The Botanical Artists’ Society of Queensland
Botanical Art
Projects

‘METAMORPHOSIS – REDCLIFFE BOTANICAL GARDENS’ 
The 2011 exhibition at Redcliffe City Art Gallery was a celebration of the evolution of the Redcliffe Botanic Gardens, established as a haven for the plants of the Moreton Region of Queensland.  The Gardens are particularly significant due to the unique way in which the area and plant collection had developed.  The plants of the Gardens were represented by detailed glowing paintings and the history by text and photographs.  The project provided an opportunity to record some small part of plant and environmental history for the future.  
 

'BRUSHSTROKES FROM THE BUSH'
The 2010 exhibition held at Redland Art Gallery placed a focus on native plant life observed in the Australian bush.  While some of the plants depicted were common to the Redlands, others were found in bushland areas from northern New South Wales to far north Queensland and across to Western Australia.  Plants which had an important historical significance were also included.  The ultimate goal of the exhibition was to foster an awareness, appreciation and education of the wonderfully diverse native flora that abounds in our bush.

RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANTS and THE GARDENS PROJECT
These founding projects were formed as a collaborative effort between the Society, the Queensland Herbarium and the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha.  The objective of the Rare and Endangered Plants Project was to paint rare and endangered plants of Queensland.  Leaders, Janet Hauser, Jane Thompson and Gwenda White continue to work in areas of individual interest.  The objective of the Gardens Project was to illustrate plants found in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and the Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens and to present digital images of artwork and illustrations to the Gardens for (non-exclusive) use.  The Society’s Past President, Ray Steward who has a long association with the Gardens, was the Convenor of the project.

HERITAGE PROJECT - 'A Brush with History - A Botanical Perspective'
This two year project focused on plants used in the Brisbane and surrounding areas in the days of early settlement prior to 1915. The range of plants depicted was quite diverse: from roses to pumpkins, edible native lilies to exotic flowering plants and from majestic pine trees to classified weeds.  The highly successful exhibition opened at Redland Museum in June 2006 and was supported by a grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

HAYS INLET
In 2007, the Society was invited by Pine Rivers Shire Council Environmental Department to hold an art exhibition in conjunction with the Hays Inlet Awareness event in May/June 2008. As the Hays Inlet/Pine Rivers catchment area stretches from rainforest to the coast, the flora of the region is very diverse and has thus allowed the artists to present a wide variety of artworks as well as providing an opportunity to inform people about the flora of the area.