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Drawing was always liked by Wendy Walsh since her childhood. She was born on April 9th in 1915 in Westmoreland, Cumbria in a merchant family belonging to the clan of Storeys of Lancaster. Her family moved to London when she was just five years old as her father took up managing the family business there. She lived a comfortable and liveried existence, with nine servants serving the family.
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The word contemporary has the dictionary meaning of or relating to the same period. In that sense contemporary botanical art can relate to several different periods in its entire history. Let me describe here in brief the path that contemporary botanical art has charted right from ancient times till now.
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Margaret Ursula Mee (1909-1988) was an internationally recognized British botanical artist. She received most of her fame as she specialized in drawing and painting the botanical art specimens she saw in the Amazonian rain forest. She was an avid explorer of the Amazon basin and part of her later fame was due to the fact that she fought tooth and nail against the commercial exploitation of the natural bounty of the Amazonian rain forest.
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Heidi Willis is an emerging Australian talent in botanical art. She is not only an entirely self-taught painter of botanical specimens, but has quickly established herself in the field. She started work as a full-time botanical artist only in 2003 and that shows how quickly she has learnt the ropes. Her fame is already such that her Lotus Study work has already become part of the world-famous and prestigious Dr. Shirley Sherwood collections.
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There are several wonderful books on botanical art that cover several topics ranging from techniques of botanical illustration to historical books on botanical art. Three of these books are mentioned below.
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Nature is beautiful and it deserves place everywhere, including your wardrobe. Botanical art prints have just made it possible for all nature lovers to literally wear nature on their sleeve. Wearing botanical art prints is not just going to make you a nature lover but a fashionista too.
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Olivia Marie Braida Chiusano is a botanical artist in her own right. The great thing about her is that she is also a botanical art teacher, a writer, and an educator par excellence. Presenting botanical art with Realism is her forte. Today to get a great botanical artist as a teacher is a rare commodity and therefore all those students who have studied botanical art under her are extremely lucky. I am sure you would like to know more about this highly acclaimed personality.
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Botanical canvas art consists in rendering replicas of botanical specimens on canvas with utmost scientific accuracy. You can employ various different rendering techniques to achieve the best effect. One of this is to use a paint brush to manually paint your way to achieve the desired result.
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American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), founded in 1994, is a nonprofit group that promotes awareness of modern botanical art and furthers its development. The society helps in the growth of botanical art through exhibitions, learning and literature that help the public know more about this genre of art. ASBA's mission also includes to let people know about the significance of plants for the planet through various means, such as science, preservation, horticulture and farming. The society also endeavors to broaden the vision of botanical art while maintaining its tradition.
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Many botanical artists simply spend their whole life devoted to drawing and painting flowers. It takes several years for them to learn the science of and to develop this specialization of making exact specimens of actual flowers through 2-dimensional botanical art. It shows just how difficult it is to portray a flower in all its scientific accuracy through botanical art and illustration.
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There is absolutely nothing to match the beauty and power of nature. One of the most beautiful creations of nature is flowers and plants. Botanical art has carefully preserved this beautiful creation of nature and is even endorsing it in more ways than one ways. Greeting cards are the latest area where botanical art has made its foray.
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