The Plant is a whole magazine (currently on issue 5) celebrating artistic people’s connection to plants.   If the website and accompanying visuals are anything to go by (pc yet to get a hard copy…) then it looks like being one of the few things you can find in print that doesn’t follow the standard, …

Many artist find inspiration in nature and end up representing that by painting naturalistic landscapes or individual botanical pieces. Paul Klee’s expressionistic and semi-abstract representation of a fig tree is neither, but the inventiveness and interpretation of form and colour produce something that vividly represents the wonder of plants.

Maybe not botanical but very organic. This artist collected the stones from Brighton beach before arranging them into a typeface. If viewed individually the subtlety of the shapes are missed, but together it becomes obvious as to why they were chosen.    

Plant Curator likes a botanical doodle and none more so than the one that appeared on the 8th of October 2013 to mark the birthday of natural history artist William John Swainson. Swainson took inspiration from all areas of nature in his artworks including 1,200 species of plants. He was also the first illustrator to use …

One of the most magical, evocative, botanical artworks ever created?  Matisse’s Trivaux Pond (1916/17) was painted in a public park on the outskirts of Paris and not as you might expect in wilder environs.  You need to look closely to work out the location of the water, using the reflected vegetation as a guide. Currently in …

Contemporary website designs can often seem manufactured and generic, but what better way to overcome this than by employing some original artwork styling in the homepage design. Amy Merrick is a floral designer, writer and stylist based in New York City who uses cut-out flowering plants and foliage  as an image map homepage, creating a fitting introduction to …