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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