Shirley Slocock has a background in horticulture and international horticultural exhibition consultancy. She has for many years been a director of Knap Hill Nursery, a family business since 1795 with a worldwide reputation for the production of prize winning rhododendrons and azaleas. It was both her love of watercolours and plants which drew her to the English Gardening School's Botanical Painting Course in 2004.
Having graduated from the English Gardening School with a credit diploma, she exhibited at the Annual open exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists, of which she is now an Associate member, in London 2007 (Certificate of Botanical Merit) and again in 2008.
Two paintings were included in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh in 2007 and one of them remains in their permanent collection. She is a member of Amicus Botanicus (ex English Gardening School graduates) and a member and vice chairman of the Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society, where her work is included in the Palace archive. She is a member of the American Society of Botanical artists.
The Gallery paintings included here are mostly available for sale; some have been sold but may be available as Giclee prints. Commissions accepted - however exotic or modest! Contact or 01483 481214 for availability and information.
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