The wonderful graphite work of Guy William Eves, SBA Fellow, is being displayed along with the photographic work of Karl Blossfeldt, the German photographer, sculptor, teacher, and artist, best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. There will also be many important items on display from the museums archives including drawing aids used by Prof. John Henslow who was Charles Darwin’s mentor at Cambridge University, and the bird books by John Gould (Birds of Europe) showing the hand coloured etchings. There will also be a day seminar on 24th January entitled “Drawing on Life: Natural History Illustrations” and Guy will be talking about Botanical art along with Chrissie Lightfoot, and Gilliam Barlow will be speaking… Read more
Category: Exhibitions
Call for entries – Plantae 2020
The Society invites artists to submit their very best work to our open exhibition. Whether an artist working in watercolour, oils, gouache, graphite, colour pencil or pen & ink, a botanical illustrator, a printmaker, ceramic artists, sculptor, jeweller or glass artist, we are seeking work with a strong exhibiting presence to be part of our show at Mall Galleries in 2020. Our only criteria are that all work must: Be predominantly of botanical content, Be botanically accurate, Be visually pleasing, Have strong wall appeal, Be work you are proud of. All work must be original, (all prints must be hand pulled and NOT giclee). We regret we do not currently accept photography or other digital art forms. Maximum dimension is 120cm on the longest side.… Read more
Mall Galleries
Congratulations to SBA Fellow, Linda Alexander who has won The Alan Gourley Memorial Award with her painting ‘White Peonies in a Green Bowl’ at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in their Annual Exhibition 2019 . This is on now until the 8th December at the Mall Galleries in London.
Mall Galleries
Congratulations to Fellow Lesley Hall who has had 5 works accepted into the annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. The exhibition will be at the Mall Galleries from the 28th November until the 8th December. Click here for more information
Shirley Sherwood Collection
Congratulations to all the ‘Masters of Botanical Art’ whose work is featured in Shirley Sherwood’s wonderful new exhibition ‘Modern Masterpieces of Botanical Art’ at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens.To celebrate the exhibition, there was a fantastic party on Tuesday evening. It is an impressive exhibition and worth visiting.For those who can’t attend, you can see the work on the great new Shirley Sherwood Gallery website here
The Discerning Eye
Congratulations go to our new fellow Louisa Crispin for receiving an award at the Mall Galleries exhibition- The Discerning Eye. Click here for more information