Beverly’s Country Garden Watercolors
Beverly Behrens, a member of ASBA and Reed-Turner Botanical Artist, and it turns out, so much more. Known for her beautiful botanical art work, a visit to her website and a conversation reveal the depth and breadth of her artistic endeavors.
The Universe is a Leaf
Have you ever stopped to look at a leaf? Ramiro F. Prudencio has and says that, with his surgeon's eye, he has discovered true revelations.
Fifty portraits painted with colored pencils are part of the book One Leaf, One Life published in Bolivia by Plural Editores.
A Focus on Native Perennials
Art has always been a part of Christina Lovering’s life, but she began pursuing botanical art in 2012 after completing a master’s degree related to her teaching career.
Beauty in a New Terroir
A book synopsis by Sylvia Vanhoozer, The Art of Living in Seasons, A Year of Reflections for Everyday Saints .
“A transplant originally from Provence, France, my search for roots eventually led me to the Chicago Botanic Gardens, and a 2016 certificate in botanical art.”
A Walk in the Woods
Members of the Reed-Turner Botanical Artists gathered together at 8:00 a.m. before the monthly meeting to take a walk through the Reed-Turner Woodland Preserve with Matt Tobin, with the Lake County Audubon Society.
Field Trip to the Chicago Field Museum
March 2, 2024, Reed-Turner members outing to the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History guided by Artist-in-Residence Peggy McNamara. During the tour, Peggy gives her view of the Field Museum through expressive watercolor painting.
A Conversation
Article in ASBA The Botanical Artist, interview of Louise Daley by Laura Bethman, March 2022. Initially relying solely on instruction from books, Louise began online courses in 2018 with Dianne Sutherland, and later with Jackie Isard, Shevaun Doherty, and Heeyoung Kim.
Nature Journaling Bunker Hill Preserve
On June 7, 2023, Reed-Turner Botanical Artists member, Maureen Murphy, led a group of members in an outdoor sketching and nature journaling workshop.
Celebrating Carole
In September 2022 Carole Schumacher, long time member of the Reed-Turner Botanical Artists, passed away. Though we know her most as an artist, she was also a world traveller, a skilled cook, a lover of music, and an avid reader.
Kishwauketoe visit
On September 3rd members of the group met at Lynne Railsback’s home in Williams Bay to lunch before taking a walking at the Kishwauketoe preserve in Lake Geneva.
Joining us was the author of the Kishwauketoe book, James Killian, as well as Harold Friestad, one of the stewards responsible for the preserve.