16th International Botanical Art Exhibit, Manhattan

16th Annual International

American Society of Botanical Artists at The Horticultural Society of New York

September 20 – November 22, 2013

Ros Allchin and Kerri Weller were the two lone Canadians juried into this year's 16th International. Their work hangs alongside artists from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, the USA and UK. 

Ros Allchin's watercolour, Birch, was awarded an Honourable mention

Her gorgeous painting graced the print invite and sold on opening night. BRAVO, Ros!

Ros Allchin, Birch, watercolour

Ros receives her award from Carole Woodin,
ASBA Director of Exhibitions 

Kerri Weller's Garlic & Scape, oil painting

16th International Opening Night
and the gallery is PACKED!

For more info including interviews with the artists: http://asba-art.org/exhibitions/16th-annual


OSBA Fall Exhibition
The NEW Boutique Gallery at Artistic Landscape showcases Ottawa's best contemporary botanical artists, the OSBA artists! Paintings celebrating the fall season are now on display. Many thanks to Inga Leger, Ros Allchin and Celia Godkin for hanging the current show.

Artistic Landscape's Boutique & Art Gallery are open until December 23.
Monday to Saturday 9 am  to 6 pm
Sunday 10 am to 4 pm
www.artisticlandscape.on.ca
2079 Bank Place, Ottawa


BOTANICA 2013 
Artistic Landscape Design, Boutique Gallery, Ottawa
For avid gardeners, Artistic is the place to go for rare and unusual plants.  Complementing their nursery and display gardens is a wonderful new boutique and gallery displaying works by OSBA and local artists. This summer, Artistic hosted our annual exhibition, BOTANICA. 

BOTANICA 2013, Exhibition notes

Inga arriving early for exhibition set up and hanging.

BOTANICA 2013, our annual exhibition was hosted by the Herb Garden in their Bergamot Barn Art Gallery, a beautifully restored animal barn with cedar log walls. It is a heritage barn built in the 1820's. Participating members were Ros Allchin, Bob Anderson, Mary Atkins, Carla Burns, Celia Godkin, Inga Leger, Cecila Martin,  Sue Quinn and Jan Salmon. 

The quality of the work was exceptional. The beauty of the plant world was celebrated through each artist's knowledge of their subject, mastery of technique, and individual artistry. Rather than interpretations of flowers, which is so often the case with floral paintings, the paintings presented were keenly observed, true to life representations of plant subjects. The opening was well attended and several paintings have been sold. CONGRATS!

Ros with her painting of dried grasses

All participants can feel proud of presenting an exemplary exhibition of contemporary botanical art, contributing  to the grassroots international renaissance in botanical art. 

Cecilia with her painting of Clementines 

The Botanical Art Gang- Kerri, Jan, Cecilia, Ros, Inga, Sue