Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art books, Special Announcements, Uncategorized on November 2, 2009|
ArtPlantae Books is one of 700 booksellers and auction houses listed in the 2010 Fine Books Compendium & Bookseller Directory published by Fine Books & Collections magazine. Books, books, and more books!
Click here for more information and for links to the magazine and other interesting items.
Posted in botanical art, botany, Special Announcements, Special Events on October 26, 2009|
ArtPlantae brings botany and botanical art education to the largest women’s conference in the nation. Visit us at Booth #1915.
We may only have 100 square feet, but look at what you can do!
Don’t forget to doodle in our Guest Sketchbook!
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Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on October 26, 2009|
Botanical illustrator, Roberta Rosenthal, is celebrating her wonderful career as an artist in a special solo exhibition at the New Windsor Art Gallery in New Windsor, NY. The official announcement follows:
THE FORTIETH RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION ON
ROBERTA ROSENTHAL’S SIXTIETH YEAR
October 18 – November 30, 2009
The New Windsor Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibit with a selection of sixty-six paintings from forty years of work by Roberta Rosenthal. Roberta, currently works and lives in Sullivan County, New York. Rosenthal has worked in a variety of mediums including pencil, sumi-e ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, pastel and oils. Her subjects span botanical, landscape, abstract and illustrative concepts. Rosenthal’s forty year professional career encompasses graphic design, logo design, textile design and botanical illustration. Her paintings cross the mysterious line between commercial applications to fine art. Her paintings have been commissioned, published, exhibited and collected internationally. Rosenthal’s botanical pen and ink editorial illustrations were published in the Gardening section of the New York Times Newspaper between the 1980’s -1990’s.
Rosenthal has been teaching art in the Catskill and Hudson Valley region for a decade and twenty-three years at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY. Her sumi-e and botanical art workshops are offered nationally. Rosenthal won the Bethlehem Art Gallery Award for Painting for her botanical painting of Iwanagara Cattleya Orchid at “Artists on the Campus,” Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY on June 7, 2009. A festive reception was held on October 18th from 3 – 7 PM. The exhibition is free to the public. The paintings are for sale, giclee prints made at New Windsor Gallery can be ordered percentage of sales benefits local Community Centers. Rosenthal will be at the gallery on Saturday, November 14, 2009, to sign copies of her Sumi-e Brush Painting Techniques Workbook, sign gicleé prints and answer questions about her work from 12 PM – 3 PM.
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Posted in Special Announcements on October 26, 2009|
Earlier this year, the industry magazine Publisher’s Weekly announced the creation of the first annual National Bookstore Day. This event has been created to celebrate the culture of independent bookstores and the services they provide for their customers. This special celebration will occur on Saturday November 7, 2009.
We encourage you to acknowledge your favorite bookstores and booksellers next month, whether they are located in your town, at your favorite outdoor marketplace, at your favorite vacation destination, or online. Booksellers are an intelligent, passionate, and hard-working group of individuals tirelessly committed to their communities, their customers, and an almost impossible low-margin industry.
Think about what you’ve learned from your favorite bookseller, how much you’ve enjoyed speaking with him or her, and how your corner of the world would be less vibrant if they were not present.
There is more to the literary world than the dirt cheap, disposable bestsellers that have been in the news. There is brain food of the highest quality to satisfy any craving. It is time to acknowledge those who generously plate up this brain food with you and your interests in mind. On November 7th, visit or contact the booksellers who have done so much for you and wish them “Happy National Bookstore Day”.
Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on October 12, 2009|
Yes, summer is over and the weather has cooled off considerably. However it is always nice in Hawai’i and doesn’t sunshine, tropical vegetation, and a slower pace sound good right now?
Botanical illustrator, Linda Ann Vorobik, will lead a botanical watercolor class on the lovely island of Hawai’i in February 2010. Workshop participants will immerse themselves in drawing and painting, benefit from Linda’s undivided attention, enjoy views of the ocean, and indulge in tropical fruit, local cuisine, and Kona coffee. Participants will also visit an orchid farm, a volcano, a historical place of refuge, and a botanical garden.
Photos and detailed information can be viewed at Vorobik Botanical Art. The syllabus and application form for this trip is also available online. The application deadline is fast approaching. Applications are due by November 1, 2009. Please contact Linda ASAP if you would like to register for this class.
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Posted in Special Announcements, Special Events on October 5, 2009|
The Grand Opera House once served as host to entertainers such as Buffalo Bill Cody and John Phillip Sousa. Today the 138-year old opera house presents ballets, rock concerts, comedy shows, and musical evenings with the Delaware Symphony. Next month, it will add an exhibition of contemporary botanical art to its long history.
Brenda A. Aiken, botanical illustrator and member of the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators and the American Society of Botanical Artists, will be featured in an exhibition of her watercolor paintings at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware. The exhibition is titled “Late Bloomer” and will be on view in the lobby November 1-30, 2009.
When asked about the title of her exhibit, Brenda replied:
“Late Bloomer” refers to the fact that, although I have been painting and sketching all my life, it is only in the last 2 1/2 years that I have concentrated on botanical illustration and, for that matter, watercolor. I have always feared watercolor and its immediacy. Once I tried it (about 6 years ago), I LOVED it and regretted my lifelong neglect of that medium.
After 4 years of “dabbling” in watercolor, at the suggestion of my husband, I started taking lessons in botanical illustration from an excellent teacher, Joan Frain, and the rest, as they say, “is history”. Botanical illustration proved to be my forte and I am now a botanical illustrator, a “late bloomer” because I am 73 years old and have FINALLY found my niche in life!
You are invited to meet Brenda and view her work at an artist’s reception scheduled for Friday November 6th from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
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Posted in Special Announcements on October 5, 2009|
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