Exhibitions
April 2012
"The Magnified Eye: Contemporary Botanical Portraiture," an exhibition of watercolors and drawings on paper and vellum will take place at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum, 165 Hobart Avenue, Summit, NJ from April 1 to June 16, 2012. The Opening Reception is on April 1 from 4 - 6 PM. There will be a demonstration of watercolor on vellum by Carol Woodin.
Life Lines, the Art of Elizabeth Enders, Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA, April 28th to July 31st, 2012.
September 2010
The New York Botanical Garden hosts a "rare look at one of the world's finest private collections of contemporary botanical art" that includes works by instructors and alumni of the Botanical Garden's Botanical Art & Illustration Certificate program.
The show entitled "Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art: The Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton Collection" is on view from September 4, 2010 until January 9, 2011 in the Arthur and Janet Ross Gallery.
October 2009
The American Society of Botanical Artists has organized an important traveling exhibition "Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World". Of the 125 entries received only 43 artists works were selected. Five artists represented by Susan Frei Nathan have been accepted into this juried show: Jean Emmons, Lara Call Gastinger, Rose Pellicano, Lizzie Sanders and Carol Woodin. They captured the endangered plant life in its natural habitat working from real-life specimens within their short life cycle. These images provide useful information for scientists studying the effects of global warming on nature and as a record for posterity.
The traveling schedule for this exhibit visits: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri from October 1 - November 15, 2009; Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, January 16 - April 11, 2010; The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, May 6 - July 25, 2010; and finally to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC from August 2010.
Susan Frei Nathan is co-curating an exhibition of the largest known collection of contemporary botanical art in North America. Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art, The Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton Collection will premiere at The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation on Thursday, October 22, 2009 and run through June 2010. A full-color, illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
James White, Curator of Art at The Hunt Institute says, "This exhibition represents one the finest private collections of contemporary botanical art in North America. These 54 artworks are expressions of the purely aesthetic forms found in nature and a reminder that we are stewards of our natural resources for future generations."
June 2009
Kate Nessler's most recent paintings from her "Of Two Minds" series are currently on exhibition at the Garden Museum on Lambeth Palace Road, London, England. All paintings are for sale and on display from June 2-30, 2009.
Rose Pellicano is included in a benefit exhibition for the Cornell Long Island Horticultural Research Extension Center: "On the Edge: Coastal & Barrier Plants and the Life they Support" May 23 - June 29, 2009 at the Sirens' Song Gallery, 516 Main Street, Greenport, N.Y (631) 477-1021
May 2009
Lara Call Gastinger's work will be featured at Monticello's Jefferson Library in A Biographical and Botanical Art Exhibit from May 3 - November 12. The Library is located at 1329 Kenwood Farm Lane, Charlottesville, VA.
Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper recently exhibited at Furbish Home in Millburn, NJ.
March 2009
Elizabeth Enders has a solo exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum opening March 7 - August 23, 2009. The exhibition, "Elizabeth Enders: Landscape, Language, Line" will include 90 works ranging from botanicals drawings, abstracted landscapes in watercolor to oversized acrylic paintings on canvas. These are deeply personal expressions of her life experiences and observations. A full-color catalogue includes an essay by Guest Curator Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum and an Interview with Elizabeth Enders by noted Art Historian and Critic, Irving Sandler. The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams Street, New London, CT 06320.
News & Other Events
May 2010
Kate Nessler will receive the 2010 Ozarks Ambassador Award from the North Arkansas College Foundation. The selection committee honors Kate for her achievements in portraying the Ozarks through her art.
Carol Woodin will be featured in an article in the May 2010 edition of The Artists Magazine. Look for "Beauty that Lasts, Keep Florals Fresh: Four artists reveal strategies in pastel, watercolor, colored pencil and acrylic."
May 2009
Beverly Duncan was featured in the Home and Garden section of her local paper, The Recorder on January 31, 2009. She is exhibiting her work at Elmer's Store in Ashfield, Massachusetts in May. Elmer's Store, 396 Main Street, Ashfield, MA.
April 2009
Catherine Watters and her work were featured in the April 2009 issue of Victoria Magazine. View or download a PDF version of the article.
March 2009
Lara Call Gastinger is featured in the March 2009 issue of Southern Living magazine. Towards the back of the issue is a bonus section for mid-Atlantic readers called "Mid-Atlantic Living: People and Places." Lara's article appears on page 12, entitled "The Art of Nature."
Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper was chosen by the readers of New Jersey Life Magazine for the publication's 2009 A-List - a list of editor and reader favorites from around New Jersey.