The fifth annual Botanical & Floral Art Exhibition at the Bloom Festival is an Open Call Exhibition featuring some of the best botanical artists exhibiting in Ireland today. Medals may be awarded for works of particular merit by an independent judging panel. As well as the paintings themselves, cards and prints will be available for […]
Botanical Illustration is the art of depicting plants for scientific purposes and has been practiced for centuries. Mostly executed in watercolour, botanical paintings highlight beauty & detail, while often creating beautiful artwork. In this practical workshop participants will be guided throught the stages of drawing and painting a chosen subject, while learning about the history of this […]
Running from 06 to 27 May, this exhibition will provide a chance to see beautiful depictions of Ireland's native plants by Ireland's botanical artists. Running in tandem with exhibitions all over the world, it will provide a chance to see, on 18 May (Worldwide Day of Botanical Art), digital displays of native plants painted by artists […]
To coincide with Éireannach and the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art, we will be hosting an open day that will include a tour of the exhibition at 3.00pm with wildflower author Zoe Devlin (Wildflowers of Ireland), painting demonstrations throughout the day and a chance to meet the artists involved. On this day we will start […]
**Due to the situation regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), this exhibition is currently closed** Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art opens at the National Gallery of Ireland on 7 March 2020 and runs until 21 June 2020. Admission is free. George Victor Du Noyer (1817-1869)Engl. King. King. Musk. Turnip. Black annat. Winter Rose, 1837Courtesy of the National Botanic […]
