Dashorst, Gilbert Roelof Maria (1956-)

Gilbert Dashorst was born of Dutch parents in Adelaide in 1956.

After graduating from the North Adelaide School of Arts he worked as a freelance illustrator and travelled through Europe.

He returned to Adelaide in 1983 and became an artist at the State Herbarium of South Australia.

In 1988 a Winston Churchill Fellowship enabled him to spend five months working with botanists and botanical artists in England and Holland.

He illustrates for the Herbarium staff and their publications including contributions to journals and the Flora of Australia. He was a major illustrator of the Flora of South Australia (1986).

Source: H.Hewson Australia - 300 Years of Botanical Illustration (1999)
Dashorst and Jessop, 'Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills' (1990) back dust-jacket flap.
Portrait Photo: M.Fagg, 2001