Hello Art Patrons,
Please come celebrate the Holiday Season at our 2017 Botanical Art Exhibition at Woodhall, 501 Orindawoods Drive, Orinda CA. on Dec 3rd from 4-7 pm. We’ll have original botanical art and gifts on display along with homemade hors d’oeuvres and drinks for all—a gift from my botanical art class to our friends and family. I will exhibit my Kaffir lime (see invitation below), strawberry tree, opium poppy and the BIG ART Aspen tree in progress.
 
The Alcatraz Florilegium has been on exhibit on Alcatraz Island daily since September 16 and will close January 17, 2018. The 127 pieces of art in the collection are rumored to travel next year, so during the holidays treat your family to a ferryboat ride across the bay to see it. We often have beautiful sunny days in winter. www.Ncalsba.org/Alcatraz
Alternatively, Alcatraz Florilegium Catalogues contain Island history and fine botanical artwork depicting the Island’s flora. The book makes an original gift for your garden or art lover. I’ve decided against having my holiday art open house this December due to low turnout (11 last year, if you count the infant) but in December I always load up my studio table with botanical aprons, placemats, cards, wrapping paper, Alcatraz Catalogues, prints and (new this year) packs of 52 different botanical playing cards. If anyone would like to stop and shop just reply. Bring friends; I have the cookies.
Finally, NorCal Botanical Artists will open an exhibition at the Berkeley Botanical Gardens on Jan 9th-25th. The 1911 redwood Julia Morgan Hall will house over 75 works of botanical art “Celebrating Trees.” Since traditional botanical art is lifesize, you will see everything from large tree sections, to saplings and seedpods. Since my Jeffrey Pinecone has already been on exhibit at that venue, I will show my Incense Cedar with lichen. Have you seen it? You can preview it on my website gallery. I’ll let you know which day I will gallery sit or just come on a rainy day and cozy up to the craftsmen open fireplace. www.botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu
Hope you enjoyed a bountiful Thanksgiving repast. Did you know that during Pilgrim times, prisoners were served succulent Eastern lobsters every day until they rioted in protest? “We want something else!”
Happy Holidays everyone.
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
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Hello Art Patrons,
In June, I received an email from the editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine asking if I’d like to be featured, along with some other botanical artists, in their July/Aug issue. I’ve no idea how they found me, but after my teacher assured me it was not a hoax I sent them a few choices. Guess which painting they chose? Yep, Pinus, jeffreyi. That pinecone gets around. The article identified the artists as “some of the brightest botanical talents working today.” Ha! Little do they know I’m just a kid in my family room replicating nature’s beauty on paper.
The American Society of Botanical Artists’ annual conference is in town Oct 12-14 and our chapter is hosting. The San Mateo Marriott will display our small botanical works that measure 12” x 12”. Mine is the bumpy little Kaffir Lime that you saw in my last newsletter. Some of the classes will be given at Filoli Gardens in Woodside and there is currently a plethora of botanical works on display there. Be sure to visit. I’ll be taking two all-day painting classes with storied international instructors and a scant fifteen students each. Feeling daunted, however.
 The entire 127 painting collection from the Alcatraz Florilegium will return to The Rock from Sept 16 – Jan 17. My Nasturtium and Black Walnut paintings will be on exhibit in the Band Room on Alcatraz Island, where (I’ve mentioned this favorite factoid before) Al Capone played banjo with his band, The Rock Islanders. You’ll have to book the ferry but the view is free, as is the botanical exhibition.
Next up will be our NCalSBA chapter’s annual Plants Illustrated show at the Berkeley Botanical Gardens in the Julia Morgan Hall, Jan 9 – 25. This year we are Celebrating Trees, and you can see Jeffrey pinecone there for the first and last time. Jeffrey and I now suffer from pinecone overload and one of us must retire soon!
I’m sending good thoughts to the Key West Garden Club members who maintain the non-profit botanical garden on the far coast of the Florida Keys. A year ago I toured their little known, free to the public, native tropical garden by the sea and it is a gem. It’s located at a National Historic Civil War fort, now the West Martello Tower Garden Center, in Key West Florida. Certainly inundated by Hurricane Irma, they will have a horrific cleanup ahead. Donate or visit when you can. www.keywestgardenclub.com
I spent time this summer at Lake Tahoe and Hope Valley CA drawing, in graphite, nearly 100 life-sized Quaking Aspen leaves swinging on branches from a lanky white trunk. Did you know that Aspen leaves shimmer and rustle so effortlessly because their stems are flat, enabling them to catch the slightest breeze? Can’t wait to paint them with color in Fall when the leaves turn gold and hopefully begin to dance on the paper.
There are several new Bug Hotels posted on my website gallery from the Bento Box collection. Please have a look. Stay cool if you are in the Western U.S., stay dry in the East and watch out for tornados just about everywhere. Good grief!
Yours,
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
Hello Art Patrons,
If you missed seeing the Alcatraz Florilegium in Marin last Fall, your next chance is June 3 – 31 when it will be on exhibit at the Orinda Library Art Gallery. I’ll be at the Artists’ Reception on June 3, from 3 – 5:30 PM where either my Black Walnut or Nasturtium will be exhibited along with 76 other pieces from the Florilegium. A short talk about Alcatraz Island and the Florilegium’s history will begin at 3 PM. Most venues are not large enough to include all 127 paintings in the collection, so we have published a brilliant catalogue of the entire Alcatraz Florilegium, which you may view and/or buy for $30 plus shipping by sending an email to www.orders@ncalsba.org Or you can pick one up from me, as I have several in my studio. My second Alcatraz painting will show in October on The Rock, in the Band Room where Al Capone strummed banjo with his prison band, The Rock Islanders. Love that!
THE ALCATRAZ FLORILEGIUM: ARTWORK FROM THE GARDENS OF ALCATRAZ, JUNE 3 – 31, 2017
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION—JUNE 3, 2017, 3 – 5:30 PM
ORINDA LIBRARY
26 ORINDA WAY, ORINDA CA, 94563
MON-TH,10 AM – 8 PM; FRI-SAT 10 AM – 6 PM; SUN 1 -5 PM
(925) 254-2184 www.lamorindaarts.org
#CaliforniaSuperBloom
We’ve been captivated by images and sights of our CA wildflowers this bountiful spring. After record rainfall, hundreds of wildflower species are blooming and interest in native plants is growing. I took part in an enlightening Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour this month, www.Bringingbackthenatives.net. Forty-six homeowners shared their native gardens with 1,500 Bay Area residents and visitors during this free annual tour. Visitors were intrigued by the idea of garden art as habitat for pollinators. Evidently it’s Bug Hotel high-season because many have recently sold—NO VACANCY. Check my website image gallery to see if your favorite is still available. However, a sushi chef just gave me some beautifully lacquered bento boxes . . . perfect for Bug Hotels.
Regarding my botanical painting progress: Have you seen my new Dichondra creeping up a sandstone wall, or the family of Moonshells on the beach, or the (evidently illegal) Opium Poppy seedpods floating on vellum? These new works are now posted on my website gallery www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com. I know you haven’t seen my lumpy little Kaffir lime because I keep going back to work on it. Perhaps I’ll post it here unfinished, still attached to its Arches Watercolor block before it’s set free and digitized by my Fine Art Printer. See anything to correct? Last chance.
Up next: Quaking Aspen, Populous tremuloides. Full size watercolor sheet. Big art. Do you know of a lovely stand of Aspen where I can paint?
Yours,
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
www.BonnieBonner.blogspot.com
Hello Art Patrons,
Coming right up this week is a different sort of botanical art show. Celebrating winter, the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden is hosting an exhibit of the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists featuring ‘Seeds and Pods’. I will be showing my Jeffrey Pinecone and the toxic (I learned the hard way) Black Walnut. The show runs for two weeks and opens this Friday Feb 10. I’ll be at the reception and I plan to gallery sit on both Feb 17 and Feb 21 from 1-4 pm. I’d love to see you there.
Plants Illustrated: Seeds and Pods
Feb. 10 – Feb 21, 2017
10 – 4 pm. daily
University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
200 Centennial Dr.
Berkeley CA 94720
(510) 643-2755
www.garden@berkeley.edu
Seeds and Pods Flyer
The following blurb was part of the Berkeley Botanical Garden’s December Member Newsletter. I was thrilled they asked to publish my ‘Knucklehead’ pumpkin vine illustration, Cucurbita pepo, to accompany their story.
That’s it for this quarter. Unless it’s underwater, I’m sure your garden is as happy as mine.
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
www.BonnieBonner.blogspot.com
Good to Know!
Question: What are some fun facts about pumpkins?
C. pepo, ‘Knuckle Head’ illustration by Bonnie Bonner
Answer: Pumpkins are a type of winter squash in the family Cucurbitaceae. The flesh is usually a little too coarse and strong-flavored for eating. Three species provide us with “pumpkins”: C. pepo, C. maxima and C. argyrosperma (formerly C. mixta).
Members of the genus Cucurbita are variously called squashes, pumpkins, vegetable marrows, and gourds. Typically, the plants are trailing vines with extensive roots and harsh, often prickly leaves and stems. Squash plants produce male flowers three to four days before producing female flowers. Usually three male flowers are formed for each female, open only for one day. Nutritionally the fruits are excellent sources of vitamins A and C, iron and potassium. In some species, the seeds are roasted and can have protein and oil contents of 30 to 40%.
Cucurbita pepo is the northernmost species of squash and appeared in Oaxaca about 10,000 years ago. Although the flesh of mature fruit may be stored, it quickly loses its flavor, and should be eaten quickly or dried. C. argyrosperma, also known as cushaw, also has northern hemisphere origins. Cucurbita maxima is of South American origin. Today this winter-type squash is grown throughout the world, particularly in Europe, India, the Philippines, and the United States. This species provides us with the most gigantic pumpkins; fruits weighing 90 pounds are common. Chilean varieties that have become common foods in the U.S. include acorn, banana, and hubbard. Some authorities claim the genus has more forms that any other cultivated food plant.
Hello Art Patrons,
I’ve just returned from exhibiting my Jeffrey Pinecone painting at the U.S Botanic Garden in Washington DC. I feel lucky to be chosen as a featured artist for the Centennial Celebration of the National Park Service—thrilled others appreciate Pinus, jeffreyi as well. The artists’ program was fun except for the 98 degree steamy air outside. Many came inside for the air-conditioning saying our exhibit, Flora of the National Parks, was like a breath of fresh air. I met engaging stimulating people—locals and those from all over the world. We speak the same language, as botanicals have universal appeal. The eight month exhibit is popular, so it’s been extended through the holidays. The gallery is currently closed while they install the Christmas tree, reopening by Thanksgiving. No, the Christmas tree irony is not lost on my Pinus jeffreyi cone. Congressional holiday parties are held there, which is pretty cool.
 
Flora of the National Parks Feb 18—through 2016
U.S. Botanic Garden, Conservatory West Gallery
100 Maryland Ave, Washington DC
www.usbg.gov/floraofthenationalparks
Next week is the debut of the recently completed 127 painting Alcatraz Florilegium at Marin Art and Garden Center. I have two paintings in the collection—nasturtium and black walnut. Did you know that black walnut can be toxic? Me neither. Nothing grows under it, pasturing animals nearby is ill advised and black walnut is evidently used in minute medicinal doses to kill parasites. Here I am under a tree pulling down leaves, pollen coating my face, bisecting leaves, peeling shells. Good thing I didn’t eat one. When the doctor saw my swollen face she gasped, “Do you carry an epi pen?” “A what?” “At least you won’t have any parasites.”
I hope you see the black walnut painting because it truly was a labor of love. A reception honoring the selected artists is this Sunday 10/23 from 3-5 pm. I’ll be there.
The Alcatraz Florilegium: Botanical Art from Life on the Rock
Oct 23—Nov 13 2016
Fri 12-5, Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4pm or appt.
Opening reception Sun 10/23, 3-5 pm
Marin Art and Garden Center
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross CA 94957
www.magc.org/events/the-alcatraz-florilegium-botanical-art-from-life-on-the-rock/
Catherine Watters’ botanical holiday party will again be a feast for the eyes and tastebuds. Our class Annual Botanical Art Exhibition is Sunday Dec 4, 4-7pm. Come see 19 artists’ current work. Shop for prints, cards and botanical gifts. Artists bring hors d’oeuvres, sweets and wine for our patrons, friends and family—to thank you for your enthusiastic support. I’d like to thank you in person so I hope you’ll stop by.
2016 Botanical Art Exhibition
Dec 4, 2016, 4-7 pm
Woodhall
501 Orindawoods Dr.
Orinda, CA
I hope you will drop by my Open Studio on Thursday Dec 8, 10-12 pm for tea and Grandma’s fudge or 4-6 pm for a drink and some delicious black walnuts. Kidding—are you paying attention?
Check my website www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com to see my latest work. I am about to upload the black walnut, dichondra, and moon shell paintings. That’s it for this quarter. I have some good shows in 2017 but I’ll leave you hanging, and coming back I hope.
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
www.BonnieBonner.blogspot.com
Hello Art Patrons,
In a three sentence brief, I currently have art hanging in two national exhibits, both coasts, same painting. Of course one is a print. You can visit the U.S. Botanic Garden’s print in Washington D.C. on the National Mall, or if you are a left coaster, you can see the original painting in Woodside CA. at Filoli Gardens. Read on for the longer version.
This painting is botanically titled, Pinus jeffreyi, but it’s just a big pinecone found at Tahoe. My college friend, a plant biologist, identified it as Jeffrey Pine versus the similar Ponderosa. The needles are three per bunch, like a Ponderosa. But when you run your hand down the cone, the end spikes don’t stick you because the spines are turned inward, unlike a Ponderosa. And, I love this, Jeffrey Pine bark smells of vanilla.
Here are the particulars:
Filoli Gardens 18th Annual Botanical Art Exhibit
April 5 – June 12, 2016 except Mondays
86 Canada Rd., Woodside CA
www.filoli.org click events/exhibits for hours
This is a juried international show and has the reputation of being one of the top three juried botanical art exhibits in the U.S. and all of the paintings are original. The gardens are glorious this time of year, as well. I saw hundreds of peach tulips floating in clouds of sky blue forget-me-nots.
The second exhibit is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Flora of the National Parks is the Centennial Celebration of the National Park Service at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC, next to the U.S. Capitol. The Washington Post published the following March 24 article about the exhibit. http://wapo.st/211YM91. Also the American Society of Botanical Artists posted a Facebook blurb about the exhibit and profiled me on March 28. There were 65 paintings and photographs chosen by NPS, and I am super excited to be included. However, I’ll have to wait until Sept 10, 2016 to see it during my artists’ talk/demonstration from 1-2 pm. Can you make it?
Flora of the National Parks
February 18 – Oct 2, 2016 (rumored to extend through the New Year)
U.S. Botanic Garden, Conservatory West Gallery
100 Maryland Ave., Washington D.C.
www.USBG.gov/FloraoftheNationalParks
As for my Bug Hotels there are two fun local events. Bug Hotels are one-of-a-kind hanging garden art made of recycled seed pods and plant matter. They serve as a place of rest, feeding, propagation and safety for the workhorses of our ecosystem–our pollinators. See all of my Bug Hotels in the Gallery on my website www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
On May 20 PAINTS, supporting art in Piedmont Schools, will hold their annual Birdhouse Gala Auction. One of my Bug Hotels will be up for auction. Good cause for kids. www.PIEDMONTPAINTS.org
May 22, 10-2 pm, is the Green Garden Ramble showcasing 6 Piedmont gardens created with sustainability in mind. I’m proud Piedmont Connect has invited me to show my eco-friendly Bug Hotels at one of the gardens on tour. The Garden Ramble is free but an online sign-ups is required. www.piedmontconnect.org
Lest you think I’m juried into most exhibits, let me set the record straight. There is a wonderful upcoming show for which I was NOT chosen. It too is in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the NPS at the David Brower Center in Berkeley CA. beginning May 20. And I will NOT be the Artist-in-Residence at Glacier National Park in Montana for the entire month of October, in a small cabin, in the snowy woods . . . alone. I did make it as far as the third round of judging but now I’m kind of relieved.
Bonnie Bonner
www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
www.BonnieBonner.blogspot.com
“Congratulations! An art submission you entered has been selected to be included in the Flora of the National Parks exhibit at the United States Botanic Garden February 18 – October 2, 2016.” Just home I see this email. Too late to call anyone, I am leaping around the kitchen whooping “My art is going to be in the Smithsonian. Holy Moley,” well–I didn’t really use that word.
Another email arrives a few days later . . . ” I’d like to introduce you to Ranger Michael. Michael handles the social media for the Park Service on Alcatraz. I think it would be a wonderful story to tell about your pinecone painting being selected for the 100 year anniversary exhibit, and with your paintings in the Alcatraz Florilegium.”
This pinecone has a life of its own. And to think I’d almost added a bunch of pine needles to the painting. Lucky I was talked out of that one.
But first, The Alcatraz Florilegium Exhibit will tour at U.C. Berkeley for only two weeks this January. Come see my nasturtium painting, along with 78 other artists’ work, in the beyond beautiful 100 year-old Julia Morgan building on campus at the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens. Free with Garden admission, the exhibit runs for only two weeks:
Saturday Jan 16–Friday Jan 29, 2016 10 to 4 pm. daily except closed Monday Jan 18–MLK Day. www.botanicalgarden.berekley.edu. Click Alcatraz Florilegium.
There is information about lectures on the history of the Florilegium and the Alcatraz Garden Restoration Project. At the bottom of the page click Plants Illustrated to see my nasturtiums adorning last year’s exhibit flyer. You can also see my nasturtiums on the cover of the National Park Service Alcatraz Gardens Brochure. The Florilegium paintings are juried and the work is exquisite–a must-see for lovers of fine botanical artwork. For a preview, here’s the link to the Alcatraz Florilegium: www.ncalsba.org/wordpress/alcatraz
My shift to gallery sit at the Gardens is Jan 24 from 1-4. Love to see you.
Or meet me in D.C. and walk the U.S. National Mall from the Washington Monument (it was his idea to someday form the National Parks) toward the U.S. Capitol stopping at the Conservatory West Gallery to view the exhibit honoring the Centennial of the creation of the National Parks Service. I’ll let you know if there is an artists’ reception. Yessssssssss.
It is certain that none of this would occur without the help and encouragement of my group, The Northern CA. Society of Botanical Artists and The (I call it) Catherine Watters School. Without them I would be painting in a vacuum, if at all. So I hope you’ll join a group in the New Year. Connecting with others nurtures and improves you. It opens up opportunities. Makes you happy too.
Happy New Year my friends,
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
Hello art patrons,
I have two new botanical exhibits coming up in early December that I hope you can fit into your Holiday schedules.
Botanical Art Exhibit
Dec. 6 Sunday, 4-7 PM
Woodhall, 501 Orindawoods Dr and Kite Hill Rd.
Orinda CA
This is an exhibit from the Catherine Watter’s School of Botanical Art. I will exhibit my three most recent pieces and 18 other artists will show theirs. We’ll have homemade hors d’oeuvres, wine and a Holiday Boutique of botanical prints, cards, aprons, giftwrap etc. Our ever popular tote bags are back and better than ever (we hope the shipment arrives on time-otherwise we’ll take orders). True story: These totes are so desirable that two of my friends have had theirs stolen from their grocery carts! Please come next Sunday Dec 6 and feast your eyes while sharing some Holiday cheer.
Open House at Bonnie’s
Dec 11 Friday, 10AM-noon and/or 4-6PM
Piedmont CA 94611
Stop by my home art studio in the morning, 10 am to noon, for coffee and tea or in the evening from 4-6 PM for a libation. Bring friends and spouses. I will have all of my art on display. For holiday gifts I will be selling prints, aprons, cards, sea glass and succulent wreaths. I have several new Bug Hotels as well. Come twice–my Christmas cookies are waiting to see you.
In the last two weeks of January the U.C. Berkeley Botanical Gardens will display the nearly completed Alcatraz Garden Florilegium in the historic Julia Morgan Hall. For those of you who missed the exhibit on Alcatraz Island, this will be a great chance to see the selected 65 botanical paintings from the touring exhibit. My Nasturtium painting graces the cover of the National Park Service brochure about the Alcatraz Island Gardens. I’ll let you know when I’ll be gallery sitting in my next newsletter but, nevertheless, save a date in the latter half of January to come see this extraordinary exhibit in a gorgeous Julia Morgan venue.
Check out my new website www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com and/or unsubscribe from this newsletter at will. Enjoy your holidays and hope for more snow–the gardens and skiers (me!) deserve a break.
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com
Hello art patrons,
I hope you can come to my Birthday Party next Friday, June 5. Once again I will exhibit Botanical Art, succulent wreaths, gourd art, botanical aprons, note cards, Bug Hotels. We will serve you water, wine, hors d’oeuvres and Birthday cake. Bring friends not Birthday gifts. My birthday is really Saturday but because I like cake we’ll celebrate Friday night June 5 from 7– 9:30 PM at the Artists’ Reception at Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Ave, in Piedmont across from the High School. It is part of Pro Arts Open Studios. Three other artists, Lorna Strotz, Larraine Seiden and Raul Jorcino will also exhibit with me Saturday and Sunday June 6-7 from 11- 6 PM.
The exhibit will continue on the next weekend June 13-14 from 11- 6 PM, but two new artists will join me. I am very excited to exhibit with two Piedmont kindergarten girlfriends, Molly Milligan, the real-deal multi-talented artist, and Cindy Fritschi Fleming exhibiting her late sister, Jill Reese’s, gorgeous photography. Even our grandparents knew one another. One note for my Bug Hotel followers: I will display all my new Bug Hotel creations during the second weekend, due to lack of wall space during the first weekend. Come twice. www.piedmontcenterforthearts.org I was gob smacked last month with notice from the National Park Service and S.F. Garden Conservancy that, unbeknownst to me, my Nasturtium painting had been chosen for the cover of a brochure about The Gardens of Alcatraz Island. My painting is one of 65 in the Alcatraz Florilegium. You can pick up a brochure at the S.F. Alcatraz ferry terminal on Pier 33 and download the PDF attachment. Quite an honor for me.
My new web site is almost complete. Go to www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com to see the progress. A new feature in the photo gallery, coming soon, will be a page for my one-of-a-kind Bug Hotels. These garden art hanging shelters vary artistically but all provide a place for pollinators to rest, feed, hide from enemies and propagate–a house of ill repute for insects. Many of you have asked to see photos of the sold pieces, over 20 in all, plus view those currently on sale. I’ll bring a few for the space limited first weekend, and try to keep them there for you to see with the others on June 13-14. Please let me know if you’d like to unsubscribe. See you June 5. Remember please bring your friends not birthday gifts.
Hello art patrons,
Here’s a very tardy newsletter for the season. My two winter exhibits are already up and running but you’ll still have enough time to see them. The biggest news is that the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists have a beautiful and exciting show hanging at the UC Botanical Gardens. The excitement is all about the venue and the concurrent show. A 1911 Julia Morgan Building has been relocated this month from the Cal campus to the Gardens, and the first exhibit is an international botanical exhibit touring the country, “Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps”. It is running alongside our show, “Plants Illustrated.” We have been relegated to the anteroom this year only, and our art has to be under 50 linear inches to make room for both shows, but it’s worth a visit. It is open daily 10 – 4 PM, through Feb 15, 200 Centennial Dr. Berkeley. There’s a $10 garden admission www.botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu. The Garden is closed Tuesday Feb 3 and admission is free Wednesday Feb. 4. You can read an article about this by Sam Whiting in the Chronicle today, Monday Jan.26, on the cover of the Datebook section, or search it on www.sfgate.com.
The second exhibit is “Selected Prints from the Alcatraz Florilegium” running through March 23 at the Stinson Beach Library, 3521 Shoreline Hwy. in Stinson Beach. If you did not make it to Alcatraz Island to see the 45 piece exhibit last year, this is a good chance to take a drive to Stinson and see 14 pieces of botanical art. There is an Artists’ Reception next Saturday Jan 31, but I cannot be there. You can RSVP for the reception to Klivingston@marincounty.org. I understand my nasturtium painting is hung front and center. I’ll plan a drive up there sometime in late Feb. or March so let me know if you want to come along. The library has odd hours so please take note: Mon 10-1 and 2-6, Tues. 1-5 and 6-9, Wed. and Thurs. closed, Fri. 10-1 and 2-6, Sat.10-1 and 2-5, Sunday closed. You could call to make sure (415) 868-0252.
Why not take a garden or beach hike and enjoy some botanicals in the wild and on exhibit!
Bonnie Bonner
a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain
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