A n g e l a L o b e r
With a strong focus on colour and composition, I aim to capture the personality of the subject and its unique character in paint. The robust form and colour of Australian natural flora are a constant source of inspiration.
Challenging the discipline through experiments with materials, contemporary compositions and applications, I particularly enjoy working on vellum given the clarity and luminosity of colour that can be achieved on such a refined material.
Angela Lober started her career as a landscape architect before completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Plant and Wildlife Illustration at Newcastle University in 1995.
With a special interest in the uniqueness of Australian flora, she has been exhibiting in Australia and internationally since 2000. Exhibitions include Botanica, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney (2000-present); Down Under: Botanical Artists from Australia and New Zealand in the Shirley Sherwood Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK (2008-2009); Environmental Expressions in Art, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (2009); Hunt Institute 15th International Exhibition of Botanic Art and Illustration, Pittsburgh, USA (2016); Royal Botanic Garden Florilegium, Sydney’s Painted Garden, Museum of Sydney (2016); Drawn from Nature, Day Fine Art Gallery, Blackheath (2017); Flora of Australia, Worldwide Botanical Art Exhibition, Canberra (2018); The Florilegium: Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK (2018); Royal Horticultural Society Art and Plant Show, London (2018) and Whimsy Narratives of the Imagination, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney (2018).
Lober’s work is represented in private and institutional collections in Australia and abroad, including the Isaac M Sutton Collection, New York, USA; the Shirley Sherwood Collection, UK; the State Botanical Collection, Melbourne; the Florilegium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Among her awards are the gold medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London (2018); Silver Gilt Medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London (2012); Celia Rosser Medal for Excellence in Botanic Art, Melbourne (2014); Celia Rosser Commendation for Excellence in Botanic Art (2018 and 2022); the Botanical Art Society of Australia Prize (2022) and Best Contemporary Artwork, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney (2019). Elected a member of the Australian Watercolour Institute in 2024, Angela Lober is a committee member of The Florilegium Society, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.