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Capsicum annuum |
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| Halina Steele |
| Halina lives in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and has always held an interest in art. While living in Darwin in the Northern Territory in 1994, she undertook drawing and painting classes and, in 2000 commenced painting with watercolours after returning to Canberra. She has exhibited internationally at many galleries, institutions and societies. Halina was awarded a Silver Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society in Westminster, London for a series of 8 paintings depicting Australian Native Hibiscus. She has also received awards for her botanical works from the Wildlife and Botanical Artists (ACT). Her paintings are in the permanent collections of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and the Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In July 2007, she was invited to become a member of the Florilegium Society at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Inc (Australia). She is also a member of the Botanical Art Society of Australia Inc and the American Society of Botanical Artists. Exhibitions: 2003-2006 Canberra Botanical, Canberra, Australia 2003-2008 Wildlife and Botanical Artists (ACT), Canberra, Australia 2004-2005, 2007-2009 Botanica, Sydney, Australia 2007 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 2008 Florilegium, the inaugural exhibition of the Florilegium Society at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Inc, Red Box Gallery, Sydney, Australia 10th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition at the Filoli Center, California, USA 2009 Flora, the Art and Science of the Plant, Sydney, Australia |
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