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Shadow Sculptures of California Native Plants

Posted in Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, botanical art, tagged , on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Radiant Light: Shadow Sculpture of California Native Plants October 1 – December 31, 2010 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden 1500 North College Avenue Claremont, CA 91711 This exhibition features 12 translucent sculptures and gossamer textiles by Pamela Burgess, the artist behind thought-provoking shadow drawings of California native plants. Pamela combines her interest in life cycles [...]

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Jane Pinheiro’s Watercolors: A Collection Lost and Re-Found

Posted in Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, botanical art, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Jane Pinheiro’s Watercolors:A Collection Lost and Re-Found Now through September 30, 2010 Thursday to Saturday 8:30am to 4:30pm Directions By John Wickham, President The Theodore Payne Foundation In the early ‘90s, the Foundation had to make some tough choices to keep the nursery open. One of the toughest was the decision to sell most of [...]

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Teaching Science with Paper, Paint & Glue

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Education, Special Articles & Interviews, natural science illustration, tagged , , , on May 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »

When Robin Brickman graduated from Bennington College with a degree in graphic arts and botany, she began her career as a freelance illustrator of magazines, trade books and textbooks, medical illustrations, and even postage stamps. When she had children of her own, she turned her attention to children’s picture books and how they were illustrated. [...]

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Doodling for Efficiency

Posted in Drawing, Reference, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , on May 24, 2010 | Comments Off

Jackie Andrade of the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth in the UK, wanted to know if doodling improves or hinders one’s attention to a primary task. To find out, she created a study in which 40 participants were asked to listen to a rambling telephone message about a planned birthday party. Participants [...]

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Henry R. Mockel Paints California’s Desert Wildflowers

Posted in History, Special Articles & Interviews, botanical art, botanical art books, botanical illustration, tagged , , , on April 17, 2010 | Comments Off

This article was published originally in the November 2004 issue The Southern California Botanical Artist which was the newsletter of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California. It has been updated and is reprinted below with permission. East Coast Artist Taken with California’s Desert Wildflowers Henry R. Mockel paints the desert landscape By Tania Marien [...]

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Rain Garden Reduces Water Runoff to Pacific Ocean

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, gardening, tagged , , , on April 16, 2010 | Comments Off

Authentic Passion Caitlin Bergman knows permaculture. She lives it, she feels it, and she shares her authentic passion with others in her role as designer, instructor, and lead permaculturist at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The enthusiasm Caitlin exudes for her subject couldn’t possibly exist in a purer form. Caitlin “does permaculture [...]

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Herbarium Plays Key Role in Documenting Plants

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, general botany, herbarium, tagged , , on April 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Step into the herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSA) and you step into a world rich with history. This herbarium contains an impressive 1.1 million specimens. The collection is comprised of mostly vascular plants. Ancillary collections include 3,000 pickled cacti, seeds, pine cones, and a small collection of lichens. Of the more than [...]

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Botanical Art is Not “Just a Hobby”

Posted in Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, botanical art, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »

The current renaissance of botanical art began in the 1980s. Dr. Shirley Sherwood is credited with reviving the public’s awareness of botanical art. Since the first certificate program in botanical art was established at the New York Botanical Garden, programs have been established in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, [...]

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Researchers and Artists Document Grand Canyon’s Plant Jewels

Posted in Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, botanical art, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2010 | Comments Off

Botanical illustrators at the Desert Botanical Garden are living a dream. They are continuing the centuries old tradition of documenting plants to create both a scientific record for biologists and educational material for the public. The botanical illustrators who have endured five years of study and many hours in the studio are about to make [...]

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Restoration Project Creates Waterwise Landscape & An Artist’s Playground

Posted in Special Articles & Interviews, botanical illustration, gardening, tagged , , , on April 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Reginald Durant is the undeniable force behind Back To Natives Restoration, a 501(c)3 service learning organization dedicated to the teaching of ecological concepts through hands-on learning. He is seriously passionate about his work and has created an impressive organization demonstrating the value of native plant communities, hands-on learning, and community involvement. Durant stresses, however, that [...]

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Artist Turns Nature Drawing Workshops into Ebooks

Posted in Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, natural science illustration, tagged , , , on April 13, 2010 | Comments Off

By Irene Brady I love giving workshops. It is a real high to help people discover that they’re unimaginably good artists, or share with them “aha!” tricks and tips that I’ve been using throughout my 40-year art career. But when the economy tanked, I had to stop giving workshops due to low enrollment in this [...]

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A Tool for All Garden-based Learning Programs

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, gardening, tagged , , on April 12, 2010 | Comments Off

If your school has a schoolyard garden, you need to know about TheMulch.com. TheMulch.com is more than a website with a list of links to other websites. It is an online community of horticulturists, landscape architects, garden writers, radio talk show hosts, garden-related businesses, and gardeners who willingly share years of gardening experience with each [...]

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