An extract from the exhibition film 'The Art of Botanical Illustration; A Norfolk Island pine by Angela Lober' by Sydney Living Museums. SEE FULL VIDEO HERE
“ With a strong focus on colour and composition, I aim to capture the personality of the subject and its unique character in paint. The robust form and colour of Australian natural Flora is a constant source of inspiration. ”
AWARDS
2019 Contemporary Art Prize, Botanica Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2018 Gold medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London
2018 Celia Rosser commendation for Excellence in Botanic Art
2014 Celia Rosser medal for Excellence in Botanic Art, Melbourne
2012 Silver-Gilt medal (Grenfell range), Royal Horticultural Society, London
Born in Sydney in 1966, Angela Lober started her career as a Landscape Architect in 1990. She subsequently completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Visual Art (Plant and Wildlife Illustration) at Newcastle University in 1995.
She has been exhibiting in Australia and internationally since 2000 and has a special interest in the uniqueness of Australian Flora, particularly the productive rainforest species of the east coast.
Angela challenges the discipline and experiments with materials and contemporary compositions and applications. She particularly enjoys working on calfskin vellum and the clarity and luminosity of colour and detail that can be achieved on such a refined and specialized material. Her latest works include the application of gilding and calfskin vellum, as well as working with dark dramatic backgrounds.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Botanic Artists (ASBA), Botanical Art Society of Australia Inc (BASA), Florilegium Society Committee member, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Foundation and Friends of the Botanic Gardens Sydney, Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
COLLECTIONS
Her work is found in several international collections including the Isaac M Sutton Collection in New York and the Shirley Sherwood Collection in the UK, as well as in the State Botanical Collection, Melbourne, the Florilegium at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh USA.
PUBLICATIONS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2018 Royal Horticultural Society Art and Plant Show, London
2018 Down Under II - Works from the Shirley Sherwood Collection Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
2018 The Florilegium: RBG Sydney, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
2018 Whimsy Narratives of the Imagination, Rochfort Gallery North Sydney
2018 Flora of Australia, Worldwide Botanical Art Exhibition, Canberra
2018 The Art of Botanical Illustration, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
2017 Drawn From Nature, Day Fine Art Gallery, Blackheath
2000-PRESENT Botanica, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
2016 RBG Florilegium, Sydney’s Painted Garden, Museum of Sydney
2016 Hunt Institute 15th International Exhibition of Botanic Art and Illustration, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
2016 Illuminating Nature, Works on Vellum, Milk Factory Bowral
2014 Glebe Art Show
2012 Royal Horticultural Society, London
2009 Environmental Expressions in Art, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ‘Botanicals.
2008 Brush by Brush, Fernbrook Gallery, Kurrajong, NSW
2008-2009 Down Under, Botanical Artists from Australia and New Zealand in the Shirley Sherwood Collection, Royal BotanicGardens Kew.