Plum Gallery and Printing

19/07/2024

A new collection of originals and prints have arrived by local artist come by and check out his collection or abstract pieces and paintings of our local areas.

10/07/2024

You may have seen from our collaborated posts with about our next exhibition!

We are very excited to have her with us between 12th-31st of July.

Jo, is a British artists from Oxfordshire with a love of all elements around clouds and water with a huge love of nature and beautiful scenery.

We have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Jo over the last year so we can’t wait to get her work up on our walls!

Jo has displayed her work in many local events and venues across Oxfordshire including Oxfordshire Artweek, Artists in the countryside, Lock29 pop up, Bicester Festival, Banbury ArtFest and artisan fayres.

As seen in British Vogue (Nov 2022 edition)

As part of this exhibition Jo with be with us for a ‘Meet the artist’ event on Saturday 13th July between 11 and 12pm. Everyone who visits will in for a chance to win a 10x10” limited edition print of her newest piece Rapture.

Pop in and you can enjoy a refreshing welcome drink and enjoy a moment By The Sea.

07/07/2024

We can’t wait!

06/07/2024

Congratulations to our Shortlisted artists for Natures Palette online exhibition!

the online exhibition runs until 15th of July when our judges will make their final decisions on our winners!

Do you have a favourite?

30/06/2024

Today is the final day for this beautiful exhibition! We will be open today from 10-3pm so if you haven’t managed to get down yet now is your last chance.

Thank you to all the art enthusiasts and nature lovers who have visited our botanical exhibition featuring the incredible works of 11 talented artists!

It was a joy to watch the enthusiasm and appreciation for the intricate details and skill displayed by all the artists.

We hope that this exhibition has sparked a newfound appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us, and that it serves as a reminder of the importance of preserving our natural heritage.

28/06/2024

Final weekend!
This will be your last chance to see Natures Palette.
We will be open both Saturday and Sunday! From 10:00am-3:00pm.

While this exhibition finishes on Sunday, you will still have another two weeks to enjoy the amazing artists we have on our online exhibition, where the shortlist of winners will be announced on the 5th July! The official winners will be announced on the 17th July after the online showcase’s conclusion.

25/06/2024

We are in the final week of this beautiful exhibition! And I’m glad the sun has come out for us.

You still have the chance to come by and visit and get your hands on some of the artists gorgeous cards, bookmarks and prints!

This exhibition runs until Sunday 30th June.
10-4pm Tuesday-Friday
10-3pm Saturday-Sunday

Have any questions about the exhibited work? Drop us a message.

22/06/2024

It’s lovely to see people coming in today for the exhibition, after today we reopen on Tuesday and will be in the final week of the display 🥲

Tuesday-Friday - 10:00am-4:00pm

As a final showcase of our exhibiting artists we have

Frances Stanhope
A musician by training, Frances studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and has always followed a career playing and teaching the piano and violin. Plants have always been an interest, however, and she painted flowers as a child.

A range of prints and greeting cards of France’s works is available during our exhibition.


Inês-Hermione Mulford works within botany, specifically bryophytes; the study of mosses, lichens, liverworts and hornworts. She likes to focus on the plants that seldom get the spotlight in the botanical art world.

Inês has beautiful oil painted originals, prints and cards available in our space.


Sophie is a Botanical Artist based in Northamptonshire, specialising in coloured pencil. After a career as a draughtsperson and designer for the retail sector, Sophie returned to her love of observational drawing and found an abundance of inspiration in the natural world.

Sophie has a range of A3 prints with us along with her detailed originals for sale.

21/06/2024

As we reach to the weekend why not come by and see us tomorrow? We will be open this Saturday for the exhibition from 10-3pm

However our online exhibition is on until the 15th of July! we have a collection of skilled botanical artists on show showing a range of styles and techniques.


In recent years Angela’s focus has been on nature in particular plants & flowers. Nature represents for her, the design in life. She is intrigued by forms and the values held within. A flower shows everything from the seeds, stem, bud, and blossom, then returning to the earth to begin a new cycle of birth-life-death.

You can find details about Angela’s works on our online exhibition.

Next is
Georgie is a botanical painter exploring connections between people, plants and places.

Focusing on native plants growing locally and portraits of edible plants left to grow wild, she tries to capture meaning and spirit in the work through observing, listening and developing a reciprocal relationship with the plants in their environment.

See her other pieces on our website, including this piece Winds of Adonis which is in our gallery!

Lastly for today we have
Jackie Isard, from Bristol UK, is a Fellow member of the Society of Botanical Artists and an RHS Gold medal winner. She is a self-taught artist with a great passion for painting flowering plants, meadow wildflowers, pollinators and other natural history subjects. Her work is very detailed and botanically accurate. The majority of her work is watercolour on paper.

See her other pieces on our website, including this piece Purple Princess in our gallery.

Plum Galleries exhibition Natures Palette runs until the 30th June, and online until the 15th July don’t miss out and visit today.

21/06/2024

As we approach the weekend we want you all to know that Plum Gallery will be open again this Saturday 22nd June from 10-3pm as part of our Natures Palette exhibition on until the 30th June.

This exhibition hopes to serves as a rich educational experience, offering insights into the scientific aspects of botanical art.

The art displayed at Plum Gallery not only showcases the talent of the artists but also serves as a reminder of the importance of preserving our natural environment.

Entry is free and both Originals paintings and Prints and cards will be available from our exhibiting artists.

Plum Gallery strives to support artists and we loved working on this beautiful and specialised exhibition.

We also have the opportunity to extend this event by also holding an online exhibition, open from 15th June - 15th July, free for everyone to enjoy so dont forget to check our website -
Www.plumgalleryandprinting.com/naturespalette

20/06/2024

Photos can’t do this work justice! While the weather is lovely make sure you don’t miss Natures Palette exhibition in our gallery.

We are open tomorrow 10-4pm and 10-3pm on Saturday!

Today we have the amazing work by botanicalart



Inessa loves learning about the plants she discovers traveling all over the world and sees her works as a way to bring a piece of the natural world into the man-made world and to encourage others to think about the environment and their impact on it.

You can find three impressive pieces of hers for sale at the gallery, as well as an additional two on our online showcase!

Caroline is a Gloucestershire artist who worked for many years as an archaeological illustrator; her work has appeared in academic publications as well as in heritage display. Alongside running her small gardening business, she now paints botanically accurate plant portraits from life.

As well as her originals we have greeting cards and limited edition prints of Caroline’s work also available.
You can also find these pieces on our online showcase.

With a background in textile design, Candida has always had an interest in drawing plants and a keen attention to detail. When her husband’s job took them to Bermuda in 2007 she began taking classes in botanical art.

Three wonderful originals are for sale during the exhibition as well as a selection of greeting cards!

Come by and visit!

Also you can view our online exhibition at www.plumgalleryandprinting.com/naturespalette

19/06/2024

Have you been by our website to see the amazing talent on display? Until the 15th of July we have a collection of skilled botanical artists on show showing a range of styles and techniques.

Today let me introduce a few of them!

First we have
Jacqueline is a freelance botanical illustrator and Graphic Designer, graduate of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
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Her works appear in various publications in her country and in private collections as well. Jacqueline’s interest in plants and painting began as a child on a rural farm, and under tutorage of her grandfather, who educated her in watercolour techniques.

Prints of her work are available to purchase through our gallery in both A4 and A3.

Next is
She has an innate curiosity that informs her illustration, whether it be factual or imaginative work and, although she is trained in scientific botanical illustration, her preference is to create stylised artworks that are based on accuracy and authenticity.
Read more of her interesting bio on our website.

Prints of her submission are also available to order through our gallery, in A5, A4 and A3.

Lastly for today we have
Focusing on native plants growing locally and portraits of edible plants left to grow wild, she tries to capture meaning and spirit in the work through observing, listening and developing a reciprocal relationship with the plants in their environment.

Inspired by a botanist in America, she has joined a worldwide group who keep a perpetual journal of native plants. This documents the seasonal plants through the years and connects her to other people and their plants.

Plum Galleries exhibition Natures Palette runs until the 30th June, don’t miss out and visit today.

18/06/2024

This amazing exhibition filled to the brim with talented botanical artists continues this week!

Tuesday-Friday - 10:00am-4:00pm
Saturday - 10:00am-3:00pm

In this post we have work by the lovely walsingham



Alison Walsingham was inspired by her mother, who worked in the botany department at Oxford University, collecting samples from the Oxford Botanical Gardens. Ali seeks to learn more of both watercolour techniques, and of botany.

You can see Ali’s painting of a the hand of Buddha fruit which won the award for ‘exhibiting excellence in watercolour’

A range of prints of Ali’s works is available during our exhibition.

Hannah is currently a student at The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh in Gloucestershire. She currently has work on display at a National Trust property and is preparing to illustrate a rare water plant for a Wetland Charity.

You can find originals of hers for sale during the exhibition.

Victorias passion for nature began growing up in the English countryside and followed her through moves to America, Italy and Greece as a young adult.

Victoria has been one of our in-house artists for over a year and she has a range of greeting cards and prints of her work available at Plum Gallery.

Please come by and enjoy these marvellous works in person!

15/06/2024

We are open today!
This Saturday we will be open from 10-3pm so don’t forget to come down and have a peek at our new exhibition!

We had a lovely time last night at the private view and thank you to everyone who was able to come down.

There will be more pictures to come as well as a little more about each artist we have in our gallery.

Our online exhibition which has even more artists will be going live later this morning! Visit the exhibition at our website

Www.plumgalleryandprinting.com/naturespalette

14/06/2024

Tonight’s the night!
Natures Palette will be opening for its private view this evening from 5-8pm.

Come on by and meet some of our amazing and talented artists and ask them about their highly skilled craft.

(Not to mention there will be a drink in it for you)

Plum Gallery has had an amazing time setting up this Botanical Exhibition that explores the fusion of Art & Science in sensitive, realistic drawings and paintings of species of plants.

While summer is still figuring itself out you can enjoy it with us amongst the luscious well depicted plant life.

10/06/2024

Upcoming, from the 15th - 30th of June Plum Gallery’s ground floor will be taken over by a selection of talented botanical artists!

The art displayed at Plum Gallery not only showcases the talent of the artists but also serves as a reminder of the importance of preserving our natural environment. Through awareness and the need for conservation efforts to protect the plants that sustain us all.

Entry is free with a selection of Originals and Prints available from our exhibiting artists.

We also have the opportunity to extend this event by also holding an online exhibition, open from 15th June - 15th July, free for everyone to enjoy so dont forget to check back at www.plumgalleryandprinting.com/naturespalette

Our artists include:
botanicalart



stanhope167
walsingham

06/06/2024

With Natures Palette approaching, make sure you don’t forget that we will have additional amazing artists displaying their work on our website in our online showcase!

This will launch and be able to view from the 15th June - 15th July!

Stay tuned!

02/06/2024

Can’t wait to see them!

01/06/2024

Celebrating natures wonders, just two weeks to go now until ‘Natures Palette’ blossoms at Plum Gallery!

For two weeks our ground floor will proudly present a captivating exhibition of botanical art. This unique collection showcases the exceptional talent and creativity of a group of skilled botanical artists, each bringing to life the beauty and diversity of plant life through their stunning paintings and drawings.

Our exhibiting artists include:

botanicalart



stanhope167
walsingham

29/05/2024

Art reproductions done for artist .gordon we were honoured to scan her collection of 14! portraits. Such a talented and detailed artist, don’t forget to check her account.

After scanning at high resolution we take the image into our editing software to make any necessary adjustments. This may include adjusting brightness, contrast, removing any imperfections, and conducting a series of colour management alterations to match the original artwork.

25/05/2024

“Can You Remember What August Feels Like?”
Carol is a self taught artist driven to follow her passion to create an escape, a moment in time that allows the viewer to take a breath...

We will be open today for a couple of hours for a ‘meet the artist’ event between 1-3 today!
If you’re in town come on by, where there will be refreshments and the chance to have a chat with the artist.

20/05/2024

Today is your last chance to enter your submissions for to participate in our online exhibition!

Our gallery applicants have been chosen but don’t worry, you can still submit for online until 9pm (GMT) this evening.

By participating, you have the chance to showcase your botanical skills and techniques with the chance to win a £100 prize, as well a £50 gift voucher for Plum Gallery Printing and Art reproductions.

You can easily submit entries from anywhere with our website, and our viewers will soon be able to explore the exhibition at their own pace from 15th June - 15th July 2024.

Www.plumgalleryandprinting.com

17/05/2024

14/05/2024

By participating, you have the chance to showcase your botanical art skills and techniques to a wide range of art enthusiasts as well as a chance to win the £100 prize, awarded to the artist judged to have displayed highest levels of precision, composition and technique.
Artists can easily submit their entries from anywhere in the world, and our viewers can explore the exhibition at their own pace from the 15th June - 15th of July

10/05/2024

10 days lefts! To visit our gallery and see the amazing exhibition of
Pop on by today you’re enjoying the sun and you will find prints of her various collections of bold contemporary designs perfect for this glimpse of summer!
After today this exhibition is on from Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm

09/05/2024

“🌿🖌️ Calling all botanical artists! 🌸🎨 Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your talent to an online audience through our exhibition.

Our online exhibition brings together a community of botanical artists.

By participating, you have the chance to showcase your botanical art skills and techniques to a wide range of art enthusiasts as well as a chance to win the £100 prize, awarded to the artist judged to have displayed highest levels of precision, composition and technique.

Artists can easily submit their entries from anywhere in the world, and our viewers can explore the exhibition at their own pace from the 15th June - 15th of July

03/05/2024

Art prints can be a fantastic way to add personality and style to your space. Here are a few ways you can use art prints to decorate:

Focal Point: Choose a bold and eye-catching art print to create a focal point in a room. Hang it on a prominent wall or above a mantel to draw attention and add visual interest.

Gallery Wall: Create a curated gallery wall by arranging a collection of art prints in different sizes and frames. Mix and match various styles and themes to create a personalised and dynamic display.

Colour Palette: Use art prints to introduce or enhance a specific colour palette in your space. Select prints that feature colours that complement your existing decor, or use them as inspiration to build a cohesive colour scheme.

Theme or Mood: Choose art prints that reflect a specific theme or mood you want to evoke in your space. For example, nature prints can bring a sense of tranquility, while abstract prints can add a touch of modernity and intrigue.

Remember, the possibilities are endless, and you can get creative with how you display and incorporate art prints into your decor.

Some of our featured artists in this post are:

Charles Short youngman
(currently exhibiting at Plum Gallery)eden.3382
(will be exhibiting along with fellow botanical artists in June)

All these amazing artists have prints and originals available in our gallery, pop in or message us to find out more!