Posted in Special Events, Venues, tagged botanical art, botanical illustration, J. Paul Getty Museum, Maria Sibylla Merian on August 29, 2008 | No Comments »
The exhibit, Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science closes on Sunday August 31st. This very special exhibit about a unique time in botanical art history should not be missed. Visit the exhibit website for more details.
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Currently available at ArtPlantae Books:
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
Insects & Flowers: The [...]
Posted in Special Articles & Interviews, tagged botanical illustration, Maria Sibylla Merian, botanical art collector, Redouté on August 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Botanical drawings and paintings are favorites among collectors, according to journalist James Cockington of the Sydney Morning Herald. In his article, “Drawn to Nature’s Bounty,” Cockington discusses the appeal of botanical art and provides information from recent sales of both antique and contemporary paintings. He also conducts a wonderful interview with Australian botanical artist, Jenny [...]
Posted in Education, Special Events, Venues, tagged botanical art exhibit, California Native Plant Society, conservation on August 21, 2008 | No Comments »
The California Native Plant Society is preparing to host a special statewide conference emphasizing the conservation of California’s native plants and its fragile plant communities. This conference, CNPS 2009 Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions , will be held January 17 - 19, 2009 at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, CA.
Encouraging an understanding of California [...]
Posted in Education, Special Events, tagged botanical art, botanical illustration, travel on August 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Bugs, Beasts & Botanicals Artistic Tour
February 19 - February 28, 2009
$3499 + airfare *
Join Mindy Lighthipe & Nancy Richmond on an Artist/Photographers Tour to Costa Rica! Learn to draw and photograph rare macaws, rainforest animals, waterfalls, tropical flowers, unusual insects and much more! For a full itinerary visit www.studio16online.com. You may also send email [...]
Posted in Education, tagged coffee, Economic Botany on August 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Always on the look-out for something new to learn, I recently took advantage of a unique opportunity to learn about coffee. Great, I thought, new information for the economic botany file.
If you are unfamiliar with the subject of economic botany, it is an area of botany that addresses the origin and domestication of plants. [...]
Posted in Education, Sketching & Journaling, tagged botanical art, botanical illustration, J. Paul Getty Museum, nature journal, Sketching & Journaling on August 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Nature Journaling with Kathy Dunham
Getty Drawing Hour: Getty Garden
Friday August 15, 2008
6 pm - 8 pm
Central Garden, The Getty Center
Sketch in the garden with award-winning artist, Kathy Dunham. You will learn how to observe plants in the Central Garden and how to transfer your observations onto the pages of your journal. Free. Limit: 35 participants. [...]
