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If you get the chance to be in London before April then do have a look in at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew. The present exhibition is, as usual, of the highest, stunning quality. It uses paintings from the Shirley Sherwood collection to illustrate the latest ideas about plant evolutionary relationships. Extraordinary fossils and a sketch by Charles Darwin have been included to complement the paintings and the book that goes with the exhibition is beautifully presented with full page reproductions of the paintings.

Botanical art is also being used to highlight a scientific issue in a travelling exhibition organised by the American Society of Botanical Artists. An exciting collaboration between artists and conservationists/scientists, 'Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World' is an excellent example of how botanical art can be used to inform as well as delight.

On the subject of drawing with science in mind, I thought I would also mention the Margaret Flockton  Award held every year at the Botanic Gardens in Sydney. Lots of useful comments there on what makes a good botanical illustration and the prize money is a considerable amount in our genre of art.