Pritchardia hillebrandii

The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize
Aug 5th - Sept 10th 2006

South Australian, Museum, Adelaide.

The Waterhouse prize promotes and recognises excellence in art that depicts natural history, and is open to Australian and International artists of all ages. It is fast becoming one of the richest and most prestigious art prizes in Australia.

The Waterhouse exhibition celebrates excellence in the portrayal of natural history subjects.

Rita's painting of Pritchardia hillebrandii will be featured for 2006.

Fresh Cuts The 2005 International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition of the American Society of Botanical artists at The Frederick R Weisman Art Museum.
Minneapolis. Minnesota. USA.
Pointing to the elegantly twisted Agave plant Marilyn Garber praised it as a “merger between art and science”. It has all the precision of a scientific illustration, identified by its Latin name ‘Agave Americana.var.Marginata’ Parkinson caught the plants characteristic blue-green colour perfectly, and suggested its huge scale by painting only part of it, but letting that part fill the page...... Reviewed in the Star Tribune by Art critic Mary Abbe