These artworks are taken from the book Wild flowers of the Pacific coast. From original water color sketches drawn from nature by Emma Homan Thayer (E.H.T). It was published in New York c.1887 by Cassell & Company, limited. Its old age denotes it is now in the Public Domain meaning all images are free to …
Primavera (springtime) was painted in Renaissance Italy around 1480 by the artist Sandro Botticelli. It’s quite a large piece, almost life size, measuring 2.03m by 3.14m. If you want to view in person, you will need to visit the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. If that’s not possible, a high resolution digital image (above) is …
If you are on Twitter and are not following @treesinmusic then you are missing out. A diverse list of artists and genres across many decades all share a common bond – trees. It gives a flavour of just how much inspiration comes from these big plants. Here are six of the best – all women …
Oh to be in England in April! Wildflowers are here in abundance now. Time to refresh your plant identification skills. If you are unable to identify at least 10-20 of the plants growing in your neighbourhood, it is probable you are missing out on something very special. A buttercup is a good one to master, it’s unmistakably …
Plants are all around us in urban areas, we just have to look. London for example is teeming with plants; with wild species, curated spaces full of cultivated ones, and artistic representations all present. Take a stroll down New Bond Street right now, all the high-end designers are pushing botanics like mad. This weekend on a walk …
So much plant excitement this month, as spring flowers are arriving in greater numbers. Whatever the human defined start time for Spring is, the flowers have their own calendar, as soil temperatures rise we are seeing more and more bulbs and other plants erupting everywhere. A cold snap may slow them down, but not for …
A photogram is a cameraless image made by placing objects on or in front of light-sensitive material which is then exposed to a light source. A botanical photogram is where your subject is a plant. We take a chronological look at artworks created by great practitioners of the technique past and present. William Henry Fox …
If you ever visit the Maltese islands, you may be surprised by the sheer quantity of alien plants covering this small country – with Prickly Pear, Opuntia ficus-indica, one of the most invasive. Yet the problem with an alien is, they can be just so darn exotic, and spell-bounding, hence the need to photograph them at every turn. This Agave ‘egg’ above a …
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