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Margaret Flockton Botanical Art Award 2008

Lesley Randall won last year's Margaret Flockton Award 

 Last year's winner Lesley Randall was awarded $5000
for this drawing of Aristolochia gigantea 

For hundreds of years scientific plant drawings have aided the visual identification of plants for both the botanist and plant enthusiast. Botanical Illustration at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney began with the establishment of the Herbarium in 1901.

The Margaret Flockton Award commemorates the contribution Margaret Flockton made to Australian scientific botanical art.

The Margaret Flockton Award is open to artists around the world, producing scientific botanical illustrations of a high standard.

Prizes of A$5000 and A$2000 respectively will be presented to the first and second best entries. The judges, at their discretion, may also award Highly Commended certificates for works considered to  be of a exceptionally high standard. 

Get more information about this award and how to enter
 

An Inspiration in Botanical Art

The life of the first and most long-serving botanical illustrator at the Botanic Gardens, Margaret Flockton, went almost unrecognised for many years.

The consistent high quality of Margaret’s work is inspiring. Her major works include the 88 plates completed for Joseph Henry Maiden’s Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus and also the Forest Flora of NSW.  Her meticulous observation and flawless accuracy,  was complemented by her fine sense of composition and scale. Of hundreds of other works to note are those images painted for Maiden’s Opuntia (Prickly Pair) publication.


 

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