Discover the stunning botanical art entries celebrating the beauty of plant life for the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2025, at the Saatchi Gallery, London*
Meet the botanical art exhibitors and explore their entries for the 2025 competition:
Botanical ArtA Year in the Life of Six UK Native Deciduous Trees and their Galls
Following retirement as an Art Lecturer at the Bournemouth College, Pauleen took a course in botanical illustration and fell in love with painting nature. Pauleen is an SBA Fellow, and a tutor and assessor on their Distance Learning Diploma. An award-winning artist, exhibiting nationally and internationally, she has a painting in the RHS Lindley Library.
Botanical artEndemic Dombeyoideae of Réunion Island: exploring the “Mahots” and “Bois de Senteur”
Julie is a French artist from Réunion Island, and is now based in South Africa. She discovered her passion for botanical art there, and her work is featured in the prestigious Grootbos Florilegium, Africa’s first contemporary florilegium. Through her art, she seeks to raise awareness of Réunion’s fragile and unique flora.
Botanical artTulipa – Species & Botanical Class Tulips
Jarnie is a self-taught botanical artist. Born in London, she has been a teacher, a graphic designer, and received formal training in architecture. In her work, Jarnie focuses on her love of structure, vibrancy and detail, with subjects often depicted at larger than life size. Her work is held in a number of private and public collections, and is widely exhibited. Her first book ‘Vibrant Botanical Painting’ was published in 2023 by The Crowood Press.
Botanical artHoyas of Indonesia
Born and raised in Indonesia, Eunike found her calling in botanical art while learning from some societies in Sheffield. She founded the Indonesian Society of Botanical Artists (IDSBA) in 2017, where she continues to learn and document Indonesia’s native flora. Her works are held in renowned collections, including the Hunt Institute, RHS Lindley Library, and the Shirley Sherwood Collection.
Botanical artTraditional Cosmetics Plants of Korean Women
The Korean Society of Botanical Art and Illustration is a newly formed organisation. This exhibit features the work of five artists within the organisation. Through these works, they hope to convey the value and importance of nature to the public, and to contribute to passing it on to future generations as an artistic and scientific record.
Botanical artPinus sylvestris from the forest of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, Spain
Manuel studied art at the University of Madrid, and then started to exhibit artworks in galleries in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Belgium. Since he was young he has been very interested in space and geometry, and this is the base of all his art pieces.
Botanical artPlants Connected to Human Survival
Hee Soon started learning about plants by chance, and through them, discovered a sense of wonder and gratitude. For the past 16 years, she has been creating botanical illustrations, exhibiting and teaching. In 2020, Hee Soon completed the SBA DLDC in the UK, and became a Fellow of the SBA. For the past nine years, she has been commissioned by the Korean National Arboretum to create botanical illustrations of native Korean plants.
Botanical artOhga Lotus Cultivated from a Seed after 2000 Years’ Slumber
Kyoko Uchiyama is a botanical artist and graphic designer in Japan. She is interested in finding effective mixing proportions of tempera and watercolour to depict the texture of plants. Her artwork has been exhibited in several shows in Tokyo. She received the Tokyo Shimbun Award at the Japan Gardening Society Botanical Art Exhibition in 2019.
Botanical artSpines and Thorns
Bernard F. Carter is a self-taught botanical artist and illustrator who lives near Falmouth in Cornwall. He has had studios in various public venues including Lands End and Morwellham Quay in Devon. He was also a founding member of the Eden Project Florilegium Society. His publishing debut came in 1990 with the publication of ‘The Floral Birthday Book’, a challenging 378 botanical paintings with a 10 month deadline.
Botanical artMagnolias, native to Japan and China
Born in Japan, Mayumi now lives in the UK, where she took a botanical art class at a local adult education centre and developed her interest from there. She is an active fellow member of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society. Her work is featured in the Prince’s Trust Highgrove Florilegium, Transylvania Florilegium, Sydney Botanic Gardens Florilegium, and the Hunt Institute in Pittsburgh, USA.
Botanical artFlowering Cherries in Japan
Hideko started painting plants when she drew pictures of plants in class at a school for disabled children. She studied painting under the guidance of Mr Toshio Nishimura. She won the National Museum of Nature and Science Director’s Award in 2010 and 2017 and won a Gold Medal and the Best in Show Award at BISCOT 2018. In both 2017 and 2021 she was awarded an RHS Silver-gilt medal.
Botanical artMore than a Fluffy White Ball: The surprising diversity of commercially grown cotton cultivars
Susan Tomlinson is an Associate Professor in the Honors College at Texas Tech University. Her work is in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, and in 2022 she was awarded an RHS Silver-gilt for her cotton boll series. She is currently working on a book under contract for botanical paintings featuring cotton.
Botanical artHelleborus orientalis from The National Collection at Hadlow College, Kent
Juliet has always had a passion for art since childhood and gained a BA (Hons) degree in Printed Textile Design at Loughborough College of Art. Having designed furnishing fabric collections and worked in interior design, family life took over. Juliet started botanical painting a number of years ago as a natural progression from her design work and is now completely absorbed.
Botanical artThe Life Cycle Aesculus hippocastanum
Botanical artKangaroo Paws of Australia
Jacqui has been painting botanically for the last 20 years, initially working in watercolour before switching to coloured pencil 15 years ago. She studied under Jenny Phillips, Barbara Duckworth and Helen Fitzgerald amongst others. Jacqui has exhibited and sold works in Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Canberra. Her preferred subject is Eucalypts and their gum nuts, working in graphite with just a touch of colour.
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