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Nature’s Voice: Seasonal Changes through Botanical Art, Part II: Spring-Summer

Our upcoming show captures nature in its most exciting months of the year. Artists soak their paper and vellum with vibrant colors and spectacular compositions celebrating our favorite seasons. Please visit us from April 25-August 25 as we showcase these … Continue reading

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Carol Woodin’s Hazelnut

Carol Woodin’s Hazelnut watercolor, 7 x10 inches,  is the newest acquisition to my inventory.  Painted on McEwen’s vellum, a prized material reintroduced by Rory McEwen, a treasured Scottish botanical artist who revived painting on vellum (animal skin). A prepared gessoed … Continue reading

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VISIT SFNBOTANICALART.COM TO EXPERIENCE OUR FIRST EXHIBITION, NATURE’S VOICE: SEASONAL CHANGES CAPTURED THROUGH BOTANICAL ART

We welcome you to our first online exhibition showing master botanical artists who captured the Fall-Winter seasons, showing nature’s strengths and vulnerability. These works share the great beauty of nature through dormancy.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO DENISE WALSER-KOLAR and LARA CALL GASTINGER

The American Society of Botanical Artists honored Denise Walser-Kolar with the Diane Bouchier Artist Award for Excellence in Botanical Art at their October 2015 Meeting & Conference in Miami, FL. Lara Call Gastinger received an honorable mention for her “Unfurling … Continue reading

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UPCOMING ONLINE EXHIBITION AT SFNBOTANCIALART.COM

Please visit SFNBOTANICALART.COM for our first online gallery exhibition, in November, featuring many of the master botanical artists represented by Susan Frei Nathan. This curated show will discuss the seasonal changes captured through these dry brush watercolor botanical paintings on … Continue reading

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The Knotty Details

Currently on view at The Hort (The Horticultural Society of New York), as part of their Project Space program, is a mesmerizing exhibition of Anna Plesset’s twigs, entitled “Observe, Notice, Understand”. As the handout reads, “Plesset set a goal to … Continue reading

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Rory McEwen at Kew Gardens

Rory McEwen (Scotland, March, 1932-October, 1982) one of the most important 20th century botanical artists is featured in a current exhibit at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens, London, England entitled Rory McEwen, The Colours of … Continue reading

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NYBG GARDEN FAIR 2013

This was my first year participating in the revamped Garden Fair at The New York Botanical Garden.  The Fair organizers set out to include contemporary works of art with a variety of mediums represented.  I was thrilled to be included … Continue reading

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Drawing Nature

Beverly Duncan and Lara Call Gastinger are passionate botanical artists who document nature in all seasons using the sketchbook as their canvas. Based in the Northeastern portion of America these artists capture the ever changing plant life throughout the year. … Continue reading

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Music, Stance, Drinks and Painting

Last week I dined with eight of the botanical artists I represent at the ASBA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.  During our dinner I learned what they listen to, drink and how they sit while painting.   They were very … Continue reading

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