This is the year of the iris, at least in the eyes of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California. To celebrate its 25th...

Joseph Gallivan, host of Art Focus on KBOO interviewed Sarah-Kate Nomura, Assistant Director of Exhibitions at the Portland Japanese...

by Beth Stone Washington Park is a wonderful public oasis in Portland Oregon. Its 400+ acres include 2300 species of trees and 12 miles...

Registration for Transient Beauties: Iris in Watercolor, a BAGSC one-day, online Zoom workshop with Carol Woodin is now open to both...

Iris are blooming, unfolding graceful petals to catch the light of the spring morning. Iris is the Greek word for rainbow. In Greek...

Tempus fugit! How time flies since my last This and That! It seems like last week since I wrote my previous column. I am extremely...

The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is re-starting their "Botanical Art & Illustration" classes led by Cristina...

I was delighted to read about VPIG in the article in the blog by Kat Powell and was reminded how, by Kat and friends sharing their sketch...

Recently the Culinary Historians asked me to give a presentation comparing an English herbal from 1707, by John Pechey, with today's...

The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC) hosted our annual Day of Botanical Art this year on Saturday and Sunday,...

by Olga Ryabstova, posted by Deb Shaw The Special Auction Preview for the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) 6th Annual Online...

by Melanie Campbell-Carter and Deb Shaw Melanie Campbell-Carter (and Miss Ellie!) participated in a mural created by Sue Ann Breems,...

by Diane Daly, posted by Deb Shaw If you have Netflix and are looking for a cute, feel good movie, check out “Dare to be Wild”. It’s a...

by Sally Jacobs, posted by Deb Shaw Dahlias, watercolor by Sally Jacobs, © 2020 Sally Jacobs has an exhibition of watercolors at the TAG...

by Deb Shaw The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants is currently exhibiting works by Donnett Vanek: “California...

by Monica Ray, posted by Deb Shaw BAGSC member Monica Ray will be teaching a Two-day Workshop in Colored Pencil at the Inn of Cape May,...

by Deb Shaw Akiko Enokido has her first solo botanical art exhibition at the Beijing Botanical Garden, China. Her 35 original artworks on...

posted by Deb Shaw In anticipation of the opening of The Chinese and Japanese Gardens at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and...

by The Natural History Institute, posted by Deb Shaw Artwork by Melanie Campbell-Carter, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Christmas Cholla, ©...

by Deb Shaw Back by popular demand! Last year’s BAGSC BOTANICAL ART WORKSHOP was such a great success, we’ve created a new one! Start a...