A Novel Foliage - An Exhibition Yesteryear Amicus Botanicus

This eve I attended ‘A New Leaf’ - an exhibition of contemporary botanical paintings past times Amicus Botanicus.  I tin dismiss recommend it for all those who honey botanical fine art - in addition to those aspiring to travel botanical artists.

The exhibitions is at The Gallery, 54 Shepherd Market inwards Mayfair from Mon 14th – Lord's Day 20th May 2012 in addition to so if you want to run into it yous ask to live on quick.  It's opened upwards from 10am to 8pm each day.

Private View of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 New LeafAmicus Botanicus at The Gallery inwards Shepherd's Market

Amicus Botanicus is a talented grouping of botanical artists from the UK, Japan, Singapore in addition to the USA who are all graduates of the English linguistic communication Gardening School’s Diploma Course inwards Botanical Painting.  It's about other instance of artists creating groups to organise in addition to exhibit their travel (eg Art of the Real).

It's skilful to run into notwithstanding about other grouping of talented artists promoting their botanical fine art inwards gallery exhibitions.  The travel was of a high criterion in addition to the PV was really busy.  I spotted the ruddy dots arriving earlier I left.

This is their 3rd exhibition.  They've also held exhibitions in:

• 2008 - “Plants for Life” - which focused on plants which are used to process cancer
• 2010 - “A Brush amongst Nature”

Below are about images from the exhibition summation about notes from a few of the artists who I had a chat with.

Botanical Artwork past times Carolyn Jenkins

RHS Botanical Art Show & Five Gold Medal Winners.  Do accept a await at to a greater extent than of Carolyn's give off her website - it zapped me from across the gallery notwithstanding again!  I really much similar her style.  Her compositions intrigue my optic in addition to Carolyn told me that she spends a lot of fourth dimension working out the compositions.  She too uses exclusively transparent watercolour (like Fiona Strickland) in addition to it's clear from her artwork in addition to talking to her that her artwork comprises many layers of paint.  It's looking only every bit skilful hence fourth dimension around.

Magnolia Leaf past times Linda Compton McDonald

Linda Compton McDonald - I peculiarly liked 2 of Linda's works - her icon of a primula in addition to a dry out in addition to dessicated magnolia leafage - which was centre phase inwards the window.

Saracenia pupuera (Purple Picher Planu
past times Elain Searle

Elaine Searle - I actually liked Elaine's means of icon inwards watercolour.  The subjects of her paintings are almost translucent and ethereal.  

English Florists' Feathers - tulips past times Louise Young

Louise Young's paintings of tulips were framed actually good in addition to it was skilful to run into about actually quondam fashioned tulips.  Louse noted how helpful the Wakefield and the North of England Tulip Society had been inwards keeping her supplied amongst examples of the quondam fashioned tulips she wanted to paint.  Louise's paintings are painted on Vellum (from Cowley's inwards Oxford) in addition to she told me that the argue paintings on vellum await in addition to so skilful is because all the color sits on the service.

A wall of small-scale studies

Other exhibiting members are listed below amongst links to their websites or their profile page on the Amicus Botanicus website.  Most were exhibiting betwixt 4-6 works

• Christine Battle 
• Pearl Bostock
• Jeanne Debons ASBA (USA) - a really gracious lady over from the USA for the exhibition
• Bindy Kent
• Anna Lu
• Gillian Payne
• Sally Pond  If yous can't larn to London, Sally's travel is too on display at the 'Botanical Life' show, running at Life - The Gallery, Farnham, until xx May 2012.
• Shirley Slocock
• Mary-Ellen Taylor
• Erico Tosaki

Thanks too to - Lyn Sykes who told me a chip almost the history of the grouping in addition to its previous exhibitions in addition to to Louise Young for arranging for me to live on invited to the PV.

The exhibition was opened past times Tony Kirkham, Head of the Arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew who reminded us all that the early on Directors at Kew placed a really slap-up emphasis on botanical fine art every bit a means of recording plants every bit they lived.

You tin dismiss run into to a greater extent than almost the artists on the website: www.amicusbotanicus.com to run into the travel of private artists.

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