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Just In: Carol Woodin’s Arrowood Farms Hops
Carol shares this story behind the painting, “I lived next door to a property that turned into a farm and brewery over the course of several years. The first thing to happen was the planting of hops in an open, … Continue reading
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Treasures from the Studio, Holiday Selling Exhibition: Nov. 15-Dec. 31, 2020
The artist studio is a workplace where ideas come to life. These botanical artists use the studio as a place for story telling through the medium of graphite and watercolor on paper and vellum. In Beverly Duncan’s Ashfield Composition, The … Continue reading
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Kelly Leahy Radding’s Ode to Dürer
A Piece of North Woods, 2013, by Kelly Leahy Radding is a highly accomplished contemporary botanical painting depicting a stumbled upon habitat of the Great North Woods region of New Hampshire. Radding shares her experience here, “It was a beautiful … Continue reading
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Farewell to Lizzie Sanders
Representing Lizzie’s exceptional botanical art since 2003, I recognized the importance of her work and the need for the world to experience it. She blended the historical significance of botanical documentation with a contemporary aesthetic. Sander’s was universally alone in … Continue reading
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Jean Emmons Watercolor of Sorbus gonggashanica
In the world of contemporary botanical portraiture, Jean’s in-depth understanding of color and its application mesmerizes the eye and excites the mind. The artist’s intentional cropping and placement of the specimen with the negative space below was carefully choreographed for … Continue reading
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Milkweed: Inherent Beauty
Elizabeth Enders has captured a vision of the Milkweed through careful observation of an original specimen and an immediacy of painting style. Her approach to extracting the plant’s form with a few powerfully painted lines, carries the full weight of … Continue reading
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Winter Views: Pondering Botanical Art
Winter is a time for introspection, appreciating the landscape lacking canopies of coverage. Branches extend skyward with greater reach as new growth emerges pointing toward Spring. Recently I visited the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT to see Pressed for Time: … Continue reading
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Transition Captured through Botanical Art
Connie Scanlon’s Blueberries tell a color story of formation of fruit through its pale green stage at first, onto reddish-purple hues during growth and dark purple when ripe. Its wax coating offers a romantic haziness, an aesthetic impression and distinctive … Continue reading
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