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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare, Graphite and Watercolor by Derek Norman


Born and educated in England, where he developed a lifelong love of wildflowers, Norman brought his skills as a designer and draftsman to depicting wildflowers. Today the principal of The Midwest Center for Botanical Documentation, he is devoted to graphically documenting the native flora of the Midwest. Among his many awards is a gold medal from the Royal Horticultural Society for his pen and ink drawings of urban Midwestern flora. He also produces watercolors and oils of a broad range of botanical and horticultural subjects. He is represented in the collections of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society.

A catalog of the artwork and profiles of the artists is available online from the ASBA for $20 plus shipping & handling. http://www.amsocbotartists.org/ASBA-Catalogs.html

Monday, October 18, 2010

Giant Sequoia

Sequoiadendron giganteum, Watercolor by Sherry Mitchell


Living and working on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, Sherry Mitchell has painted for almost forty years. Her botanical subjects include the cultivated and native flora of British Columbia. She is a published botanical and children’s book illustrator, a Senior Signature Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, a member of Botanical Artists of Canada, ASBA, International Guild of Realism, and Island Illustrators Society. She has participated in and received awards for her work shown in exhibitions throughout North America.

A catalog of the artwork and profiles of the artists is available online from the ASBA for $20 plus shipping & handling. http://www.amsocbotartists.org/ASBA-Catalogs.html

Hibiscadelphus

Hibiscadelphus distans, Pen and Ink by Lesley Randall
 


While a landscape architecture student at Cornell University, Lesley became interested in botanical illustration. Working at a botanical garden in Hawaii, she found the plants fascinating to draw, and started illustrating professionally after moving to Davis, California in 1986. Her work, mainly pen and ink illustrations, has appeared in numerous scientific journals as well as a few floras. She enjoys graphite drawings and has recently started exploring colored pencil techniques. In addition to botanical illustration, Lesley makes leather masks and glass mosaics.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Orchid Tree

Bauhinia purpurea, Watercolor by Julie Sims Messenger


Julie is a designer and artist with special interest in the botanical world. She graduated from Boston College, the School of Fashion Design, Boston, and Rhode Island School of Design. Her work is featured in Sophisticated Surfaces, Rockport Press, 1999, and Today’s Botanical Artists, Schiffer Publishing, 2008. Awards include the Talas Award at the Ninth International ASBA/HSNY Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention at the Eighth International ASBA/HSNY Juried Exhibition, and Best in Show at the Native Flora of the Atlantic Seaboard Exhibit in 2005. Julie is also the founding Vice-President of the New England Society of Botanical Artists.

A catalog of the artwork and profiles of the artists is available online from the ASBA for $20 plus shipping & handling. http://www.amsocbotartists.org/ASBA-Catalogs.html