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The Artists at Filoli

Posted in Special Announcements, Special Events on July 7, 2009| 2 Comments »

Are you tempted to drop everything to see the 11th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition at Filoli? Well if you are, here is a complete list of the artists participating in this year’s exhibition. Some of the artists have posted examples of their work online either on their personal website or in the Members’ Gallery of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Click on the links below to get a glimpse of the type of fabulous artwork you will see when you get to Filoli.

Travel safely and please consider posting a comment here to tell us about your visit!


Participating Artists
Milly Acharya
Margaret Bowman
Nancy Boyarsky
Kathleen J. Brahney
Carolyn J. Cappello (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Parnell O. Corder
Kathy Creger (see Members’ Gallery)
Ingrid L. Finnan
Nancy C. Gehrig
Jolene Gillette
Pria Graves
Erin E. Hunter
Peggy Irvine
Kristin Jakob
Eliza K. Jewett
Leah Kaizer
Joan W. Keesey
Heeyoung Kim
Karen L. Klugein
Suzanne C. Kuuskmae (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Corinne Lapin-Cohen
Barbara Lewis
Lee McCaffree
Susan M. McDonough
Sharron L. O’Neil
Melinda Pahl
Jamie J. Putnam
Lynne K. Railsback
Lesley B. Randall
John C. Richards (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Thomas P. Rohlen
Joan Stahl
Marilyn “Danny” Swanson
Carol Till
Jeannetta vanRaalte
Carol Varian
Catherine M. Watters (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Bruce Wilson

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Guidelines & Entry Form for “Focus on Nature XI”

Posted in Special Announcements, Special Events on July 6, 2009|

Every two years, the New York State Museum hosts the Focus on Nature exhibition celebrating the work of natural history illustrators. The 2010 exhibition is scheduled for April 12 – October 31, 2010. The guidelines and entry form have been published. The jury selects work that demonstrates “a unique scientific and/or artistic viewpoint, technique, medium, or format including traditional, mixed and multimedia, and computer-generated images.” Artists may submit up to four entries.

The Call for Entries has been attached to this post. This document is available as both a color PDF and a black-&-white PDF. ArtPlantae would like to thank the New York State Museum for sharing these documents with our readers.


Focus on Nature XI (Call for Entries):

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Filoli Estate & Gardens Summer Hotspot for Botanical Art

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on July 6, 2009|

The Gallery at Filoli is currently hosting its 11th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition. Sixty-four original paintings and drawings created by 38 artists will be on view through August, 16, 2009. The plant portraits on display were created using the following media: watercolor, colored pencil, pen & ink, graphite, acrylic, and oil.

Exhibiting artists will host a “Meet the Artist” session during the artists’ reception on Thursday, July 16, 2009 (5 pm – 7 pm). Artists will be present to answer your questions about how they created the drawings and paintings in the exhibit. To attend this special evening event, please RSVP to classes@filoli.org or (650) 364-8300. Admission to the reception is free. Reservations are required.

Occurring on the same weekend as the artists’ reception is a program called, Flowers in the Home. Of particular interest to botanical artists this weekend is the presentation to be given by Dr. Stephanie Schrader of the J. Paul Getty Museum who will speak about the life of natural history illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717).

Summer visitors to Filoli will also have what is almost certain to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the first volume of Prince Charles’ Highgrove Florilegium, now on display through the end of August.

Need a weekend getaway? Go to Filoli next week to mingle with contemporary botanical artists, learn about one of the most accomplished natural history illustrators of all time, and see a modern-day royal florilegium. Filoli is definitely a hotspot for botanical art this summer!

Filoli’s historic estate and gardens are located 30 miles south of San Francisco. Learn more at Filoli.org.


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New Volume of Prince Charles’ Florilegium Published

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Special Announcements, Special Events on June 25, 2009| 1 Comment »

Did you miss it on Twitter?

Watch this video about the Prince Charles’ Highgrove Florilegium.

And did you see…

Prince Charles’ 2nd volume of commissioned paintings at Highgrove is published. http://cfo5y.tk Volume I published in 2008 http://ejfcr.tk


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Highgrove Florilegium II US release

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2009 Conference of the American Society of Botanical Artists

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on June 22, 2009|

The conference website for the 15th Annual Meeting & Conference of the American Society of Botanical Artists is now live!

Hosting the conference this year are the dedicated members of the Southwest Society of Botanical Artists. Conference activities will be held at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ. Conference participants will have the opportunity to learn from both international and U.S. instructors. This year the ASBA is hosting pre- and post-conference classes with internationally renowned artists. Jean Emmons will discuss the mystery of color. Kate Nessler will lead a class on how to paint on vellum, and Lizzie Sanders will demonstrate how to create surface textures and detail using dry brush techniques.

The conference will be held October 15 – 17, 2009. A wonderful selection of 54 learning opportunities have been planned. Conference activities include tours at the Desert Botanical Garden, workshops addressing the business of art, a field trip to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin, and a plethora of botanical illustration workshops. To view the complete list of tempting workshops sure to make you giddy and drool, click here now!

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Enjoy Our National Parks for Free

Posted in Special Announcements on June 16, 2009|

The National Park Service has planned three fee-free weekends for Summer 2009. One hundred parks will waive admission fees on the following weekends:

  • June 20-21, 2009
  • July 18-19, 2009
  • August 15-16, 2009

View a complete list of participating parks at Fee-Free Weekends in Your National Parks.

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June Bargins: Plant hunters, Margaret Mee & More

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Special Announcements on June 15, 2009|

ArtPlantae has the opportunity to pass along exciting savings to our readers. We are excited to forward these savings because they apply to many botanical art- and botany-related titles. Firm restrictions are in place, however. They are:

1. All sales are FINAL. Books are NON-RETURNABLE.
2. Bookstores can only place one (1) order from the distributor during the sale period.
3. Limited to stock on hand. (ArtPlantae Books will issue a refund for any title that sells out at the warehouse.)


What does this sale mean for you?
It means you can save a lot of money while adding unique hard-to-find titles to your personal library.


What happens next?
ArtPlantae Books will collect orders between now and Thursday, June 25, 2009 and will place one group order on Friday, June 26, 2009. All orders will be filled when our shipment arrives from the distributor. We appreciate your patience. All U.S. orders will be shipped via Media Mail. All international orders will be shipped via Priority Mail International.

An opportunity like this seldom presents itself. Take advantage of these savings while you can!

**Links to this sale have expired**

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