ART is an ongoing process

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& knowledge.

April 8, 2024 - Member Meeting
Rescheduled due to Solar Eclipse. Date to be announced.
Jennifer Doubt
Curator of Botany, Canadian Museum of Nature

Marvellous Mosses & Luscious Liverworts

For artists, as for scientists, bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts) offer a world of untapped potential. An expert on Canadian mosses and their plant relatives, Jennifer works in the field and in the lab to document and protect Canada’s mosses through research and collaborations.

Blanketing much of Canada, mosses —especially in the Arctic and boreal regions—and make life possible for thousands of animal and plant species by providing essential food and habitats.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Member meetings and guest speaker presentations are regularly held on the 2nd Monday in April, June, September and November.

Member Meetings

Once again a group of OSBA artists have created works for a 2024 OSBA Calendar. This year's theme is Trees and Shrubs close to home.

The calendar project was first started by A group of OSBA artists in 2020, as a way to stay connected during the pandemic lockdown.

Calendar 2024

OSBA members like to get together weekly to sketch in gardens around the National Capital Region.

In the fall of 2020, as the pandemic and colder weather restricted outings to our own backyards, the group began to meet and share their sketches over social media.

The group continues in 2024, and returns to meeting on line when the weather cools.

Sketch POD

SKETCH POD GALLERY

Pumpkins| Theresa Bolton

Several member artists enjoy studying the botanical history and botany of their subjects and share these fascinating details with the membership.

Here is a sampling of their reports:

Research Project

MAGNOLIA

PRICKLY WILD ROSE

SNEEZEWEED

Prickly Wild Rose | Peg Duncan

Featured Artist

Honorary OSBA Member

Margaret (Peg) A.Graeb

1922-2024

Born in Ontario in 1922, Peg studied Literature and Social Work at the University of Toronto, before turning to art in 1957. A talented sculptor, she graduated from the Ontario College of Art and continued her creative work throughout a career in social work. In retirement, Peg embraced botanical art studying under esteemed botanical artists Pamela Stagg, Dorothy Bovey and Ann Dalton.

Peg joined the American Society of Botanical Artists and exhibited in many of their juried international exhibitions. Her work is in the collection of the renown Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. In 1996, Peg was awarded the Grenfell Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society in London, England for her series of exceptional watercolour paintings of Geraniums. Our dear friend and colleague, Peg passed peacefully in the early morning hours of February 23, 2024, in Perth , Ontario.

Featured Artist

OSBA Member Exhibit

Linda Hamilton, Paper, Paint & Patterns at the The Mill of Kintail MuseumJuly 1 -31, 2022

A different take on botanical art: Exquisitely crafted and botanically accurate, Linda's artworks featured wildflowers of the Ottawa region, highlighting the beauty of our local flora. Her subjects were chosen and inspired by the museum's 1930's collection of rughooking designs and hooked mats resulting in an interesting exhibit collaboration between artist and museum. A picnic lunch afterwards by attendees rounded out a delightful summer day.