Author Archives: susan

April 2011 Lecture and Portfolio Reviews in Southern California

Posted on July 21, 2011 by susan

Please visit the blog of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California 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 … Continue reading →

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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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Kate Nessler’s Edges

Posted on March 31, 2011 by susan

Welcome to my first blog post! Here you will find what excites me about botanical painting from original works to museum exhibitions and reference books on the subject. Enjoy! Kate Nessler has a fantastic series of new works called Edges. … Continue reading →

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