Upcoming
exhibitions and events:
Hyacintorchis
Een nieuwe orchidee aan de Noordzee
Author:
Esmée Winkel
Publisher: KNNV Uitgeverij
Hardback, 64 pages
Publication: 23 february 2021
Language: Dutch
Hyacintorchis tells the story of an
orchid species discovered in the dunes at Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Six specimens were found in March 2020 and captured on paper by Esmée
Winkel. In her story she takes you with her to the discovery by Casper
Zuyderduyn, ranger at Staatsbosbeheer, that day she sat in the cold
sketching the plant, painting it, her methods, her paints and the
interesting and sometimes bizar history behind these paints.
For more information or to pre-order click here.
Exploring
Botany
Exploring Botany is Poland’s first exhibition that
showcases the
phenomenon of today’s botanical art, both European and Japanese. On
view are atrworks by modern-day artists in the context of the oeuvres
of old masters of botanical illustration, Basilius Besler, Crispijn van
de Passe the Younger, Jacob Hoefnagel, Emanuel Sweert, Elizabeth
Blackwell, and above all Maria Sibylla Merian. These are complemented
by Hiroshige’s and Watanabe Seitei’s ‘pictures of flowers and birds’,
which engage in surprising visual and narrative dialogue with the
European works. It is anhonour to contribute three of my works to this
exhibition!
Curators: Anna Król, Sylvia Peter
When:
05.11.2020 - 28.02.2021
Where: Museum of Japanese Art and Technology
Address: ul. M. Konopnickiej 26, 30-302, Kraków, Poland
Phone: 12 267 27 03
Opening hours: daily except Mondays, between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm (now
closed until further notice)
Botanical
Art Techniques
A Comprehensive Guide
Publisher:
Timber Press
Hardback, 416 pages
Carol Woodin and Robin Jess, American Society of Botanical Artists,
have made a beautifully illustrated, one-of-a-kind practical guide to a
variety of techniques used in botanical art and illustration. I am
honoured to contribute together with over 50 ASBA artists to this book.
It features how-to tutorials from basic to applied to advanced for
techniques such as graphite, pen and ink, colored pencil, watercolor on
paper and watercolor on vellum. Als included are a variety of
specialized techniques and media such as metalpoint, printmaking, egg
tempera, and others. Composition is covered in depth as well with
examples to help artists understand and employ the principles. This
book is a “must-have for creative people everywhere.”
To order click here.
Heukels' Flora van Nederland, 24th
edition

Author: Leni Duistermaat
Publisher: Noordhoff
Heukels’
Flora is the standard to go to for the
Flora of the Netherlands. It is a unique book and a must have for all
biologists, biology students and anyone interested. This new edition
includes 2.500 species, 20% more than in the 2005 edition. The layout
is now in colour making it easier to identify species and invasive and
poisonous plants are more
clearly indicated. This 24th edition has been revised and written
by Dr. Leni Duistermaat, researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
It was an honour to contribute so many new illustrations!
To
order click
here.
RHS
Botanical Illustration - The Gold Medal Winners
Author: Charlotte Brooks
Published: 5th June 2019
Published by: ACC ART Books ISBN: 978-1-78884-014-9
To orde click here.
Workshops Scientific Illustration: The
Hortus botanicus Leiden organizes
workshops on Scientific
Illustration. During each workshop attention will be paid to specific
botanical subjects, the biology of the subject and how to create an
illustration. Also aspects like how to approach an illustration, shadow
and composition will be dealt with. The teacher is Esmée
Winkel, scientific illustrator at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
The workshops have
been cancelled due to Covid-19.
Time: 10.30-15.00 h
Where: Hortus botanicus Leiden
Entrance: €75 per workshop, €7,50 for Students (bring
your student card).
Only limited
space available!
For more information or to register for one or more workshops please
visit the website of the Hortus by clicking: Hortus
botanicus Leiden.
2020:
- Extraordinary orchids,
Solo exhibition, Leiden, the Netherlands.
- 30 years Art
in Cologne, group
exhibition with Andreas Hentrich,
Germany.
-
23rd Annual International, group exhibition, American
Society of Botanical Artists and Wave Hill, USA.
2019:
- Pflanzendarstellungen zwischen Wissenschaft
und Kunst,
Botanical Garden Vienna, Austria.
- Out of the
Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens, Venues:
* The New York Botanical Garden
* Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
* Foundry Art Centre
* Tucson Botanical Gardens
* Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum
2018:
- Royal
Horticultural Society, London, Gold
Medal.
- RHS Lindley Library: Worth a Thousand Words,
London, UK.
- "Florentia", International
Exhibition of Botanical Art,
Società Toscana di Orticultura,
Firenze, Italy.
- World Wide Exhibition of Botanical Art,
Dutch exhibition, Lisse, Netherlands.
2017:
- "Focus on Nature
XIV", Roger Tory Peterson Institute (RTPI), USA.
- The Margaret Flockton Exhibition, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney,
Australia.
- The Beauty of Botanical Drawing, with the Art
and Heritage Commision Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
- the 19th International Botanical Congress and Botanical art
exhibition, Shenzhen, China.
- The Tradescants’ Orchard, an Exhibition of Contemporary
Botanical Paintings, London, UK. See also:
An article by Katherine Tyrrell.
The Margaret Flockton Award
awarded Second Prize
for the pen and ink illustration of
Monanthotaxis pynaertii.
This illustration was made for the PhD thesis of Paul
Hoekstra.
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2016:
- Royal
Horticultural Society, London, UK, Gold
Medal.
- 19th Annual International, American
Society of Botanical Artists, The New York Design Center, USA.
- The Illustration Biennial, Haarlem, The
Netherlands.
- 18th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition at Filoli, California,
USA.
- Bolbloemen onder de Loep, members exhibition Dutch Society of
Botanical Artists, Museum De Zwarte Tulp, Lisse, the
Netherlands.
- Hermine van Bers
Beeldende Kunstprijs, 2016, Honourable
mention,
(jury report here).
American Society of
Botanical Artists,
ASBA Botanical
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2015:
- 18th Annual International, American Society of Botanical
Artists
at The Horticultural Society of New York, the New York Design Center,
New York, USA.
- "Flowering Bulbs and Tubers", The Shirley Sherwood
Gallery of Botanical Art, The
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK.
- "Botanisch tekenen de Midden Betuwe", 't Pakhuis, Hemmen, The
Netherlands.
2014:
- “Focus on Nature XIII”, New York State Museum, USA.
- 21st World Orchid Conference, Botanical Art
Exhibition, South-Africa.
- "16th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition", Filoli, California, USA.
- "Boek aan de Wand", TEAM Notarissen aan de Avenue Céramiques,
Maastricht, the Netherlands.
The Linnean
Society of London,
Jill Smythies Award,
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2013:
- Royal
Horticultural Society London Orchid Show and Botanical Art Show: April
2013; Gold
Medal.
- "Het
Bloemenpaleis", Paleis 't Loo, the Netherlands, members
exhibition Dutch Society of Botanical Artists.
2012:
- BOTANICAL IMAGES
SCOTIA,
Edinburgh, Scotland; Gold Medal.
- “Focus on Nature XII”,
New York State
Museum, USA, Jury
Award.
- “Botanical Bulbs”, 't
Huys
te Dever Castle, the Netherlands, members
exhibition
Dutch Society of Botanical Artists.
- FLORIADE, World Horticultural Expo, Venlo, The
Netherlands.
- “Siebolds flower garden”, Middachten Castle, Netherlands, members
exhibition Dutch Society of Botanical Artists.
2011:
- “Botanical Moment”, Kasteel
Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten.
- “Beauty in Science”, Museum Boijmans Van
Beuningen, Rotterdam.
- “Siebolds flower garden”, Arboretum
Kalmthout, Belgium.
- “Siebolds Blumengarten”, Japan Museum
Würzburg, Germany.
2010:
- “13th International Exhibition of Botanical
Art and Illustration”, Hunt
Institute for Botanical Documentation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- “Focus on Nature XI”, New York State
Museum, Albany, USA.
- 4th
members exhibition Dutch Society of Botanical Artists, Town
hall Capelle aan den Ijssel.
- “Siebolds flower garden”, Japan Museum
SieboldHuis, Leiden.
2009:
- “Illustrations for botanical research”,
Gorlaeus laboratorium, Leiden.
- Castle of Arcen, members exhibition of the
Dutch Society of Botanical Artists.