Garden painting in the history of Art
VIRTUAL: Gardens Depicted In Artwork
THURSDAY, MAY 72:00—3:00 PMOnlineTewksbury Public Library300 Chandler Street, Tewksbury, MA, 01876
How have different cultures expressed their love of gardens through art? What materials and methods have artists used to explore the idea of “garden” in their work? This lecture will review Framing Nature: Gardens and Imagination currently on view at the MFA in Boston, an exhibition that brings together art from across the museum’s collection and the many ways cultures interact with and view nature through gardens.
Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.
As a painter of gardens for over 40 years, I will share my creative process and the artists whose work I reference for inspiration including Berte Morisot, Vincent Van Gogh, Maria Van Oosterwijck, and Claude Monet, along with contemporary artists whose subject of botanicals continues this ancient tradition.
My painting process is unique. I have just returned from teaching at the Arrowmont School of Craft in Tennessee and have been invited to teach in Athens, Greece in 2027.
I will bring examples of my own work and provide an explanation of the fibers I use to create my paintings that capture the colors and textures of garden life.
Hope to see you on Thursday.
I'll share stories and juicy gossip about famous garden painters.
Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888. Oil on canvas, National Gallery, London.
And the painting process I use to paint my own gardens.
Meg Black, Yellow Irises, 2024. cotton and abaca pulp, pure pigment. 36 x 36 x 2 inches. Available
