SBA Fellow Jackie Isard has been busy writing botanical watercolour books. One for beginners from her new mini series is out now and the other called ‘Watercolour mixing techniques for botanical artists’ will be published next March so one to look out for. Link to Jackies shop
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World Class Botanical Art Book
Fellow member Soyoung Sin has a new book out now called World Class Botanical Art Book, which features many well known artists from around the globe. You can see the book in the YouTube flip-through in the link below. ISBN : 9788997732081 Here’s a link to see the book on YouTube
Flora Mundi
It’s great to see plenty of exhibitions on at the moment to brighten these chilly days. The Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists have an upcoming exhibition at the end of October. It features work from SBA Fellows Adrienne Roberts and Jeni Neale -who organised the event. Go to Birmingham society of botanical artists for more information.
Florilegium:a gathering of flowers
New and existing works by contemporary artists Lee Mingwei, Annalee Davis, Wendy McMurdo and Lyndsay Mann join over 40 established botanical illustrators such as SBA Fellows – Giovanni Cera, Eunike Nugroho, Sunanda Widel, Anna Suprunenko, Julia Asenbaum and Natalia Alatortseva in Florilegium: A gathering of flowers, at Inverleith House, in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Botanical artists from all over the world present detailed studies of plants, revealing how flowers can elicit cultural, historic, geographic, socio-political and scientific ideas, and inviting visitors to explore the rich diversity of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s extensive Living Collection. The biennial exhibition is the first of a new programme as Inverleith House begins its transformation into Climate House, following the award of Outset Contemporary Art Fund’s Transformative Grant. Free entry. Please book… Read more
FOUND IN NATURE
A wonderful exhibition of work by SBA CoPresident Gael Sellwood and SBA Fellow Helen Millar has opened in Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery this week, and runs 3rd- 25th October. All the work can be seen online (and is selling fast!) Visit at this link now – https://www.cambridgegallery.co.uk/sellwoodmillar We wish them both the best of luck with the exhibition!!
Super Nature
Coming soon – 9th-11th October, Super Nature is an event on at the Garden Museum, Lambeth. SBA Fellows Julia Patience and Fiona Wheeler will have work included. https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/super-nature/