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 →

Nature as art, here is a fabulous picture of Wisteria growing over and through a trestle on the Elizabeth Enders CT property.   I continue to say what surrounds you as an artist informs your art.   Happy Painting!

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →