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The Magnified Eye: Contemporary Botanical Portraiture

Posted on April 17, 2012 by susan

Fifty spectacular examples of contemporary botanical art by the finest painters in the world are currently exhibited at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, New Jersey.   Aside the paintings are magnifying glasses for closer inspection of the flawless dry-brush watercolor … Continue reading →

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The Contemporary Still life

Posted on January 12, 2012 by susan

I recently visited the Horticultural Society of New York to see a fabulous exhibition entitled “Nature Morte”.  As Chris Murtha, Curator of The Hort writes in the press release, “This exhibition highlights three contemporary artists who utilize still life photography … Continue reading →

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Spontaneity in Botanical Art

Posted on November 30, 2011 by susan

Elizabeth Enders botanical drawings are spontaneously executed with serious intentions.  Enders new series of Petunias are über contemporary, appearing effortless and immediate, her unique stylistic interpretation comes from her long history of drawing and painting rooted in abstraction and language. … Continue reading →

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Article on the 19th-century Language of Flowers in the Bulletin of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Posted on November 15, 2011 by susan

Although Flora’s Lexicon, an exhibition on the “19th-century Language of Flowers phenomenon” is long over, it’s worth requesting  a copy of the Hunt’s Bulletin,Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2011 which includes a well-researched essay on the subject by Catherine Hammond, Assistant … Continue reading →

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Vignettes/Home Informs Art the Best

Posted on November 15, 2011 by susan

Summer, July 2011, Arkansas, USA. Visiting with Kate Nessler was a magical experience, the Ozark Mountains are exquisite.  Her most recent series of Edge paintings is derived from her organic planting style and the cut of her land.   Most … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on July 24, 2011 by susan

Lately I’ve admired the work of Patricia Luppino, a botanical artist from New York. Her pencil and watercolor pieces capture nature at its most beautiful and vulnerable. She recently asked me for a portfolio critique where we moved into a … Continue reading →

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April 2011 Lecture and Portfolio Reviews in Southern California

Posted on July 21, 2011 by susan

Please visit http://bagscblog.com/ for a review of the lecture I gave on “Is My Work Salable” and Collecting to the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California in April 2011. They have posted the event on their great site.

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Studio Visits

Posted on June 10, 2011 by susan

Visiting artists studios provides me with the opportunity to see the mind of the artist at work. Viewing botanical art specimens composed or scattered on the artists tables pulls me into their world of aesthetic choices. Touring their carefully planted … Continue reading →

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Botanical Prints

Posted on June 1, 2011 by susan

Recently I visited the studio of Monika de Vries Gohlke, a German born botanical artist who has applied the art of printmaking to botanical portraiture.  Monika works from real life specimens while engraving her copper plates from her home garden … Continue reading →

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Financial Times-FT.COM Article

Posted on May 26, 2011 by susan

Exciting mention of Lizzie Sanders and Kate Nessler’s work as part of Prince Charles’s Highgrove Florilegium in “The Prince’s Prints” by Tim Richardson, published on May 21, 2011.

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