Lynne Uptin
Highly anticpated, this is Lynne's first exhbition at Bett Gallery since being awarded the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Best Botanical Art Exhibit, along with a Gold Medal, at the 2024 RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show at the Saatchi Gallery, London. This entire suite of winning work was susequently acquired by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Trained at the National Art School Sydney, Lynne practiced as a leading illustrator in Sydney for 13 years before owning and opening two art galleries, a ceramic and a glass art studio. In 2021 Lynne was awarded the UK Society of Botanical Artists Dip SBA (Dist.) also receiving the SBA Award of Excellence for the highest overall marks on the 3 year course. Lynne's first exhbition at Bett Gallery in 2022, Banks' Banksias was a complete sell out, with her highly anticipated second exhibition, Kunanyi - A Botanical Jounrney equally as successful.
Lynne’s garden on the D’Entrecasteaux Channel at Middleton, provides a continuous source of inspiration for her work. She grows many of the distinctive Gondwanan plants that were isolated as Tasmania broke away from Antarctica 40 million years ago. Lynne also has a mobile studio which is a significant in helping her access plants in remote parts of Tasmania.
