Ottawa Society of Botanical Artists
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Ottawa Society of Botanical Artists
OSBA artists at the Ornamental Gardens | Photo: ©Kerri Weller
October 1, 2022
OSBA members will be showing and selling their garden inspired artwork as well as presenting an educational display on ' What is Botanical Art.' Works will include original artworks, reproduction prints and notecards.
Other activities being planned by Canadensis include hay rides, a plant sale, native tree education and give aways, harvest workshop, site walks, picnic lunch, and farmers market, with emphasis on local nature products. As well the Ottawa Guild of Potters and the Foyer Gallery artists are participating.
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Central Experimental Farm on the east side of Prince of Wales Drive. The site is adjacent to the Fletcher Wildlife Garden. Look for the red barn! FREE parking on site.
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OSBA provides its members, whether new to botanical art, experienced botanical artists, or botanical art enthusiasts, a welcoming community where they can develop and pursue their interest in botanical art.
Our membership and our subjects are drawn from the National Capital Region.
We aim to create a greater awareness of both the region's botanical artists and the plants they portray.
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Bergenia | Kerri Weller
Botanical artists portray plant subjects with accuracy and artistry, within the fine art traditions of drawing, painting and printmaking. Watercolour, graphite or coloured pencil are customarily used to create the artwork by hand.
The plant is the focus of the work and identifiable to genus if not species. Pollinators are occasionally included.
Botanical art is created for scientific illustrations, commercial and fine art purposes.
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Buttercups | Esra Gomceli Ozgun
In addition to formal meetings featuring guest speakers, our members are engaged in a variety of projects.
Highlights include:
• Workshops
OSBA member meetings feature presentations on a wide range of subjects from botany and photography to art techniques. We offer field trips to botanical gardens of interest, museums and galleries.
Several of our members teach botanical drawing and painting through the City of Ottawa, the Ottawa School of Art and at Stone Manor Studios in Newboro.
For our annual exhibit, OSBA artists seek to portray botanical subjects that have special significance to them. This may be in the form of physical well-being, such as crops or medicinal plants, or plants that provide a sense of peace, relaxation or inspiration to the artists. A short story behind the art will be included with each piece.
Red Guzmania Bromeliad I Jan Salmon
Ottawa Orchid Society Annual Show April 26-27, 2025
OSBA members display drawing and paintings featuring orchids at this fabulous weekend event.
Algonquin College
1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa
For our annual exhibit, OSBA artists seek to portray botanical subjects that have special significance to them. This may be in the form of physical well-being, such as crops or medicinal plants, or plants that provide a sense of peace, relaxation or inspiration to the artists. A short story behind the art will be included with each piece.
October 2025 to March 2026
Gallery 200
200 Crichton Street, Ottawa
Details and the Vernissage will be announced closer to the date.