I love depicting the beauty and detail of nature in watercolour and am particularly drawn to specimens that are less than perfect, especially leaves.

I have been painting botanical watercolours since 1998 when I joined an adult education class in South London. I now tutor classes in Bath as well as exhibiting regularly. I have exhibited internationally, have work in collections worldwide and have received awards for my paintings.
J U L I A   T R I C K E Y
botanical artist
AWARDS
2010 - St Cuthberts Mill Award for outstanding watercolour
2009 - RHS Silvergilt medal for ‘Fading Beauty’
2008 - RCHS Silver medal for watercolours of leaves
2008 - RHS Gold medal for Leaves - Celebrating Imperfection
2006 - Kirstenbosch Gold medal for South African native plants
2006 - RHS Gold medal for Leaf Portraits
2004 - RHS Silvergilt medal for Fungi
2001 - RHS Silvergilt medal for Streptocarpus

MEMBERSHIP
Fellow of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
Bath Society of Botanical Artists
South-west Society of Botanical Artists

WORK HELD
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Lindley Library, London
Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society Archives
Private Collections

RECENT EXHIBITIONS
May - June 2010 - Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
April 2010 - Society of Botanical Artists (SBA), Westminster Central Hall, London
March 2009, February 2008, February 2006, January 2004, November 2001 -
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, London

May 2008 - Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Botanical Painting and Illustration Exhibition , Edinburgh
September 2006 - Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, Cape Town
September 2007 - 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh
May 2008, May 2007 - Bear Flat Artists, Bath

Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society (CPGFS):
November 2008 - March 2009  - Shirley Sherwood Gallery , Kew Gardens  
May 2006 - National Botanic Garden of Wales
June 2003 - Footstool Gallery, Smith Square, London   
July 2002 - European Patent Office, Munich   
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