Kay Rees-Davies

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Kay Rees-Davies, who lives on the north Wales coast, is a free-lance artist specialising in botanical subjects. She is married with two grown-up children and three grandchildren.

Kay's work has been shown in many galleries and group exhibitions in Wales, Chester and London. Her paintings are to be found in private and permanent collections throughout the world. Two are in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie University, Pittsburgh, USA, and five are in the Lindley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society. Five paintings are in the archive of the Chelsea Physic Garden, and one was chosen by Dr Shirley Sherwood for her collection.

In 2005, Kay was invited to submit a painting to be included in the Highgrove Florilegium. This book has now been published under the umbrella of The Prince of Wales' Charitable Foundation and celebrates and records, in a permanent way, the Flora in the garden at Highgrove.

The Royal Horticultural Society has awarded Kay Rees-Davies a total of eight medals, four of the gold. She has gained numerous awards for Botanical Painting from the different societies of which she is a member.

Kay is a tutor for the Society of Botanical Artists' Distance Learning Diploma Course, and holds classes and workshops in her area. Residential courses are held for the Field Studies Council, and Alston Hall College, Preston.

kayrd@btinternet.com