Pauline M Dean (1943-2007)

Art Societies

• Guildford Art Society
• Chelsea Florilegium Society
• American Society of Botanical Artists

Awards

• Royal Horticultural Society
  - Gold Medal - Fungi - 1989
  - Gold Medal - Irises - 1991
  - Gold Medal - Deciduous Trees - 1991
  - Gold Medal - Fungi - 1993
  - Gold Medal - Magnolias - 1995
  - Gold Medal - Shared exhibits - 1999
  - Gold Medal - Nymphaea - 1999
  - Gold Medal - Plants from an Ancient Surrey Hedgerow - 2001
  - Gold Medal - Crocuses - 2002
• SBA - Certificate of Botanical Merit - 1994
• Horticultural Society of New York 4th Juried International Exhibition - Best in Show - 2001

Exhibitions

• Kew Gardens Gallery - Joint Exhibition - 1991 (with one other artist)
• Office of Director General RHS - 1995/6
• Solo Exhibition - Drawn from Wisley - Guildford House Gallery - 1997
• Solo Exhibition - Aquarelles Bontaniques - Botanic Garden, Geneva - 1999

Exhibits at..

• RHS Halls, Vincent Square London - regularly since 1988
• Guildford Art Society - annually since 1986
• Linnean Society - 1990, 1991, 1992
• Everard Reade Gallery, Johannesburg - 1992
• Kew Gardens Gallery 'Treasures of the Royal Horticultural Society' - 1993
• Shirley Sherwood Collection 'Contemporary Botanical Artists' - Kew 1996 and Worldwide
• Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA - 1995
• British Mycological Society 'Fungus 100' - 1996
• Chelsea Flower Show - 1998, 2000 and 2001
• Horticultural Society of New York 4th Juried International Exhibition - 2001
• International Exhibition of Botanical Illustration, Queen Skirit Botanical Gardens, Thailand - 2006

Illustrations Published in..

• Various RHS publications including 'The New Plantsman'; 'New Directory of Gardening' (published Macmillan); Wisley Handbook 'Irises'; 'The Garden' Magazine.
• RHS/Conran Octopus - 'The Flower Garden' and 'The Shady Garden'
• Kew monograph of 'Epimediums' and 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine'
• National Museum of Wales - 'The Coal Measures Forest' and 'The Paradise Garden'
• Timber Press - 'Magnolias' by Jim Gardiner
• Gordon Craig Publications - 'Fine Botanical Paintings'

Commissions include..

• 2006 Presentation picture for the retiring President of the Royal Horticultural Society
• 1996 Chelsea Flower show Plate for Franklin Mint and RHS
• 'Winter Flowers' RHS Collectors' Plates Series - 1993, 1994, 1995 (with Royal Worcester)
• RHS display boards for Wisley Garden Orchid House
• RHS Wisley - Miscellaneous work including Certificate Design and Education Department
• British Iris Society, National Trust, Ling Cards, Medici Society, card and notelet designs.
• Illustrations for Country Homes and Interiors Magazine (UK), and The Kitchen Gardener (USA)
• Artwork for greetings card for Mayor of Guildford featuring Clematis 'Eleanor of Guildford' (original held in Guildford Borough Collection).

Publications

• Pauline Dean - Portfolio of a Botanical Artist - Pub. Botanical Publishing - September 2004

Tutoring Courses

• RHS Wisley Garden - Botanical Drawing and Painting.  Annually between 1992 and 2002.

Television Credits

• BBC - Artwork for, and appearance in. 'The Tortworth Chestnut' for BBC2 - 1998 and repeats
• BBC - Artwork for panel 66 of Constable's Hay Wain  - 'Rolf on Art' BBC1 - October 2004.

Works Held in

• RHS Lindley Library
• Linnean Society, London
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Cheslea Physic Garden
• Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA
• Guildford House Gallery
• and in private collections across the World, including West Indies, USA, France, Germany, Australia and Switzerland.

Guildford House Gallery
155 High Street
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3AJ

Tel: 01483 444740
Fax: 01483 444742
Email: guildfordhouse@guildford.gov.uk

Open Tuesday to Saturday.  10am to 4.45pm.  Admission Free