Vintage botanicals have a unique charm that can elevate any home decor. These timeless pieces, often characterized by ...
During the 17th century, illustrations of plants were mostly drawn for medicinal and botanical research rather than as works of art. The particularly detailed renderings of flora by botanist and ...
From her fifth-floor office in the National Museum of Natural History, Alice Tangerini has a stellar view of Washington — to the right, Constitution Avenue runs in front of the Classical Revival ...
Purchase: Prints are available in the gift shop and on her website. On first glance, the botanicals sprawling the walls of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia visitor's center depict the greens, ...
"What does it take to paint a wildflower that blooms for a single day in a deep forest? For Mary Vaux Walcott, it involved spending up to seventeen hours a day out of doors with her paintbox to ...
Botanical art is having a moment. From Sabyasachi’s floral wallpaper to schools books replete with plant-inspired illustrations, botanicals are everywhere With Amitav Ghosh’s latest book, Gun Island, ...
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty – that is all,” wrote John Keats. The famous words come from his 1820 poem Ode on a Grecian Urn, but they are a fitting description for the practice of botanical art and ...
PONCHATOULA, La. (WGNO) – This year marks the second year Ponchatoula native Allison Portier’s poster was selected for the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival. She first won the contest in 2016. “I knew ...
Macoto Murayama can spend months on one of his botanical illustrations, and when he's done, the plant looks like something that blossomed in outer space. First, he dissects his subject with a scalpel, ...