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 ...

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 ...

It's arts week, and we're kicking it off with a fun project that brings together watercolors and line drawing! Peggy Dean, author of several books including "Botanical Line Drawing" joined us to show ...

During this time, collection visits will be available by appointment and other special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more ...

The next workshop in Madison County Historical Society’s (MCHS) Heritage Handicrafts: A Leisure Arts Workshop Series is “Botanical Watercolors” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 9, at the MCHS, 435 ...

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, ...

Plants, in the American Indian tradition, manifest a power closely intertwined with humans, touching on spiritual and physical health, culture and beauty. Of course, no culture has a lock on the ...

I'M SLIGHTLY obsessed with botanical illustrations. The attention to detail is often so intense that contemplating a watercolor of a single species can be as satisfying as exploring an entire nursery ...

When 98-year-old botanical artist Margaret Stones died just after Christmas at her home in Australia, she left behind a body of work that will live on for years, especially in Louisiana. “In the 1970s ...