Eucalypts in Art with Halina Steele - ACT

Learn to paint some of Australia's gorgeous round-leaf eucalypts with award-winning botanical artist Halina Steele! We’ll explore the various forms and colours with the primary focus being on species with rounded leaves such as Eucalyptus kruseana, E. cinerea, E. pulverulenta and E. orbifolia.

Halina loves Australian native flora and fauna for their uniqueness and diversity and has developed a strong focus on environmental conservation. She has received both Silver and Gold Medals from the Royal Horticultural Society UK, was awarded Best Botanical Art Exhibit, and the RHS purchased one of her works which appears in the publication, RHS Botanical Illustration: The Gold Medal Winners.

Halina’s work is represented in the catalogue, Flora of Australia: A Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition. She was invited to become a member of the Florilegium Society at the RBGSyd Inc (Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney) and her works appear in the publications The Florilegium: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Celebrating 200 Years and Botanic Endeavour: The Florilegium Society celebrates the Banks and Solander collection. She was also represented at the 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.