Review: Florum 2012
Monday, 13 April 2020
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Susan Christopher Coulson won the starting fourth dimension Elizabeth Smail Memorial Award at the Florum Botanical Art Exhibition 2012 inwards Sevenoaks.
The belatedly Liz Smail's sis who presented the observe said that Liz had e'er emphasised color in addition to composition when instruction her students. She in addition to thus confessed to knowing lilliputian most fine art - but made certain she used the 2 imperatives most color in addition to composition to conduct her inwards choosing an artwork to have the Award for the starting fourth dimension time. She did well!
I saw the exhibition at the PV on Fri nighttime - in addition to this review has been slightly delayed yesteryear iii things:
Florum is unique with the botanical fine art exhibitions that I'm aware of inwards that it's an "invite only" exhibition - in addition to that 'invite' is non express to the strictly botanical illustrator.
The exhibition includes 333 pieces of artwork of diverse media - although the bulk are paintings. You tin meet examples of move from roughly of the more than threescore artists who are exhibiting inwards iii galleries on the website: gallery one; gallery two; and gallery three.
Many artists are besides members of a diversity of other groups including The Linnean Society, the Royal Watercolour Society, the Pastel Society, the Royal Society of Miniature Painters as good equally the Society of Botanical Artists and/or the Society of Floral Painters (Society of Floral Painters blog).
Exhibiting artists role a diversity of media in addition to a diversity of styles. You tin meet roughly examples higher upwardly in addition to below.
Artists whose move caught my eye
The belatedly Liz Smail's sis who presented the observe said that Liz had e'er emphasised color in addition to composition when instruction her students. She in addition to thus confessed to knowing lilliputian most fine art - but made certain she used the 2 imperatives most color in addition to composition to conduct her inwards choosing an artwork to have the Award for the starting fourth dimension time. She did well!
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| The Elizabeth Smail Memorial Award “Colour mutation - Rosa mutabilis” (£995) yesteryear Susan Christoper Coulson Coloured Pencil |
- very proficient conditions - nosotros were out all weekend!
- the Press preview for the large Autumn exhibition at Tate Great Britain yesterday
- not forgetting - I mislaid the catalogue which had all my notes - including the vital ones which tell "feature this creative somebody equally good equally the listings of artists, titles in addition to prices! (I alive inwards dread of doing this. I've never yet done it but possess got 1 or 2 closed calls - in addition to this was 1 of them!)
However I create desire to emphasise that all botanical fine art lovers inwards the South East alone possess got until Saturday 15th September to meet the Florum Exhibition inwards Sevenoaks. I get together sales possess got been brisk - silent at that topographic point are lots of very attractive high character prints equally good equally originals.
Can I propose you lot accept a await at concluding year's review - meet Exhibition Review: Florum 2011 - inwards Sevenoaks - for what I similar most this exhibition, addition tips which other fine art societies mightiness desire to copy, equally these are essentially unchanged.
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| View of business office of the exhibition - there's lots to meet what you lot tin meet inwards this photograph is alone most a 3rd of the exhibition! More views of move inwards the exhibition below |
Exhibiting Artists
Florum is unique with the botanical fine art exhibitions that I'm aware of inwards that it's an "invite only" exhibition - in addition to that 'invite' is non express to the strictly botanical illustrator.
The exhibition includes 333 pieces of artwork of diverse media - although the bulk are paintings. You tin meet examples of move from roughly of the more than threescore artists who are exhibiting inwards iii galleries on the website: gallery one; gallery two; and gallery three.
Many artists are besides members of a diversity of other groups including The Linnean Society, the Royal Watercolour Society, the Pastel Society, the Royal Society of Miniature Painters as good equally the Society of Botanical Artists and/or the Society of Floral Painters (Society of Floral Painters blog).
Exhibiting artists role a diversity of media in addition to a diversity of styles. You tin meet roughly examples higher upwardly in addition to below.
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| Artwork yesteryear Karen Birchwood Mixed media typically priced £285 |
There are a expose of novel artists this twelvemonth - but I'm non certain which these are.
Karen Birchwood's paintings of flowers in addition to gardens are real decorative in addition to appealing to the eye. They besides await real proficient when displayed with 1 another!
Karin is a quondam stuff designer who is instantly a sum fourth dimension painter who participates inwards a lot of exhibitions in addition to champaign has a faithful following. Her move is mainly inwards acrylic in addition to mixed media, on canvas, board or paper.
She has preferences for a palette of special colours - which you lot tin meet on inwards the garden/flowers page on her website - which possess got the happy knack of looking proficient with 1 another.
I honey Wendy Cranston FSBA's paintings inwards gouache. The alone affair that stops me from buying 1 is the fact I would possess got to purchase 2 or iii equally I only honey seeing them hung together! Her command of her media, composition inside a foursquare in addition to colour palette are iii of the reasons I similar her work. That in addition to that fact it doesn't await similar anybody else's. I'd honey to move able to exhibit you lot her website - but I don't mean value she has one.
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| Gouache paintings of fruit in addition to wisteria yesteryear Wendy Cranston FSBA work is typically priced at £195 |
Penny Stenning is a fellow member of the Society of Botanical Artists - who wins Certificates of Botanical Merit - a Fellow of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society, in addition to besides paints for the Eden Project. Her move impressed me - she has a meticulous approach to drawing her subjects. However the argue she's getting a refer is that she caught my oculus with the composition in addition to color of 2 dissimilar industrial plant hung inwards dissimilar parts of the exhibition - her watercolour paintings of Sage in addition to the weeds you lot tin meet below.
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| Some weeds of cultivation (£400) watercolour icon by Penny Stenning SBA |
Again Penny is an creative somebody with no website - the link is to her page on the SBA website. If you're interested Penny teaches botanical illustration - details of how to uncovering her curses are on the SBA members courses webpage.
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| Old Year, New Year's Day (£330) - watercolour yesteryear Sue J Williams |
Sue J Williams SBA is besides a Fellow of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society and also caught my oculus with a duet of pieces in addition to Variations on a Theme. The latter because its format was something I had inwards hear for a slice of botanical artwork most alliums in addition to it was interesting to meet roughly other artist's interpretation of how best to role it.
There is lots to similar if you lot similar printmaking inwards this exhibition. This twelvemonth I was especially struck yesteryear the simplicity in addition to the complexity of Helen Hanson's Summer Fields.
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| Summer Fields (etching/aquatint £290) by Helen Hanson |
Links:
- Two botanical fine art exhibitions - inwards the U.K. in addition to USA 22 Aug 2012
- Exhibition Review: Florum 2011 - inwards Sevenoaks 10 Sep 2011
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