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Sightings of global warming and nature

Posted in Special Announcements on December 14, 2015|

Photo courtesy Ruth Ava Lyons, all rights reserved.

North Carolina artist
Ruth Ava Lyons strives to create emotional connections between people, plants and nature. Her current exhibition “SIGHTINGS” travels to Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, NC next month. The show opens
on January 8, 2016.

The paintings in this exhibition reflect Ruth’s interest in the many ways global warming affects the natural world. Each painting focuses on an environmental issue (e.g., plastic in the ocean, Cryoconite ash degrading glaciers, coal ash spill affecting air quality).

Hide Brooks Gallery is located at The Steel Yard at Southend at 1910 South Blvd., Suite 130, Charlotte, NC. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday (10am – 5pm) and Saturday (10am – 3pm).

If you live near Boone, NC, you can view this exhibition now at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. It is on view at this location through Saturday, December 19, 2015.

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ArtPlantae Launches New Online Store

Posted in Blog News, Special Announcements on November 13, 2015|

International Orders & PayPal too!

Dear All,

This past week I created a new website for the store. If you helped test the website, allow me to once again thank you for your help. This week has been a “soft” opening. Some of you have already seen and used the new store. This tells me links outside of this website are working.

This change means the store has some new capabilities. Here is a summary:

International orders can now be placed online. All you need to do is select your country during checkout.
The store speaks 45 languages! That is to say, the store and the receipts it produces can be presented in up to 45 different languages.
Payment through PayPal is now an option at checkout.
Do you prefer to pay with a credit card? Credit card transactions will continue to be processed through Square.
Shipping rates are real-time from the US Postal Service.
Domestic orders will continue to ship by USPS Media Mail.
International orders will be shipped using USPS First-Class Mail International or USPS Priority Mail International.

The store’s new Web address is https://artplantae.ecwid.com.

Please update your bookmarks and websites.

Thank you!

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18th Annual International Opens at New York Design Center

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Special Announcements, Special Events on November 4, 2015|

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18th Annual International
New York Design Center
New York, NY
November 4 – December 30, 2015

The international exhibition of botanical art hosted by the American Society of Botanical Artists and The Horticultural Society of New York is in mid-town Manhattan this year. This is New York’s premier showcase of contemporary botanical art.

Artists from all over the world submitted work for consideration. Of the 234 submissions received, 44 works by artists from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, and the UK were accepted.

Participating artists are: milly acharya, Rosalind Allchin, Margaret Best, Melanie Campbell-Carter, Estelle DeRidder, Carrie Di Costanzo, Jean Emmons, Akiko Enokido, Margaret Farr, Beverly Fink, Ingrid Finnan, Kathleen Folino, Lara Gastinger, Asuka Hishiki, Leah Kaizer, Joan Keesey, Ku-mie Kim, Karen Kluglein, Mindy Lighthipe, Katy Lyness, Robert McNeill, Carrie Megan, Mali Moir, Monika deVries Gohlke, Sharron O’Neil, Tomoko Ogawa, John Pastoriza-Pinol, Kelly Radding, Lesley Randall, Betsy Rogers-Knox, Susan Sapanara, Connie Scanlon, Liz Shippam, Fiona Strickland, Keiko Nibu Tarver, Melissa Toberer, Jeannetta vanRaalte, Alexander Viazmensky, Denise Walser-Kolar, Esmee Winkel, and Carol Woodin.

The New York Design Center is located at 200 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY and is open Monday – Friday from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM.

The exhibition catalog of the 18th Annual International Exhibition can be purchased online at ArtPlantae ($20, plus $2.99 shipping).

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Plant project continues with ‘The Flora of Madrona Marsh II’

Posted in Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on October 27, 2015|

Nevin's Barberry with Bluebird Oct 2015_© Estelle DeRidder, all rights reserved

In 2012 botanical artist Estelle DeRidder received a grant from the American Society of Botanical Artists to create plant identification cards about plants at the Madrona Marsh Preserve in southern California. A traveling exhibition about the plants of Madrona Marsh launched in November 2014. The second installment of this ongoing project,
The Flora of Madrona Marsh II, is now complete and on view at Madrona Marsh through December 3, 2015.

You’re Invited!
An opening reception will be held on Sunday, November 15 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Meet Estelle and view the illustrations of 12 plant species she created for this phase of her project. Dessert and coffee will be served.

The Madrona Marsh is located at 3201 Plaza Del Amo, Torrance, CA 90503.
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday 10:00am – 5:00pm
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¡Go Tropical!

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on October 15, 2015|

Now available

¡Go Tropical!
2015 Small Works Exhibition
American Society of Botanical Artists
Courtyard Miami Coconut Grove
Miami, FL
October 15-17, 2015

¡Go Tropical! Small Works 2015 is the non-juried exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) and is presented in collaboration with the Tropical Botanic Artists collective. This exhibition features the botanical paintings and drawings of ASBA members attending the 2015 ASBA Annual Meeting & Conference in Miami, Florida.

Robin Jess, ASBA Executive Director, explains the format of this weekend’s exhibition in the Introduction of the ¡Go Tropical! catalog:

Small Works is a continuing series of non-juried exhibitions held at ASBA’s annual conferences, open to all registrants. The works must be framed to 12 x 12 inches. These diminutive works should have all the qualities of any fine contemporary botanical art.

Due to their non-juried status, Small Works exhibitions include a range of artists, from beginners to world-renowned. Regardless of level of artistic skills, the works are not limited in their beauty or power to inform and move the viewer. Small Works is a favorite exhibition, and many artists who have never shown before do so here.

The Small Works catalog features the work of 79 artists from 20 US states, Bermuda, Chile and Germany. It can be purchased online at ArtPlantae ($15).

Buy ¡Go Tropical! Small Works 2015

Price Reduced
The exhibition catalog for Small Works 2014 is now $10. BUY

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Ancient Medicine at UCLA

Posted in Education, Special Announcements on October 5, 2015|

Alain Touwaide, Scientific Director at the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions (IPMT), to teach at UCLA. Alain will teach The Legacy of Ancient Medicine for the Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies.

Learn more about the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions and its founders in this interview and this video introduction.

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Botanical art flourishes in The Netherlands

Posted in botanical art books, Education, Special Announcements on August 30, 2015|

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Scientific illustrator
Anita Walsmit Sachs is passionate about plants. A respected illustrator and teacher, Anita has dedicated the past 25 years to educating people about plants through botanical art.

Prior to 1990, Anita studied fashion design in The Hague, worked as a costume designer and created oil paintings of small objects (mostly shells, mother-of-pearl and glass). Then one day she followed the advice of a horticulturist at the Hortus Botanicus Leiden and visited the National Herbarium of the University of Leiden. There she met with illustrator Jan Van Os who was the director of the Herbarium’s studio. Van Os became Anita’s mentor and when he retired, Anita became the studio’s director.

As years passed, Anita helped set up the Dutch Society of Botanical Artists and received international recognition for her work. She has earned two gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society in England and a Silver-Gilt medal from the Royal Horticultural Society in Scotland. She was awarded the Margaret Flockton Award, 2e price by the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, received the Certificate of Merit and the Margaret Granger Silver Bowl Memorial Award from the Society of Botanical Artists in London, and received the Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Art by the American Society of Botanical Artists. Anita receives invitations to teach abroad and has taught in the US, Indonesia, Norway and Belgium. Anita’s work is in the collection of the Teylers Museum in The Netherlands, the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, the New York State Museum, the Highrove Florilegium of the Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation and several private collections. Now retired, Anita volunteers at Museum NATURALIS (formerly the National Herbarium of the University of Leiden) and illustrates the plants and flowers of southeast Asia.

The author of several scientific publications, course books, magazine articles, and journal articles, Anita’s most recent publication is the book, Anita Walsmit Sachs: Observation with Pen and Brush. In her new book, Anita discusses the history of botanical illustration and shares how she prepares a botanical painting. Anita’s detailed scientific illustrations, oil paintings and watercolor paintings are featured prominently throughout the book and show her scientific and artistic approach to introducing plants to new audiences. Botanical artists and followers of botanical art will enjoy learning about the life and work of this dedicated illustrator.

ArtPlantae is pleased to introduce new audiences to the drawings and paintings of Anita Walsmit Sachs. Written in both Dutch and English, Anita’s book is now available at ArtPlantae’s online store. View sample pages from Anita’s new book and other distinguished resources about plants and botanical art here.

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