Maura Chamberlain is a Botanical Illustrator who has a particular interest in endemic (native) species in the locations and their movement from their original locations to their cultivation worldwide. She has specialist skills in this field and her interests in plants has helped her deepen her understanding and passion for botanical illustration.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Art and Education, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania;
Diploma of Botanical Illustration, Chelsea School of Botanical Art, Chelsea Physic Garden, London;
Professional Experience Establishment of Studio in Hobart CBD painting Tasmanian endemic plants
Botanical Art Society of Australia 2020 Artist residency and exhibition for ‘Arts on Main’ Gloucester, VA, USA;
Amicus Botanicus - alumni society for the graduates of The Chelsea School of Botanical Art;
Florilegium Group, Cliveden, UK National Trust: From 2018 Florilegium Group, Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, University of Oxford;
Director, Friends’ Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, Oxford, 2013 - 2020 Events and Fundraising Co-ordinator, Friends’ Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum;
Art teacher, Dragon School, Oxford, UK – ceramics, painting, printmaking, drawing & sculpture;
Founder & designer of clothing manufacturing business, ‘Bacall’ London;
Secondary School Art Teacher, Launceston Church Grammar School Launceston, Tasmania
Secondary School Art Teacher, Reece High School, Devonport, Tasmania, 1985
Botanical Illustration Exhibitions 2017 – Arts week Oxford ‘In Bloom’, Oxford, UK 2018 - Florilegium Group exhibition, Oxford Botanic Garden, UK 2019 – May Arts week, group exhibition, Oxford Arts on Main, Botanical Print exhibition, Gloucester, VA, USA 2020 – Plant Sciences, Oxford University, UK Alongside field studies and sketches I produce working images in mixed media such as graphite, oils, watercolours and coloured pencils. Finished exhibition ready paintings are a combination of watercolour or watercolour and graphite.