Greetings,
Three botanical art exhibitions open this weekend at the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, celebrating the beauty and fragility of plant life and the environment on which they depend.
A press release with URL links to images is attached and below.
Thank you for your help in letting others know about these gorgeous, summertime exhibitions.
Best regards,
Amy

Amy Beck
Marketing & Communications Manager
Woodson Art Museum
700 N. 12th St.
Wausau, WI 54403-5007
715.845.7010 - office
715.845.7103 - fax
abeck@lywam.org

The Woodson Art Museum is blooming this summer, inside and out!
See three botanical art exhibitions on view June 23 through August 26.

                                                                                            Contact:
Amy Beck                                                                                             715.845.7010
                                                                                                                                                                  abeck@lywam.org
                                                                                                                                                                  June 18, 2012
Image URLs and caption information are listed at the end of this release.

Botanicals Bloom at the Woodson Art Museum

Wausau, Wisconsin: Twining throughout buds, blossoms, and leaves of three botanical exhibitions on view June 23 through August 26 at the Woodson Art Museum are themes about the fleeting nature of plants' life cycles and their fragile yet essential place in the ecosystem.
      Watercolor and pencil drawings in "Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art" showcase the exquisiteness of nature and artists' abilities to draw out the inherent beauty of plant specimens. While building their contemporary botanical art collection in the late 1990s, Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton sought more than scientifically accurate depictions. Through artwork distinguished by artists' personal interpretations, "Botanicals" offers a blend of art and science intended to inspire, educate, and encourage viewers to be better stewards of natural resources for future generations. "Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art," courtesy Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton, Brooklyn, NY.
      The lush delicacy of the Sutton's collection differs from the boldly geometric and brightly colored paintings in "Rhythm of Life: Watercolors by Richard Bolingbroke." The San Francisco artist places contrasting natural elements such as lilies and briars in circular patterns to portray the cycle of life infused with personal symbolism. Employing what he calls "the pulsing tension of opposites," Bolingbroke juxtaposes flowers and thorns, fabrics and stones, and Asian and Western themes in his vivid, colorful still lifes. "Rhythm of Life: Watercolors by Richard Bolingbroke" was organized through Katharine T. Carter & Associates.
      In "Nature Observed: Wendy Brockman Watercolors," the Minnesota artist's watercolor acorns, leaves, pinecones, and feathers evoke the stillness and calm of nature. Brockman, included in "Birds in Art" since 2010, leads teen art camp sessions, an all-day adult class, and a Sunday gallery demonstration and talk during her artist residency at the Museum, July 16-22. Funding for Brockman's residency, A New Leaf, comes from a Community Arts Grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin, with funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board, Community Foundation, and the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation.
URL Links to images and caption information
Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art
www.lywam.org/media/botanicalslee.jpg
Katie Lee, The Sutton Dogwood, 2001, gouache on paper (c) 2001 Katie Lee
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Beverly Allen, Musa paradisiaca, Banana flower and fruit, 2002, watercolor on paper (c) 2002 Beverly Allen
www.lywam.org/media/botanicalsgurjar.jpg
Damodar Lal Gurjar, Opium poppy bunch, 1997, tempera on burnished paper (c) 1997 Damodar Lal Gurjar
www.lywam.org/media/botanicalshagedorn.jpg
Regine Hagedorn, Rosa roxburghii plena, China, 2005, watercolor on paper (c) 2005 Regine Hagedorn
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Karen Kluglein, Autumn Magnolia, 2007, watercolor on vellum (c) 2007 Karen Kluglein

Rhythm of Life: Watercolors by Richard Bolingbroke
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Richard Bolingbroke, Rising, 2004, watercolor
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Richard Bolingbroke, The Guardians, 2004, watercolor
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Richard Bolingbroke, Breaking Free, 2004, watercolor

Brockman exhibition
www.lywam.org/media/BrockmanShingleOakAcorns.jpg
Wendy Brockman, Shingle Oak Acorns, watercolor on vellum, 2012
www.lywam.org/media/BrockmanFloatingFeathers.jpg
Wendy Brockman, Floating Feathers, watercolor on vellum, 2012
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Wendy Brockman, White Oak, watercolor on vellum, 2007

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