Ottawa Society of Botanical Artists

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BOTANICA 2021 Exhibition

Magnolia | Kristin Rothschild

An online exhibition inspired by Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm

BOTANICA

NOvember 24, 2021 to March 20, 2022

Ottawa society of Botanical artists

Flowering trees, shrubs and plants from the Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Arboretum and the Ornamental Gardens of Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm (CEF) are the inspiration for this year's annual exhibition of contemporary botanical art by members of the Ottawa Society of Botanical Art.

Blood Root

Sanguinaria canadensis

Graphite and coloured pencil, 11.5 x 8.5 inches

Bird Nest Fern

Asplenium nidus

Watercolour, 11 x 8 inches

Large-Flowered Bellwort

Uvularia grandiflora

Graphite, 13 x 11 inches

Prickly Wild Rose, Rosa acicularis

© Peg Duncan, 2021

Watercolour, 10 x 10 inches

Magnolia, Magnolia kobus var. loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

© Kristin Rothschild, 2021

Watercolour, 9 x 13 inches

Bee Balm

Monarda

Coloured pencil, 12 x 9 inches

Bee Balm

Monarda

Watercolour and coloured pencil, 12 x 12 inches

Columbine

Aquilegia 'McKana hybrid'

Coloured pencil, 12 x 9 inches

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Watercolour and coloured pencil, 14 x 10 inches

Chicory

Cichorium intybus

Watercolour, 10 x 10 inches

Reference photo by Nancy Vander Plaats

Goat's Beard / Yellow Salsify

Tragopogon pratensis

Watercolour, 12 x 9 inches

Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Jens Munk', Rosa 'Jens Munk'

Coloured pencil, 12 x 12 inches

Day Lily Orange, Hemerocallis fulva

Coloured pencil on watercolour paper, 13.5 x 10.5 inches

Canadian Anemone

Anemonastrum canadense

Inktense coloured pencil, 13 x 10.5 inches

Peony

Paeonia 'Janice'

Coloured pencil, 12 x 9 inches

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Watercolour, 14 x 11 inches

Oriental Poppy, Papaver orientale

Watercolour, 14 x 11 inches

Japanese Aralia, Fatsia japonica

Watercolour, 13 x 18 inches

THE BACKSTORY

This year’s exhibition evolved out of a collaborative research project focusing on a selection of CEF historic and current plant specimens of interest to the artists.

Seeking to better understand the biology, etymology and growing habits of their plant subjects, the artists visited the Farm over several months to research, write, draw and paint their chosen plants. Research findings were presented over Zoom to OSBA members in the spring, summer and autumn months of 2021. The watercolour, coloured pencil and graphite artworks that you see here are the artistic results of their study.

THE ARTISTS

Ros Allchin, Mary Atkins , Peg Duncan, Kim Hodges, Elaine Huestis, Janice Kelly, Raewyn Khosla, Inga Legere, Lynn Moore, Esra Ozgun, Anne Pichora, Kristin Rothschild, Jan Salmon, Pat van der Linde, Kathryn E. Wright

Exhibition Project Manager: Jan Salmon

Research Project Leader: Esra Gomceli Ozgun

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