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Rosie Sanders' Flowers

A celebration of botanical art
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Rosie Sanders' Flowers is a large-format book presenting over 80 of Rosie Sanders's most exquisite flower paintings. Known for their dynamism and rich colour, her works rival those of Georgia O'Keeffe, capturing tulips, orchids, roses, irises and more with masterful use of perspective and light. The paintings are accompanied by accessible scientific commentary and an introduction by botanist Dr. Andreas Honegger.

The book is divided into chapters exploring diverse themes such as garden variety, night-time flowers, orchids, lilies, belladonna, and the elusive black iris.
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This book is ideal for artists seeking inspiration and insight into expert brushwork, as well as readers interested in contemporary botanical art and botanical science.

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Flowers by Rosie Sanders is a large-format book that showcases over 80 of her finest flower paintings in exquisite detail.Rosie exhibits a selection of flowers, from tulips to orchids, roses to irises, anemones to amaryllis, and illuminates them with fascinating and skillful uses of perspective and light.

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Flowers by Rosie Sanders is a large-format book that showcases over 80 of her finest flower paintings in exquisite detail.

Often compared to the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, Rosie Sanders's botanical paintings lie at the extreme end of botanical art—they exude dynamism and sensuality in every brushstroke, and their richness of colour sets her apart from her contemporaries. In this beautifully illustrated book, Rosie exhibits a selection of flowers, from tulips to orchids, roses to irises, anemones to amaryllis, and illuminates them with fascinating and skilful uses of perspective and light.

This large-format book showcases her finest paintings in exquisite detail and they are accompanied by excellent and accessible scientific commentary. Also included is an introduction by renowned Swiss botanist Dr. Andreas Honegger.

This book is perfect for artists wanting to get a closer look at a master's brushstrokes, textures, and colour in paintings, or readers who are interested in contemporary botanical art.

Chapters include:

1. Diversity in the Garden

2. Dark Flowers: the Magic of Night

3. A Fascination of Orchids

4. Lilies in Spring

5. Varieties of Belladonna

6. In Search of the Black Iris.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849943970

Publisher: Batsford

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 November 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Batsford

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 310.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Rosie Sanders is an artist and the author of several books, including Rosie Sanders' Flowers and Rosie Sanders' Roses. Her work has been displayed in many galleries, including the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art in Kew Gardens and the Park Walk Gallery since 2002. She has also been awarded five Gold medals by the Royal Horticultural Society and won the Royal Academy miniature award. Rosie currently lives in Devon where she gives residential and nonresidential botanical painting courses.

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