Renowned Japanese botanical artist, Masumi Yamanaka  is a resident artist at Kew Gardens, UK and a long time illustrator for Curtis's Botanical Magazine.

In 2011, she was awarded a Gold Medal at the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Botanical Art Show for a series of paintings depicting a year in the life of an Indian horse chestnut tree. 

In 2015, she held a solo exhibition "Kew's Heritage Trees" at Sherwood Gallery with 40 paintings depicting historic trees (heritage trees) in Kew Gardens. At the same time, it was well received along with the exhibition catalogue "Treasured Trees" published by Kew Gardens.

She has held numerous solo exhibitions in UKand Japan over the years.

Since 2019, she has been a member of the judging panel of the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Botanical Art Show. 

In addition to producing paintings, she is involved in many exchanges between Japan and the UK, such as planning exhibitions, editing publications, and giving lectures as Kew's "Japanese Coordinator". 

In 2021, She was awarded the Foreign Minister’s Commendation from Japan.

Since 2022, she spends  half of the year at the Tokyo University’s Botanical Garden.

Sharon Field, a botanical artist from Australia, will talk about her epic work called “3000 days ... and counting ...” which is on watercolour paper, and on which she is doing a drawing a day. 

So far she has completed over 1000 drawings, and this represents 1000 days of completing a new drawing each day. This artwork looks at some of the ordinary plants that are potentially at risk from a changing climate.

Come and listen to the story of the artwork. Sharon will explain what inspired her to do this work, how she does the work, and also the reactions of people around the globe to this work.

About Sharon Field

Sharon began her botanical art career in 2009 and has exhibited in Australia, London and the United States, with one of her works travelling for 18 months in a touring exhibition around the USA. She is on the Board of the American Society of Botanical Artists.

Sharon has held 11 solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions in Australia and overseas, winning a number of awards along the way.

Working primarily in watercolour and graphite, she has also explored nature journaling using pen and watercolour and is currently working on “3000 days ... and counting ...” a major work that is gaining interest internationally. Over the last two months Sharon has given presentations on this work in the USA, the UK, the Netherlands and France.

The Botanical Art Postcard Exchange is a way to motivate fellow members to create and share an original painting or sketch in botanical art style. You get to keep the original artwork sent to you by your postcard partner and it is a great and informal way to learn about a technique, composition or medium!

Register your name to participate in this activity now.

We will pair you with a fellow BASS member as your postcard partner after the registration closes.

The postcard must be an original artwork done by you in the medium of your choice, in postcard size art paper  (4in. by 6in.). You must send original artwork via post (not a print or photocopy).

This is an informal, fun activity - so please just have fun with your artwork!!

We are excited to announce that Singapore will be participating in the second Botanical Art Worldwide (BAW) to be held in 2025.

As part of Singapore's entry, a juried exhibition will be co-organized by Botanical Art Society (Singapore) and NParks in May 2025 at the Botanical Art Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens. 

We invite you to participate in this international event and have a chance to exhibit your art at the UNESCO World Heritage Site designated Singapore Botanic Gardens

The second Botanical Art Worldwide project will focus on and celebrate biodiversity in the crops that have been closely associated with the human species over thousands of years.

The main theme for BAW 2025 is ‘Crop Diversity’

The eligible subjects should fall within one of the three categories listed below:

1. Heritage plant cultivars developed by traditional means (selection, hybridization, and propagation)

2. Crop wild relatives

3. Ancient heritage crops being brought back into cultivation

Find out more about Botanical Art Worldwide on their website: https://www.botanicalartworldwide.info/

Check out the Call for Entries to the Singapore Exhibition to learn more about

• the eligibility criteria

• entry fee

• important dates

• and other terms

June, 2021:  Virtual Tour of SBG Botanical Art Museum