The Making A Mark Award for Botanical Art
and I know that is much appreciated. Last year I went one step further and
created “The Making A Mark Award – for Botanical Art”!
The Making a Mark Award: a new perspective on Botanical Art
I first introduced “The Making A Mark Award” on my Botanical Art and Artists News Blog in June last
year – see Plantae 2022 – and a new Award
The BRAND NEW Making A Mark Award will allow me to make a cash award to
any one (or more) of the following:
- a first time exhibitor at the exhibition who impresses
- people who bring a fresh and different approach to botanical art
and illustration
- artwork demonstrating a genuine new perspective on how to portray
habitat- artwork about plants which don’t often get illustrated
- drawing excellence – maybe in less used media
In essence, it’s about:
- a new perspective on botanical art
- artists who “make their mark” with the artwork they create which
catches my eye – because it’s excellent and different.
The award comprises:
- a £100 Award
- an interview with the artist which will be written up as an interview on my Botanical Art and Artists News Blog.
I’m actually minded to also produce a similar award for other national art societies…..
The winner of the inaugural Making A Mark Award in 2022:
Inês-Hermione Mulford
Inês-Hermione Mulford won the first award because she fulfilled a number of the criteria I’d identified for the recipient. These were
On her website you can see
An Interview with Inês-Hermione Mulford
Tomorrow my blog post on Botanical Art and Artists you will be able to find my interview with Inês-Hermione which looks at
- how and why she got into art
- how she started drawing plants
- her approach to drawing macro views of bryophytes and lichens
- what lessons she learned from exhibiting with the SBA
Inês-Hermione Mulford is also back at Plantae 2023 at the Mall Galleries NEXT WEEK with
another drawing.
Plantae 2023
- Venue: Mall Galleries
- Dates:
- 16th May from 2.30pm – 5pm and
- 17th to 20th May from 10am – 5pm daily
- Entry Fee: £5
- Wednesday 17th May
- Thursday 18th May
- Friday 19th May
- Saturday 20th May
