by Alyse Ochniak and Deb Shaw Please join us for a brief BAGSC Quarterly meeting and a much deserved Celebration(!!), on Saturday,...

by Lori Vreeke/Diane Daly/Deb Shaw The jurors for the BAGSC exhibition at the Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens, “Zoo in Bloom” have been...

by Deb Shaw For those BAGSC members still wondering about which plants to paint for the upcoming “Zoo in Bloom” exhibition, a big thank...

by Tania Norris, posted by Deb Shaw Hybrid Bearded Flag Iris, watercolor on vellum and in the artist’s private collection. © 2015 Jenny...

by Janice Sharp and Bonnie Born Ash, posted by Deb Shaw People’s Choice first place award went to Estelle DeRidder’s, Fuller’s Teasel,...

by Deb Shaw Close on the heels of the “Weird, Wild & Wonderful” Symposium at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical...

by Janice Sharp, posted by Deb Shaw Exploring stencil leaf rubbings in graphite and colored pencil at The Huntington. BAGSC artists are...

by Lori Vreeke, posted by Deb Shaw Flower images photographed by Lori Vreeke at the Santa Barbara Zoo, © 2015, all rights reserved. BAGSC...

by Leslie Walker and Carol Woodin, posted by Deb Shaw Exhibition dates: October 3-7, 2016, Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura, California...

alert sent by GNSI member Miste Caulder, posted by Deb Shaw Orange County Creatives in Laguna Beach, CA has a call for entries out for...

by Clara Josephs, posted by Deb Shaw Here is some helpful information regarding the cost of Olga’s Sunday class at the LA Arboretum. The...

by Clara Josephs, posted by Deb Shaw Passion Flower study, Olga Eysymontt, © 2008, all rights reserved. Olga Eysymontt, one of the...

by Deb Shaw Invitation to BAGSC adjunct exhibition. In conjunction with “Weird, Wild, and Wonderful” The New York Botanical Garden Second...

by Beth Stone It’s pre-dawn on Friday and we’ve loaded our sleepy selves into The Huntington van with Jim Folsom at the wheel. We’re off...

by Melanie Campbell-Carter Nepenthes! The very epitome of Weird, Wild, and Wonderful was the subject of a three-day pre-symposium...

by Beth Stone photographs by Gayle Uyehara An enthusiastic group of artists enjoyed three days with Elaine Searle for her class entitled...

by Beth Stone There are two georgeous Bat Flower (Tacca chantrieri) paintings featured in the Weird, Wild & Wonderful exhibition...

by Beth Stone The LA Times dubbed the weather WEIRD, while plant lovers call it WONDERFUL!! Symposium week is finally here! There are...

By Akiko Enokido and Deb Shaw Akiko Enokido, Camellia japonica ‘Kingyoba tsubaki’, common name, Goldfish Camellia. Watercolor on vellum,...

by Gilly Shaeffer, posted by Deb Shaw Gilly Shaeffer, “Camellia,” watercolor on paper, 2015, all rights reserved. Gilly Shaeffer, long...