雪莉的收藏:植物科学画艺术 (上)
《Contemporary Botanical Artists》(当代植物艺术家)。书中每幅作品都是雪莉(Shirley Sherwood)自己的收藏。不仅图画精美,维妙维肖,雪莉对每位画家还都有生动细致的介绍。雪莉14岁就曾去喜马拉雅采集植物标本,后来入牛津大学学习植物学,她是那个年级唯一的女子。1988年,一个偶然的植物科学画讲座让雪莉迷上了这个领域,第一幅作品购于九十年代初。为了收集一幅作品,雪莉常常亲自登门拜访,请他们为自己作画,内容多半来自画家自己的百草园。有时雪莉也请画家参观自己的花园,让他们为自己钟爱的花草写生。
Stinking Iris: Iris Fortidissima 鸢尾花
Watercolor on paper 425x265mm
Artisit: Gillian Barlow, born Kartoum, Sudan 1944
Anemone Hupehensis 秋牡丹,野棉花
Watercolor on paper 570x385mm
Artisit: Gillian Barlow, born Kartoum, Sudan 1944
Anemone and Feathers 银莲花和羽毛
Pencil and watercolor on paper 350x290mm
Artisit: Helen Batten, born England 1961
Lilies 百合
Watercolor on paper 600x570mm
Artisit: Elizabeth Blackadder, born Falkirk, Scotland 1931
Pansies 三色堇
Watercolor on paper 290x360mm
Artisit: Susannah Blaxill, born Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 1954
Tricyrtis Macranthopsis 上臈杜鹃 (百合科植物)
Oil on paper 450x325mm
Artisit: Raymond C. Booth, born Leeds, England 1929
Hardy Geraniums 老鹳草
Watercolor on paper 450x370mm
Artisit: Alison Cooper, born Benghazi, Libya 1951
Bromeliad 菠萝麻
Gouache on paper 690x490mm
Artisit: Yvonne Demonte, born Niteroi, Brazil 1932
Ranunculus Asiaticus 花毛茛,波斯毛茛
Diamond-needle dry-point etching 260x210mm
Artisit: Jakob Demus, born Vienna, Austria 1959
Clematis Orientalis 甘川铁线莲
Watercolor on paper 590x465mm
Artisit: Ann Farrer, born Mlbourne, Australia 1950
Butterflies before the wind 鸢尾花
Watercolor on paper 660x480mm
Artisit: 冯晋庸, 1925 年出生于江苏宜兴
The Black Border (局部)
Watercolor on paper 480x660mm
Artisit: Ann Fraser, born India 1936
Yellow Water Lily 黄水莲
Watercolor on paper 260x340mm
Artisit: Mary A. Grierson, born Bangor, North Wales 1912
Pansies and Tropaeolum Speciosum 三色堇与旱金莲
Watercolor on paper 380x280mm
Artisit: Josephine Hague, born Liverpool, England 1928
Studies of Streptocarpus 海角樱草 (苦苣苔科植物)
Watercolor on paper 510x400mm
Artisit: Josephine Hague, born Liverpool, England 1928
Artisit: Josephine Hague, born Liverpool, England 1928
Thistle蓟
Watercolor on paper 330x180mm
Artisit: Helen Haywood, born London, 1964
Gymnocalycium cf. Eleischerianum 仙人球
Watercolor on paper 210x170mm
Artisit: Christable King, born London, 1950
Mountain Ash: Sorbus Aucuparia 花楸
Watercolor on paper 285x305mm
Artisit: Joanna Asquith Langhorne, born Fulmer Chase, England 1945