards the Lindley Hall inwards London.
Denise Ramsay was a outset fourth dimension RHS exhibitor - too sold her outset icon to Dr Shirley Sherwood at the show. This was earlier she besides sold the residual of her serial to Dr Sherwood later the show!
Her serial of half dozen paintings - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Brilliant Life - of Papaver Orientale is extraordinarily impressive. Her paintings are hence good constructed too direct maintain enormous impact. They paintings almost appear equally if they are 3D.
Prior to completing her suite of locomote she had studied, via distance learning, for the Society of Botanical Artist's Diploma inwards Botanical Illustration too gained a Distinction.
I've been doing video interviews amongst artists for a spell - but I intend my video interview amongst Denise Ramsay is a outset when it comes to botanical artists. In the video (below too on YouTube) she explains:
I outset met her outset Gold Medal for Varieties of Hardy Geranium that direct maintain received the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Laura is a Fellow of the Eden Project Florilegium Society and later her outset Gold Medal she started to painted Aristolochias for the Society. She loved icon them hence much she started looking for some to a greater extent than too started to contact other Botanic Gardens inwards Cambridge too Oxford.
Ruth has exhibited amongst the RHS previously, winning silverish medals on both occasions.
However she has exclusively been icon botanical fine art for 4 years too is by too large self-taught.
Her display was really 'quiet' compared to some of the others but really impressive for all that.
Regular readers volition know that over the yesteryear few years, I've asked all the RHS Gold Medallists (exhibiting inwards London) over the yesteryear few years for tips too techniques amongst honor to both the creation of their exhibit too its presentation.
Here are a few more. You tin discovery links to previous "top tips" from the Gold Medallists at previous exhibitions listed at the end.
For example, I intend Denise's serial is an fantabulous instance of how to tell the botanical storey of a flora over half dozen paintings rather than showing all the elements of its life inwards 1 painting.
In full general 2 years are required for a submission. You demand a consummate life bicycle - too the plants demand to "perform" re flowering too fruiting. It's possible to do it inwards 1 bicycle but 2 years makes it easier to maximise your chances of the best possible result.
Gold Medal winners emphasised that there's a lot of preparatory locomote involved inwards putting a submission together. In Laura's opinion, yesteryear the fourth dimension yous sit down downwardly to start the paintings you're belike already halfway through the projection inwards terms of the hours of locomote for the entire project.
Laura Silburn institute that the Botanic Gardens she approached had friendly Botanists who helped her acquire to know the arrive at of plants
All of the Irises inwards Ruth's exhibit came from the same house - Aulden Farm which hosts the National Collection of Siberian Irises. The farm inwards Herefordshire is really unopen to where Ruth lives inwards Powys - but across the edge inwards Wales. This made it much easier to come upward too acquire to collect specimens. Ruth emphasised that the specimens she has painted are a small-scale proportion of those available.
Why non cheque out whether yous direct maintain whatever National Collections of Plants located unopen to where yous live?
I recommend that yous ever intend virtually the overall presentation too the size of the icon too how it volition live on matted BEFORE yous start to paint.
Denise Ramsay (Hong Kong / France) - Papaver orientale - Oriental Poppy.
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| Denise Ramsay GM amongst the outset iii paintings inwards her serial of half dozen paintings of the Papaver Orientale |
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A Brilliant Life - Faded Glory by Denise Ramsay GM Papaver orientale ‘Brilliant’ - Scale 1:3 Watercolour on newspaper 640gsm, 2014 71 cm x 67 cm (28" x 26 1/2") (Collection: Dr Shirley Sherwood) |
Her serial of half dozen paintings - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Brilliant Life - of Papaver Orientale is extraordinarily impressive. Her paintings are hence good constructed too direct maintain enormous impact. They paintings almost appear equally if they are 3D.
Prior to completing her suite of locomote she had studied, via distance learning, for the Society of Botanical Artist's Diploma inwards Botanical Illustration too gained a Distinction.
I've been doing video interviews amongst artists for a spell - but I intend my video interview amongst Denise Ramsay is a outset when it comes to botanical artists. In the video (below too on YouTube) she explains:
- how she came to acquire inwards the show
- how she chose her flora too theme
- her grooming prior to painting
- how she painted specific parts of the poppy
Laura Silburn (Cornwall, England) - Aristolochias of British Botanic Gardens.
I outset met her outset Gold Medal for Varieties of Hardy Geranium that direct maintain received the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Laura is a Fellow of the Eden Project Florilegium Society and later her outset Gold Medal she started to painted Aristolochias for the Society. She loved icon them hence much she started looking for some to a greater extent than too started to contact other Botanic Gardens inwards Cambridge too Oxford.
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| Laura Silburn GM amongst iii of her watercolour paintings of Aristolochias of British Botanic Gardens Laura is viewing her 2 paintings which were purchased yesteryear Dr Shirley Sherwood |
Aristolochias role a pollination trap machinery inwards firm to role insects to pollinate their flowers. They direct maintain evolved weird too wonderful flowers inwards firm to do this. Often mimicking carrion, they await bizarre, some tell sinister, but I discovery them captivating.Check out an article yesteryear Laura inwards the September 2014 edition of The Plantsman - Painting Hardy Geraniums (pdf file) is available to read online or download from the RHS website. In this she explains her working practices too how she develops her artwork from measurements, drawings of how the flora is constructed, sketches too thumbnails too color samples to the finished painting.
Laura Silburn
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| Laura Silburn's article virtually how botanical fine art is composed too executed inwards the September 2014 edition of The Plantsman |
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| Iris Sibirica (sold) yesteryear Ruth Kirkby GM |
Ruth Kirkby (Powys, Wales) - Iris sibirica - Siberian Iris.
Ruth has exhibited amongst the RHS previously, winning silverish medals on both occasions.
However she has exclusively been icon botanical fine art for 4 years too is by too large self-taught.
Her display was really 'quiet' compared to some of the others but really impressive for all that.
Yet More "Top Tips" for winning an RHS Gold Medal!
Regular readers volition know that over the yesteryear few years, I've asked all the RHS Gold Medallists (exhibiting inwards London) over the yesteryear few years for tips too techniques amongst honor to both the creation of their exhibit too its presentation.
Here are a few more. You tin discovery links to previous "top tips" from the Gold Medallists at previous exhibitions listed at the end.
TIP: Think virtually the range to live on innovative too contemporary
One of the comments I heard from a few exhibitors is that Judges are encouraging excogitation too looking for high standards of contemporary botanical art. I guess I've got this 1 labelled equally "The Rory McEwen Factor" - how tin yous advance the fine art of botanical art?For example, I intend Denise's serial is an fantabulous instance of how to tell the botanical storey of a flora over half dozen paintings rather than showing all the elements of its life inwards 1 painting.
TIP: Have a Project inwards Mind too accept your time
Working out what plants or species to tackle too and hence how to approach it is belike 1 of the most challenging parts of the procedure of creating an RHS Exhibit. Don't under-estimate the amount of fourth dimension needed to intend this through prior to making a choice.In full general 2 years are required for a submission. You demand a consummate life bicycle - too the plants demand to "perform" re flowering too fruiting. It's possible to do it inwards 1 bicycle but 2 years makes it easier to maximise your chances of the best possible result.
Gold Medal winners emphasised that there's a lot of preparatory locomote involved inwards putting a submission together. In Laura's opinion, yesteryear the fourth dimension yous sit down downwardly to start the paintings you're belike already halfway through the projection inwards terms of the hours of locomote for the entire project.
There's no request inwards having perfect brushstrokes if composition is no proficient or you're non showing the parts of the flora which matters.
TIP: Check out National Collections too Botanic Gardens local to you
Finding character plants tin live on a challenge. Two non bad sources are Botanic Gardens too National Plant Collections - used yesteryear 2 of the Gold Medallists at this show.Laura Silburn institute that the Botanic Gardens she approached had friendly Botanists who helped her acquire to know the arrive at of plants
All of the Irises inwards Ruth's exhibit came from the same house - Aulden Farm which hosts the National Collection of Siberian Irises. The farm inwards Herefordshire is really unopen to where Ruth lives inwards Powys - but across the edge inwards Wales. This made it much easier to come upward too acquire to collect specimens. Ruth emphasised that the specimens she has painted are a small-scale proportion of those available.
Why non cheque out whether yous direct maintain whatever National Collections of Plants located unopen to where yous live?
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| Three to a greater extent than watercolour paintings of Aristolochias of British Botanic Gardens by Laura Silburn GM |
TIP: Keep the same external dimensions
Ruth Kirkby's paintings were all 1 panel. Interestingly she kept the external dimensions identical for all paintings - too and hence varied the internal dimensions. There are some really subtle differences inwards margins - yet the same external size for the half dozen smaller paintings gives them a much ameliorate unity too ameliorate presentation across the exhibit equally a whole.I recommend that yous ever intend virtually the overall presentation too the size of the icon too how it volition live on matted BEFORE yous start to paint.
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| Ruth Kirkby amongst her exhibition of vii watercolour paintings of Iris Sibirica (Siberian Iris) |
TIP: Paint to a greater extent than than yous need
Ruth had painted x paintings too was able to convey the best vii to the show. If yous direct maintain the fourth dimension too yous are dedicated to pursuing a item species it's non bad if yous tin direct the best of those yous direct maintain painted to accept to the RHS Show.TIP: Think virtually your pricing
Artists tin sell their artwork at this exhibition. Ruth's smaller works were selling good - too inwards business office that was belike because of the price. Pricing for fine art varies around the Earth too naturally varies betwixt dissimilar sizes. Do some inquiry virtually prices typically paid give off notch botanical fine art sells for inwards London - or savour giving botanical fine art collectors a bargain!TIP: Find a proficient Tutor
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of botanical artists are self-taught. At to the lowest degree 2 of the Gold Medallists at this demonstrate direct maintain had the do goodness of beingness taught yesteryear tutors who are themselves RHS Gold Medal winners too who tin recognise whether their educatee has reached the measure of locomote which merits applying for a house inwards an RHS Botanical fine art Exhibition. Both Denise too Ruth were encouraged yesteryear their tutors to brand a submission.More Top Tips for winning an RHS Gold Medal
Top Tips
- Top Tips for winning an RHS Gold Medal for Botanical Art 14 April 2014
- 15 Top Tips for presenting locomote at an RHS Botanical Art 13 April 2014
- Ten Top Tips for winning an RHS Gold Medal for Botanical Art 14 April 2013
Interviews amongst RHS Gold Medallists
- Interviews amongst half dozen RHS Botanical Art Gold Medal Winners 24 April 2014
- Interviews amongst RHS Botanical Art Gold Medal Winners 18 April 2013
- 7 Gold Medal Winners at RHS Botanical Art 2012 17 Mar 2012
- RHS Botanical Art Show & Five Gold Medal Winners 21 Mar 2011
- RHS Gold Medal Botanical Art 23 February 2007
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