"A dream come true" as Lynne Uptin is awarded both the Gold Medal and the 2024 Best Botanical Art Exhibit Award at the Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art and Photography Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London. This prestigious exhibition is open only by invitation, sent to a select few of the best botanical artists in the world.
To celebrate this incredible achievement Bett Gallery will be releasing these works for sale on their return from London in an exclusive exhibition Bett Gallery. Date to be confirmed.
Trained at the National Art School Sydney, Lynne practiced as a leading illustrator in Sydney for 13 years before owning and opening two art galleries, a ceramic and a glass art studio. In 2021 Lynne was awarded the UK Society of Botanical Artists Dip SBA (Dist.) also receiving the SBA Award of Excellence for the highest overall marks on the 3 year course. In March, Lynne was made an SBA Fellow. Lynne's first exhbition at Bett Gallery in 2022, Banks' Banksias was a complete sell out, with her highly anticipated second exhibition, Kunanyi - A Botanical Jounrney equally as successful.
Lynne’s garden on the D’Entrecasteaux Channel at Middleton, provides a continuous source of inspiration for her work. She grows many of the distinctive Gondwanan plants that were isolated as Tasmania broke away from Antarctica 40 million years ago. Lynne also has a mobile studio which is a significant in helping her access plants in remote parts of Tasmania