Botanical illustration melds scientific precision with expressive virtuosity in a dynamic synthesis. Commonly associated with massive, lavish tomes by 17th- and 18th-century naturalists, botanical art ...
Three generations take a stroll through the arboretum's Storer Garden earlier this week. Pictured are Paul Kelly and son James, 15 months, from Davis, and mother and grandmother Helen Kelly, visiting ...
Botanical artist Eileen Malone-Brown is seated, bent forward, intently concentrating on a painting she is working on of a green apple with leaves. She carefully puts a small amount of paint on one ...
We are part of The Trust Project. FARGO — Local artist Brandi Malarkey isn’t afraid to admit she’s a “total urban girl” who knows little about the many plants coexisting with humans and other animals ...
Linda Miller knows there are more than 300,000 species of flora, so she never has to look far to find inspiration for her botanical art. “Somewhere inside of me is an artist and an untapped scientist, ...
Linda C. Miller’s favorite subjects to paint are seed pods. Miller, a botanical artist, is fascinated by the intricate details of the pouches that enclose and protect a plant’s seeds. She draws them ...
LIKE MANY San Franciscans, Ernest Clayton escaped to Marin after the 1906 earthquake. While the move gave him and his family a safe place to live, it also led the stained glass artist to a huge ...
Watercolor is one of the ancient forms of painting and was even used by ancient Egyptians on papyrus. Modern takes on watercolor start with the Renaissance era, where artists used the medium to mainly ...