The Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africa (BAASA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting public awareness of botanical art in southern Africa. BAASA is open to all botanical artists, whether scientific illustrators or realistic flower painters, as well as collectors and those interested in furthering the tradition of botanical art.
Wednesday 20 June 2018
Tuesday 19 June 2018
Friday 15 June 2018
The Public's Choice Competition at the Botanic Art Worldwide Exhibition 2018
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| Public's Choice First Prize winner, Ingrid Howes, with her vibrant portrait of Carissa macrocarpa |
We have
always wanted to run a ‘Public’s Choice competition’ during one of our
exhibitions, so we were delighted that we managed to do it this time.
Ingrid Howes
found us some wonderful prizes from Herbert Evans, Johannesburg’s
major art store, who in turn approached a few of their suppliers, including
Winsor and Newton, Faber Castell and Arches.
The response
was wonderful with around 900 entries and interestingly, the results see-sawed
from week to week. Here are the final results:
Ingrid Howes Carisa
macrocarpa 39 votes Winsor & Newton field
watercolour set
BAW 109
Gail de Smidt Scadoxus puniceu 35 votes R1000.00 voucher from Herbert Evans
BAW 066
Farhat Iqbal Strelitzia nicholai 27 votes Faber-Castell colour pencil set
BAW 123
Sibonelo Chiliza Strelitzia nicholai 24 votes Arches pad of paper
BAW 037
Sibonelo Chiliza Scadoxus puniceus 24 votes
BAW 038
Janet Snyman Gasteria rawlinsonii 22 votes
BAW 201
Janet Snyman Cheiridopsis speciosa 20 votes
BAW 199
Jenny Hyde Johnston Adenium
multiflorum 19 votes
BAW 120
Elbe Joubert Erythrina latissima 19 votes
BAW 127
Eric Judd Adansonia digitata 18 votes
BAW 133
Congratulations
everyone on your beautiful paintings!
The public
member winning draw was Keith. He wins Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix’s book, ‘Treasures
of Botanical Art’.
To our prize
winners, congratulations and enjoy your prizes!
Sunday 10 June 2018
The Explorers' Club visits the Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition
FOR THE LOVE OF PLANTS
Whether you are interested in pictures of plants or not, the visit to the botanical art exhibition on 18 May was captivating. The exhibition included artworks by 82 South African botanical artists, with over 800 digitally displayed artworks from 25 countries taking part in this first ever simultaneous worldwide exhibition of contemporary botanical art.
Monday 4 June 2018
Botanic Art Worldwide Exhibition - the journey...
Getting ready
Preparations began the week before. Unwrapping the artwork was very exciting.
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View more photos hereOpening night!Said Gillian Condy, Exhibition Curator:"I have never seen such enthusiastic crowds at any opening. There were hundreds of them, and then the public streamed in at six o’clock. It was so exciting. Very memorable."
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