I’m humbled to be awarded an Honourable mention in the Celia Rosser Award for 2024 at The Art of Botanical Illustration by the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne from such a high quality field. Congratulations to the winner Ann Hayes and other Honourable Mention recipients, as well as every other artist selected for this exhibition!

I’m delighted to have 3 drawings selected for the prestigious TABI exhibition, hosted biennially by the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. The exhibition will open in person from 10am-4pm on 28 September 2024 at Domain House, adjacent to the Botanic Gardens in Dallas Brooks Drive. If you can’t make it to Melbourne you can see all the work online here while the exhibition is open.

For the South Australian Living Artist (SALA) Festival this year I have 3 of my recent flannel flower drawings on show at ‘Art Expression @ 123 Fisher’, Living Choice Fullarton, from 9-30 August. I’m very pleased to participate again in the largest open access art festival in the world! See the hundreds of exhibitions from thousands of artists on offer in the online SALA program.

I’m pleased to have my Waratah drawing selected for this prize exhibition in 2024. It is exhibited alongside a wonderful array of artworks from members of the Botanical Art Society of Australia, at Retford Park, Bowral, NSW, from Thursday to Sundays, 19 July to 25 August, 2024. View the work online if you can’t make it to Bowral! The commission on all sales goes to supporting cancer patients and families in the Southern Highlands.

I’m honoured to have 2 of my drawings selected for the Society of Botanical Artists Plantae 2024 exhibition, which this year is only online. Only 350 works were selected from 1300+ entries from around the world! Check out the catalogue for this exhibition on the SBA website.

An exhibition of my nature-themed drawings from the last 15 years will be exhibited with ‘Art Expressions @123 Fisher’, Castello’s Cucina Exhibition Space, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton, SA, from 4 April to 30 May 2024. Come along for the opening 5-6pm on Thursday 4 April! Open to the public 9am-4pm Mon-Sat, 10-4 Sundays, except public holidays.

I will have two of my cameo drawings of local native orchids in the Botanical Art Society of Australia annual exhibition at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. See a large array of botanical art among the floral displays on the upper level of the Royal Exhibition Building in the Carlton Gardens from 20-24 March, 2024. All work is for sale.

Gallery One at the historic Mitcham Cultural Village is celebrating 50 years in operation as a community centre for supporting local artists and encouraging members of the community to engage in art and craft activities in a friendly environment. A focus of the celebrations is an exhibition of work from past and present members of the Gallery. I am pleased that one of my drawings ‘Trio of Figs’ is part of this exhibition. Open at 1 Torrens Road, Mitcham, SA 5062, 1-22 March, 2024, 10am-4pm Tuesdays – Fridays.

I’m very pleased to exhibit for the first time in the Victor Harbor Art Show, an annual fundraiser to support the local community organised by the Rotary Victor Harbor. The popular seaside town on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia attracts thousands of visitors each year, and the art show has something for everyone, exhibiting over 1,300 2D and 3-D artworks daily from 13th to 20th January, 2024. See more about the Victor Harbor Art Show here.

I am honoured to be invited to join the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA), based in the UK, as a Fellow Member. From the SBA website:

” Established in 1985, by Suzanne Lucas, The Society of Botanical Artists brings together artists of national and international repute.

Our aims are:

• To advance the education of the public by promoting the appreciation of  botanical art
• To provide facilities for the exhibition of work by artists who practice this genre of art
• The evaluation and awarding of qualifications to practicing, and those seeking to become, professional artists
• To promote the protection, appreciation, conservation and nurture of plants and natural habitats of plant life with special reference to endangered species. “

Go to the Society of Botanical Artists website for more information.