Ailsa Dooley
Ailsa was brought up in the North East of England and studied medicine becoming a…
The Artists
This section gives more information on the current painting members of the Society in the form of short CVs. These are interesting in that they show a rich diversity of pathways and backgrounds leading to membership of the Florilegium and the Archive.
Past members of the Society who are featured in the Archive are simply listed at the end of this section.
Annie Berriman
Annie Berriman has always had an interest in art and plants. She has a BA…
Beth Phillip
With a Special Honours Degree in Botany (London University) and a Diploma in Education (Bristol…
Carol Hartley
Carol has come to painting through her love of gardening and flowers. Her first inspiration…
Carolyn Dimond
Carolyn grew up in Blackheath. From a young age, she was interested in plant life,…
Curzon Tussaud
Curzon’s interest in flowers and plants began in the schoolroom; picking, pressing and sticking flowers…
Gay Boyle
Gay’s career has been spent in teaching, the past fifteen years of which were in…
Helen Allen
Helen trained originally as a textile designer, graduating from the University of Leeds and as…
Helen Cavalli
I completed the distance learning course with the Society of Botanical Artists and have exhibited…
Helen Radcliffe
Jackie Copeman
Following a teaching career, mostly with the visually impaired, Jackie returned to painting, gaining a…
Jenny Malcolm
Born and brought up in South Africa, surrounded by its spectacular flora and fauna, Jenny…
Judith Golder
Judith has had an interest in natural history and wild flowers since she was a…
Kay Bird
A keen gardener and orchid enthusiast, Kay loved painting and drawing from an early age….
Leigh Ann Gale
In 1989 Leigh Ann gained an honours degree in Design and Communication and pursued a…
Linda Pitkin
Linda’s lifelong passion for nature has been explored through both art and science. Taking up…
Lizabeth Leech
Liz’s life has always centred round plants. With an Honours Degree in Botany from Exeter…
Lydia Holden
Lydia’s interests include Evolution in all its myriad aspects as well as plants, past climates,…
Pearl Bostock
Pearl trained in Fine Art at the Kent Institution of Art and Design, Canterbury, Kent,…
Penny Price
Penny originally trained as a teacher in Durham,(1969) and then retrained as a Calligrapher in…
Rachael Hughes
My first job was as a physiotherapist, which I gave up to be a full-time…
Sara Bedford
Sara has been engaged with art in one way or another for many years. Originally…
Sarah Lawrence
Sheila Clarke
Sheila first studied at the Guildford School of Art in the late 1940s. Later she…
Shirley Richards
Shirley was born in South Wales. After gaining Fellowship of the Society of Scribes and…
Shirley Slocock
Shirley is a director of Knap Hill Nursery, a family business since 1795, with a…
Stella Crossley
An enthusiasm for gardening and love of natural form lead Stella to botanical art and…
Susan Conroy
Susan gained an English Gardening School Diploma in Botanical Painting at the Chelsea Physic Garden…
Susie Cour-Palais
Susie has always been inspired by the beauty, structure and intricacy of plants and this…
Tsuyako Elliott
Tsuyako was born and grew up in Japan surrounded by the beautiful nature of clear…
Victoria Wilkinson
Vicky is a nursery school teacher and has always loved drawing and painting. In September…
Past full members included in the archive
- Lesley Ann Sandbach 2005-2016
- Julie Spyropoulos 2011-2016
- Lucinda Grant 2006 – 2016
- Angeline de Meester 2008-2013
- Anne Patterson 2005-2010
- Caroline Barber 2011-2013
- Celia Crampton 2005-2006
- Jan Gibbs 2009-2010
- Maggie Cartmell 2005-2011
- Maggie Hatherley-Champ 2005-2013
- Mariella Baldwin 2007-2009
- Shirley Gumpel 2006-2013