Think of botanical illustrators, and you might envision a world of medieval herbalists, tulip or orchid collectors, or affluent young women of the 17th and 18th centuries making detailed drawings and ...
Most of us were told the same thing about wild mushrooms when we were growing up: Don’t touch! Times are changing, however, and so is our connection to fungi. As Coloradans come around on the power of ...
Margareta Pertl has been a botanical illustrator for 20 years. She lives in Vienna and Dublin, but spends much of her time traveling to places where she can capture the likeness of the plant world. We ...