Karen Klama, a member of both the Nature Artists’ Guild and the Downer’s Grove Art League has graciously invited fellow NAG members to join a DGAL paint-out in her garden next week. Continue reading
2010 Holiday Exhibition Schedule Change
Due to scheduling conflicts, the 2010 Holiday Exhibition has been rescheduled as follows:
Referee Night: Wednesday, November 10
Artists’ Reception: Friday, November 12
Open to public: Friday, November 13 – Sunday, November 14
Flora! Illuminated
Check out the current exhibit at the Sterling Morton Library – Flora! Illuminated. The exhibit “is a non-traditional alphabetical exploration of spectacular plant images from the Suzette Morton Davidson Special Collections of the Sterling Morton Library.”
The Library staff have created an on-line photo blog featuring artwork from the exhibit – http://florailluminated.wordpress.com/ Twenty-six pieces of art will be posted over 26 days. Today – Day 3 – is Chrysanthemum featuring a contemporary wood engraving and accompanied by a quote from P.G. Wodehouse:
Why don’t you get a haircut?
You look like a chrysanthemum!
More information about the exhibit, which runs through June 30, 2010, is here: http://www.mortonarb.org/sterling-morton-library/library-events/current-exhibit.html
Even the artists were picturesque!
Sitting amongst the bluebells and looking out at the redbuds lining Lake Marmo, members of the Nature Artists’ Guild couldn’t have asked for a prettier scene at the paint-out on Saturday. Susan, Sharon and Eva are pictured here, looking quite lovely themselves, like subjects in an impressionist painting!
Prairie Tour and Paint-Out at Fermilab June 7
On Monday, June 7, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., Nature Artists’ Guild members will have a wonderful opportunity to attend a tour of and sketch or paint the prairie walk at world-renowned Fermilab.
We will meet and park at the Lederman Science Center of Fermilab (http://www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/map/site.html) for a 9:30 tour of their prairie, given by botanist Ryan Campbell and master gardener Mary Jo Murphy.
After the tour, we are welcome to stay to sketch or paint for as long as we’d like (their public sites are open until 8 pm). Continue reading “Prairie Tour and Paint-Out at Fermilab June 7”
Redbuds and Daffodils Paint-Out This Saturday
Whew! You’ve finally finished your artwork for the spring show, picked it up just in time from the framer, and gone through the line at referee night. You’re done! What a relief! You deserve a break and you are not going to pick up a pencil or paintbrush for weeks! But then – you attend the spring show, you are inspired by all the beautiful work and all of a sudden you find yourself thinking, “who needs a break? I can’t wait to get started”!
Well, you are in luck. The arboretum is currently bursting with color and inspiration, and members of the Nature Artists’ Guild are going outdoors to soak it all in. The famed Morton redbuds will be in full glory, the daffodils will still be nodding at you, bluebells are just beginning to put in an appearance, and even all those teeny-tiny impossibly-chartreuse leaf buds are peeking out, just challenging you to try to capture their color! Continue reading “Redbuds and Daffodils Paint-Out This Saturday”
Member Artwork: Carol Carls
Submitted by Carol Carls:
Member Artwork: Mark Willis
Starting this week, we will be posting member artwork on the blog. If would like to have your work featured, please contact Mary Ingels.
First up is Mark Willis. Mark writes from Georgia:
Attached, please see a recent colored pencil sketch I did of black-eyed peas which are a “good luck” tradition around New Year’s time in the South. (After leaving Naperville in 2007 to retire in Athens, GA, I have learned a few new traditions in the south.) While the local red clay soil is not as kind to northern plants, there are many local plants which are intriguing to cultivate in this area. I do miss the Arboretum’s botanical classes, but can vicariously enjoy the guild’s activities. Athens does have a State botanical gardens (connected to U of GA), which provides a great source of inspiration to do artwork!
Spring Exhibition April 17-18, 2010
The Artists’ Reception will be Friday, April 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and is open the Arboretum members and guests of the artists.
Morton Arboretum Herbarium Paint-In
On Friday, March 19, at 9:30 a.m., Nature Artists’ Guild Members will meet at the botany lab, located in the Administration & Research center, to sketch or paint from herbarium sheets. At noon, members will have the exceptional opportunity for a behind-the-scenes look at the Morton Arboretum herbarium on a tour given by herbarium volunteer and guild member Liz Lizzio.
“The Arboretum herbarium houses more than 165,000 dried plant specimens and 19,000 lichens, many from Illinois and Missouri. The herbarium’s strongest collections are its (1) active and nearly comprehensive contemporary collection of the flora of the 24-county Chicago region and (2) broad collection of woody plants of the northern Temperate zone, both cultivated and spontaneous.” redwood.mortonarb.org/lab_pages/hipp/herbarium.html
Please RSVP to Suzanne Wegener at swegener@mortonarb.org or 630-719-5642.
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