Éireannach – Judging in January
Our judges are meeting on 29 January to assess all the submitted paintings, which are being safely stored in the Library of the National Botanic Gardens. The judges will decide […]
Entries by F Broughan
Éireannach – Hand-In Day 18 November
Hand-In Day is close! We will be accepting painting submissions from 12:30-1:30pm on 18 of November 2017, before Charles Nelson’s talk, at the Lecture Theatre, National Botanic Gardens. For more […]
Awards and accolades!
As all our members know, the ISBA is about supporting and encouraging all our artists and members as they practise and learn more about botanical art and illustration. Our projects […]
George Du Noyer at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Stones, Slabs and Seascapes: George Du Noyer’s Images of Ireland 17 November 2017–24 February 2018 An artist imbued with a keen appreciation of the sciences—particularly geology, botany and zoology, George […]
A Grand Day Out: ISBA visit to Burtown House
The inaugural outing of the ISBA was a visit to Burtown House in May 2013, where we were privileged and delighted to meet Wendy Walsh, and were welcomed to Burtown […]
ISBA Artists awarded Silver Medal at RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Featuring six artists showing six paintings of Heritage Irish Plants, the ISBA’s first collective entry to the RHS–at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival–was awarded a Silver Medal. Each exhibit is […]
Donegal Days…
Keeping in mind the ISBA’s mission statement “to facilitate interaction amongst botanical artists in Ireland” we decided to run a bi-annual painting weekend in the north west for our members. […]
Plandaí Oidhreachta, Heritage Irish Plants
The Irish Society of Botanical Artists and The Irish Garden Plant Society have joined forces in a project titled Plandaí Oidhreachta, which celebrates our Heritage Plants. It highlights the wealth […]
Rare Books on the Web – Virtual Inspiration
This week’s blog is written by Alexandra Caccamo, Librarian at the National Botanic Gardens. Many of you have been able to visit the library in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, […]
Botanical Art in Bloom
This week’s blog is written by Liz Prendergast, with photographs by Shevaun Doherty. Now that the first Bloom Exhibition of Botanical Art has been dismantled and much of it is […]
Wendy Walsh
I wonder how many of the artists in the ISBA had their interest in botanical art whetted by the wonderful work of Wendy Walsh? Now 98 years old and still […]