current and upcoming exhibitions and events
'BOTANICAL ART WORLDWIDE' Our Plants – Past, Present and Future
O Tātou Tipu o Mua – o Ināianei me te Āpōpō
Auckland Botanic Gardens, 102 Hill Road, Manurewa 2105, New Zealand | 29th March – 29th June 2025
Wellington Botanic Gardens, 101 Glenmore St, Kelburn 6012, New Zealand | 1st August – 30th September 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery, 327 West St, 7700, New Zealand | 17th October – 7th December 2025
'ANATOMY OF NATURE' A joint exhibition with ceramic artist Roy Burgoyne
Souter Johnnie's Cottage Gallery, Main Road, Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire KA19 8HY| 30th May – 30th June 2025
COLONY OF ARTISTS FESTIVAL
15 Carlyle Place, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5SR | 20th – 21st September 2025
previous exhibitions and events
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND (OOSOOM)
1 Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL | 9th October – 27th October 2024
COLONY OF ARTISTS FESTIVAL
15 Carlyle Place, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5SR | 14th – 15th September 2024
ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists) 11th Annual Exhibition 'Colours of Reality'
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | 21st September – 27th September 2024
SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists) – Winter Exhibition
Donald Watson Gallery, Waterston House, Aberlady, Scotland | 17th January – 25th February 2024
COLONY OF ARTISTS FESTIVAL
15 Carlyle Place, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5SR | 16th – 17th September 2023
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND (OOSOOM)
1 Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL | 11th – 29th October 2023
COLONY OF ARTISTS FESTIVAL
15 Carlyle Place, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5SR | 17th – 18th September 2022
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND (OOSOOM)
1 Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL | 12th – 30th October 2022
EMBASSY GALLERY ANNUALE
1 and 3 Cromwell Place, Edinburgh, EH6 6TX | 10th July 2022
THISTLES AND SUNFLOWERS: Scotland's Year of Stories 2022
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR | 18th May – 13th June 2022
ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists) 10th Annual Exhibition 'Something to Celebrate'
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | 30th March – 6th April 2022
OUTSIDE THE WINDOW
Coburg House Gallery, 15 Coburg Street, Edinburgh EH6 6ET | 5th – 6th March 2022
Private view 6pm – 9pm Friday 4th March
CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Assembly Rooms, George St, Edinburgh | 4th – 5th December 2021
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND (OOSOOM)
1 Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL | 13th – 30th October 2021
COLONY OF ARTISTS FESTIVAL: The Garden Party
15 Carlyle Place, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5SR | 18th – 19th September 2021
WEST END FAIR
Courtyard of St John's Church Corner Princes St and Lothian Road, Edinburgh | 23rd – 29th August 2021
SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists) Annual Exhibition: Loving the Garden
The Scottish Arts Club, 24 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BW | 2nd – 26th June 2021
ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists) 9th Annual Exhibition: New Growth
Online | 8th February – 22nd March 2021
SSA (Scottish Society of Artists) 'Annual 30x30 Exhibition - Online Edition'
Online | 26th November – 31st January 2021
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION 2020
Quirky Fox Gallery, 205a High Street Hawera, New Zealand | 25th November 2020
SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists) Annual Exhibition: Blooming Lockdown!
Frames Gallery, 10 Victoria St, Perth, PH2 8LW | 19th September– 10th October 2020
COLONY OF ARTISTS FESTIVAL: The Garden Party
15 Carlyle Place, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5SR | 19th – 20th September 2020
'CHIMERA'
Birthday Exhibition. Quirky Fox Gallery, 205a High Street Hawera, New Zealand | 8th July – 12th August 2020
'CREATIVITY UNLOCKED'
Friends of the Gardens annual exhibition, Auckland Botanic Gardens 102 Hill Road, Auckland | 1st June – 28th June 2020
BORDERS ART FAIR
Represented by Allium Gallery. Borders Events Centre, Springwood Park, Kelso, TD5 8LS | 13th – 15th March 2020
AFFORDABLE ARTS SALE
Kumeu Arts Centre, 300 Main Road, Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand | 26th November – 19th December 2019
SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists) Annual Exhibition
Whitehouse Gallery, 47 St Mary St, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, DG6 4DU | 12th October – 2nd November 2019
ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, John Hope Gateway, Edinburgh, Scotland | 25th October – 1st November 2019
COLONY OF ARTISTS FESTIVAL
15 Carlyle Place, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5SR | 21st – 22nd September 2019
'GATHER: A MIXED SHOW OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK'
Allium Gallery, 4A Hopetoun Road, South Queensferry, EH30 9RA | 5th July – 31st August 2019
'IN MEMORY OF BANKS AND SOLANDER'
Friends of the Gardens annual exhibition, Auckland Botanic Gardens | 13th July – 18th August 2019
SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists) – Winter Exhibition
Donald Watson Gallery, Waterston House, Aberlady, Scotland | 19th January – 27th February 2019
CHRISTMAS COLLECTIVE (ArtSpace2Let) Water of Leith Cafe Bistro, 1 Howard Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
3rd December – 26th January 2019
'BUGS AND BEASTIES' Brill Jewellery & Coffee, 22 Deanhaugh Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland
18th October – 20th January 2019
'BOTANICAL ART WORLDWIDE' Ngāi Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora
Millennium Public Art Gallery, Blenheim, New Zealand | 3rd November – 9th December 2018
ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists) 'Plants, Passion, Paint'
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | 23rd November – 29th November 2018
SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists) 'The Shapes of Nature" Lillie Art Gallery, Station Road, Milngavie, Glasgow, Scotland
29th September – 1st November 2018
PARALLELS WITH NATURE
Quirky Fox Gallery, 205a High Street Hawera, New Zealand. A joint exhibition with artist, Rachelle Sutherland exhibiting pen and ink artwork using the stipple technique | 1st September – 3rd October 2018
'BOTANICAL ART WORLDWIDE' Ngāi Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora
Wellington Botanic Garden, Wellington, New Zealand | 1st August – 9th September
LIGHT, SPACE & TIME – Botanicals
Online exhibition | 1st August – 31st August 2018 Special merit awarded
RHS LONDON PLANT AND ART FAIR 2018
RHS Lindley Hall, London, England | 10th July – 12th July 2018. Exhibiting: Native Tree Flowers of New Zealand
Silver-gilt medal awarded
'BOTANICAL ART WORLDWIDE' Ngāi Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora
Auckland Botanic Gardens | 30th March – 1st July 2018.
BOTANICA 2018 – BASNZ (Botanical Art Society of New Zealand)
Akaroa Orion Powerhouse Gallery, 1 Rue Pompallier, Akaroa, Christchurch, New Zealand | 2nd – 18th March 2018
ANIMALIA II
Water of Leith Cafe Bistro, 1 Howard Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | 6th December– 22nd February 2018
AFFORDABLE ARTS SALE
Kumeu Arts Centre, 300 Main Road, Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand | 28th November – 21st December 2017
ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists) 'Christmas Exhibition'
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, John Hope Gateway, Edinburgh, Scotland | 25th November – 2nd December 2017
KUMEU ART AWARDS
Kumeu Arts Centre, 300 Main Road, Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand | 13th November – 25th November 2017
SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists) 'The Colours of Nature'
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling, Scotland | 3rd September – 22nd October 2017
ANIMALIA
Embo Cafe, 29 Haddington Place, Edinburgh, Scotland |18th August – 20th October 2017
LIGHT, SPACE & TIME 'Botanicals'
Online exhibition | 1st August – 31st August 2017 Special merit awarded
BISCOT (Botanical Images Scotia)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, John Hope Gateway, Edinburgh, Scotland | 7th June – 22nd June 2017
Exhibiting: Native Tree Flowers of New Zealand Silver-gilt medal awarded
BISCOT (Botanical Images Scotia)
Gardening Scotland, Royal Highland Showgrounds, Ingliston, Edinburgh, Scotland | 2nd June – 4th June 2017
Exhibiting: Native Tree Flowers of New Zealand Silver-gilt medal awarded
INVEREWE GARDEN AND ESTATE EXHIBITION
Sawyer Gallery, Inverewe Garden and Estate, Poolewe, Scotland | April – May 2017
ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists) 'Christmas Exhibition'
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | 28th November – 3rd December 2016
RBGE GRADUATE EXHIBITION
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Fletcher Building, Edinburgh, Scotland | 10th September – 18th September 2016
LIGHT, SPACE & TIME 'Animals'
Online exhibition | 1st June – 30th June 2016 Special merit awarded
IN AND AROUND THE GARDEN
Auckland Botanic Gardens, Auckland, New Zealand | 17th October – 31st October 2015
RBGE STUDENT EXHIBITION
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Fletcher Building, Edinburgh, Scotland | 10th September – 18th September 2015
GOLDEN TURTLE WILDLIFE FESTIVAL EXHIBITION
Moscow, Russia | June 2014 Finalist