Deborah Lambkin Explained

Deborah Lambkin
Birth Place:Ireland

Deborah Lambkin (born 1970)[1] is an Irish botanical artist who has been the official Orchid artist for the Royal Horticultural Society.

Career

Deborah Lambkin was born in 1970 and trained in the National College of Art and Design. She spent a number of years living in Dublin and working as an artist. She worked for Motive Advertising and Design which she left in 1998 to focus on her own art. She then moved to London where she began working for the Royal Horticultural Society's Orchid committee in 2005 as the official artist. She has been commissioned to create the art for a number of magazines including Curtis's Botanical Magazine, books and exhibitions.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

She is one of only two Irish artists to win a gold medal at the RHS exhibition, the other being Wendy F. Walsh.[4] Her work is on display in the National Trust.[9]

Lambkin was awarded the 2020 Margaret Flockton Award (awarded annually by the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney) "for excellence in scientific botanical illustration")[10] [11] for her illustration of the new orchid species Gastrodia agnicellus which was named partly in her honour: "the species refers to the woolly covering on the rhizome, the ear-like petals and also alludes to the name of the botanical artist who brought the new species to life in her drawing."[12] Latin agnicellus means "little lamb" or "lambkin".[13]

Awards, Exhibitions and books

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deborah Lambkin . Shirley Sherwood Collection . 26 January 2024.
  2. Web site: An Evening with Deborah Lambkin – The Irish Society of Botanical Artists . Irishbotanicalartists . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012230329/http://www.irishbotanicalartists.ie/event/an-evening-with-deborah-lambkin/ . 12 October 2016 . dead.
  3. Web site: RHS: lindley library occasional papers . RHS Organisation . 12 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Beauty at a brush stroke . Irishtimes . 22 May 1999 . Jane Powers . 12 October 2016.
  5. Web site: Botanical Artists in Europe – Botanical Art & Artists . Botanicalartandartists.com . 12 October 2016.
  6. CONTRIBUTORS – 2015 – Curtis's Botanical Magazine – Wiley Online Library . 10.1111/curt.12098 . 32 . Curtis's Botanical Magazine . 91. 2015.
  7. Web site: Royal Horticultural Society – An Explosion of Colour at RHS Garden Wisley . Press.rhs.org . 12 October 2016 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012233350/http://press.rhs.org.uk/RHS-Gardens/Press-releases/An-Explosion-of-Colour-at-RHS-Garden-Wisley.aspx . dead .
  8. Web site: Irish Orchid Society . Irishorchidsociety.org . 12 October 2016 . 15 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170115063351/http://www.irishorchidsociety.org/artists.php . dead .
  9. Web site: Drawing 226214 . Nationaltrustcollections.org . 12 October 2016.
  10. Web site: The Margaret Flockton Award: Winners 2020 . . 17 December 2020 .
  11. Web site: Broughan . F. . Irish botanical artist awarded Margaret Flockton Award (Sydney, Australia) . Irish Society of Botanical Artists . 17 December 2020 . 22 June 2020.
  12. Hermans . Johan . Illustration by Deborah Lambkin. Gastrodia Agnicellus: A new holomycotrophic orchid from southeast Madagascar Orchidaceae . Curtis's Botanical Magazine . September 2020 . 37 . 3 . 385–395 . 10.1111/curt.12354 . free .
  13. Web site: Latin Definition for: agnicellus, agnicelli (ID: 2329) - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict . latin-dictionary.net . 17 December 2020.
  14. Web site: The Jill Smythies Award . The Linnean Society . 28 September 2021.

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