7 Golden Medal Winners At Rhs Botanical Fine Art 2012
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On Fri afternoon I met iv of the 7 Au medal winners at the RHS Botanical Art Show which was held inwards the Lindley Hall inwards London on 16-17th March.
The RHS Botanical Art Show is real much an international consequence inwards the botanical fine art globe - together with it's a existent coup only to larn permission to exhibit!
These are the artists exhibiting this yr categorised past times the province they forthwith trouble in.
Award Winners
The 2 premier awards were won past times 2 of the Gold Medal Winners
Annie Hughes is originally from Santiago inwards Republic of Chile but forthwith lives inwards New South Wales inwards Australia.
Last year, I met her when she won a Au medal for a beautiful gear upward of nine watercolour paintings of Camellias.
This yr she was dorsum in i lawsuit to a greater extent than - together with winning some other Gold Medal for her amazing gear upward of Astrophytum. One of her works - which had a stunning gear upward of spines together with the characteristic white spots won Annie the Best Painting inwards Show respect (see right). This paradigm was bought past times the Royal Horticultural Society for its collection.
The white spots are genuinely tuft hair. I was intrigued past times the technique Annie had used to stand upward for these.
Heeyoung Kim lives inwards Illinois together with has a passion for recording the plants of the American Prairie. I was shocked to take away heed that the Tallgrass Prairie has gone from existence what was in i lawsuit the largest ecosystem inwards America to what is forthwith i of the most endangered systems inwards the globe - alongside only 1% of the master tallgrass prairie remaining inwards existence. The bulk of it has been converted to intensive crop producing - together with the wild flowers accept been lost.
The American Prairie Plants she was exhibiting were a combination of common, rare together with endangered species. Her approach is to
Louise Lane - Louise was brought upward inwards Hathersage inwards the Derbyshire Peak District together with forthwith lives inwards Sheffield. She's been paradigm botanical fine art on together with off for well-nigh x years. This was her commencement RHS exhibit together with her commencement Gold Medal - together with I'm certain at that spot volition move to a greater extent than to come!
Her display of nine drawings of Native Ferns of the Peak District was done alone inwards pencil. Louise works Fabriano Artistico 140lb HP together with uses Staedtler Clutch pencils (HB, H together with 2B). She has an extremely low-cal touching together with her pencil move was exquisite.
Her move also existence fantabulous - together with quite the best botanical fine art inwards pencil I've seen inwards some fourth dimension - was also real nicely framed alongside a double mountain together with a frame which neatly complemented the tonality of the pencil work. I'm non inwards the to the lowest degree fleck surprised that she won the Best Exhibit Prize
Julia Trickey lives inwards Bath where she teaches botanical illustration for the University of Bath. She has been paradigm botanical fine art for has previously won 2 Gold Medals for suites of leaves - Leaves, Celebrating Imperfection (GM 2008) together with Leaf Portraits (GM 2006) summation 3 silvery gilded medals.
Julia works on Arches 140lb HP together with e'er stretches her move equally she uses a lot of moisture inwards moisture techniques. She seems to similar portraying flowers together with leaves when they are past times their best. Her exhibit was of flowers which were inwards the procedure of fading away.
Her display was stunning together with quite unlike for a publish of reasons:
Gulnur Eksi - I tried to larn to talk to Gulnur several times but she had a lot of visitors wanting to talk alongside her together with was deep inwards conversation every fourth dimension I came dorsum to her stand. Below are photos of her splendid come about display inwards the exhibition.
Christiana Webb - was non at the exhibit but y'all tin give notice watch her move below. Her emphasis was on the leaves of oaks inwards winter.
Guidance on exhibiting Botanical Art at an RHS Show
Last yr I wrote a send service about How to come inwards the RHS Botanical Art Show.
Exhibition of botanical art on the RHS website is the page to see to read the guidance for submitting move to move displayed inwards 2013. This includes the
If you'd similar to know to a greater extent than well-nigh botanical art delight banking enterprise lucifer out my data websites:
[August 2016 - updated]
Note: I'd genuinely appreciate it if the RHS could recognise that people who larn to watch the Botanical Art Show don't necessarily desire to watch the Orchid Show. Despite being an RHS fellow member (at some expense!) together with getting into all other shows at the RHS Halls for free, on this occasion I accept to pay £5 to watch an Orchid Society exhibit inwards a completely unlike hall which I didn't fifty-fifty visit! There's something incorrect alongside this approach!
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| Julia Trickey GM together with her display of 'Fading Flowers observed"© Julia Trickey |
These are the artists exhibiting this yr categorised past times the province they forthwith trouble in.
- Australia: Angela Lober, Annie Hughes, Deirdre Bean
- England: Olivia Chalmers, Sheila Clarke, Sumiko Davies, Mayumi Hashi, Louise Lane, Sheila Mannes‐Abbott, Shirley Slocock, Vivienne Taylor, Julia Trickey, Christiana Webb, Jenny Webster, Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society
- Japan: Motoko Genjo, Noriko Hasegawa, Kumiko Kosuda, Atsuko Nishyama, Harue Takumi, Kaoru Yoneda,
- Scotland: Coral Prosser
- Turkey: Gulnur Eksi
- USA: Lesley Randall,
The 2 premier awards were won past times 2 of the Gold Medal Winners
- Best Exhibit inwards the RHS Botanical Art Show 2012: Native Ferns of the Peak District past times Louise Lane
- Best Botanical Painting inwards the RHS Botanical Art Show 2012: Astrophytum past times Annie Hughes
Gold Medal Winners
Gold Medals are only awarded to exhibits of outstanding together with consistent excellence.Seven Gold Medals were awarded to exhibiting artists. This yr the Gold Medals were won by:
- Gulnur Eksi - Plants from the woods together with forests of Chile
- Annie Hughes - Astrophytums
- Heeyoung Kim - American Prairie Plants
- Kumiko Kosuda - Tricytis
- Louise Lane - Native Ferns of the Peak District
- Julia Trickey - Fading Flowers Observed
- Christiana Webb - Winter Oaks
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| Part of the Gold Medal Award winning display of Astrophytum past times Annie Hughes © Annie Hughes |
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| Annie Hughes GM alongside the Best Painting inwards RHS Botanical Art Show 2012 © Annie Hughes |
Last year, I met her when she won a Au medal for a beautiful gear upward of nine watercolour paintings of Camellias.
This yr she was dorsum in i lawsuit to a greater extent than - together with winning some other Gold Medal for her amazing gear upward of Astrophytum. One of her works - which had a stunning gear upward of spines together with the characteristic white spots won Annie the Best Painting inwards Show respect (see right). This paradigm was bought past times the Royal Horticultural Society for its collection.
The white spots are genuinely tuft hair. I was intrigued past times the technique Annie had used to stand upward for these.
- On i of her paintings she'd only used white watercolour pigment on top of the base of operations colour.
- On an astrophytum which has a real pronounced pattern, she had then added a smidgen of white gouache in to her white watercolour paint.
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| Heeyoung Kim together with 2 of her Gold Medal Winning collection of American Prairie Plants (left) Fringed Gentian £5,420 (US $8,500) (right) Ohio Spiderwort £4,330 (US $6,800) © Heeyoung Kim |
The American Prairie Plants she was exhibiting were a combination of common, rare together with endangered species. Her approach is to
- make studies inwards the champaign to larn a tape if the constitute construction together with the colours.
- Heeyoung told me that for some of the plants she has to expect 3 years until the constitute flowers equally they are non perennials together with grow from seed.
- She thus creates her real fine watercolour paintings inwards her studio.
- Also that she uses Miniature 000 brushes for a lot of her watercolours.
Louise Lane - Louise was brought upward inwards Hathersage inwards the Derbyshire Peak District together with forthwith lives inwards Sheffield. She's been paradigm botanical fine art on together with off for well-nigh x years. This was her commencement RHS exhibit together with her commencement Gold Medal - together with I'm certain at that spot volition move to a greater extent than to come!
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| Louise Lane together with 2 of her Gold Medal winning collection of nine pencil drawings of Native Ferns of the Peak District© Louise Lane |
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| Three of the nine pencil drawings of Native Ferns of the Peak District © Louise Lane |
Her move also existence fantabulous - together with quite the best botanical fine art inwards pencil I've seen inwards some fourth dimension - was also real nicely framed alongside a double mountain together with a frame which neatly complemented the tonality of the pencil work. I'm non inwards the to the lowest degree fleck surprised that she won the Best Exhibit Prize
Julia Trickey lives inwards Bath where she teaches botanical illustration for the University of Bath. She has been paradigm botanical fine art for has previously won 2 Gold Medals for suites of leaves - Leaves, Celebrating Imperfection (GM 2008) together with Leaf Portraits (GM 2006) summation 3 silvery gilded medals.
Julia works on Arches 140lb HP together with e'er stretches her move equally she uses a lot of moisture inwards moisture techniques. She seems to similar portraying flowers together with leaves when they are past times their best. Her exhibit was of flowers which were inwards the procedure of fading away.
Her display was stunning together with quite unlike for a publish of reasons:
- the artwork on display was larger than life
- she completes her paintings patch working alongside a real express palette - which gives a unity to her suite of watercolour paintings
- Daler Rowner: Sap Green
- Winsor together with Newton: Permanent Rose, Transparent Yellow, French Ultramarine, Winsor Blue (Green Shade), Indigo
- her artwork was also good presented inwards non-permanent frames. The artwork was float mounted on foamcore, together with thus a frame was created from white sideslip alongside stretched cellophane acting equally 'glass'. It's a real swell agency of transporting together with presenting large botanical artworks. (Note: The RHS does non ask botanical artwork to move framed for the show)
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| Larger than Life - fading flowers observed (#1) past times Julia Trickery © Julia Trickery |
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| Larger than Life - fading flowers observed (#2) past times Julia Trickery © Julia Trickery |
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| Plants from the woods together with forests of Republic of Chile past times Gulnur Eksi © Gulnur Eksi |
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| Plants from the woods together with forests of Republic of Chile past times Gulnur Eksi © Gulnur Eksi |
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| Winter Oaks past times Christiana Webb © Christiana Webb |
Guidance on exhibiting Botanical Art at an RHS Show
Last yr I wrote a send service about How to come inwards the RHS Botanical Art Show.
Exhibition of botanical art on the RHS website is the page to see to read the guidance for submitting move to move displayed inwards 2013. This includes the
- Regulations for botanical artwork
- Guidelines for judging grouping exhibits of drawings together with paintings of plants, flowers together with gardens
The next may move regarded equally positive features inwards assessing an exhibit:
- good draughtsmanship and, when applicable, skilful painterly skills
- that the depiction of plants or constitute textile is botanically accurate
- that each motion paradigm is good composed
- that the infinite allocated inwards which to hang the pictures is well-filled without existence overcrowded
- that the exhibit has an overall unity
- that whatsoever written data is accurate together with good presented together with includes the Latin name
- that whatsoever frames, mounts or other accessories used are appropriate inwards style, scale together with condition
- that the pattern of the display enhances the appearance of the drawings or paintings
Submissions meetingsYou tin give notice also watch the measure of the artwork of the Gold Medal Winners in my previous posts:
Please banknote at that spot is an annual submission coming together to assess artists for exhibiting inwards RHS shows. The deadline for submissions for consideration at this coming together is Midweek 27 June 2012. The appointment of the side past times side alternative coming together is v July, 2012.
If you'd similar to know to a greater extent than well-nigh botanical art delight banking enterprise lucifer out my data websites:
[August 2016 - updated]
- See my website Botanical Art together with Artists - for everything from Herbals to RHS Botanical Art Shows to Botanical Latin for Artists
- Find out to a greater extent than well-nigh books well-nigh botanical fine art in
- Regular posts well-nigh botanical fine art forthwith seem oft on my novel weblog News well-nigh Botanical Art together with for Botanical Artists
Note: I'd genuinely appreciate it if the RHS could recognise that people who larn to watch the Botanical Art Show don't necessarily desire to watch the Orchid Show. Despite being an RHS fellow member (at some expense!) together with getting into all other shows at the RHS Halls for free, on this occasion I accept to pay £5 to watch an Orchid Society exhibit inwards a completely unlike hall which I didn't fifty-fifty visit! There's something incorrect alongside this approach!
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