Plant pictures at Kew

joanlawson
joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
edited 8. Apr 2011, 16:08 in Community Chit-chat archive
Hi
I love to draw and paint pictures of plants and flowers, so I found this slideshow of the work of Marianne North very interesting. She lived in Victorian times, and she had a passion for painting the flora of the world. 833 of her paintings, and the building which houses them, have been restored and are on show at Kew Gardens.

You can see some of her work on this slideshow. I think it is wonderful.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12925305

Click on the arrow under the picture to play the slideshow.

Joan
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  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I love pictures of plants and flowers too, especially the really detailed ones.
    Thanks for this Joan,


    Elizabeth
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  • paddyw
    paddyw Member Posts: 93
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you Joan for the super pictures i have seen them before,love the Morning glory flowers. Do they do prints do you know? PatW
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    lovely pictures

    i enjoyed looking at them

    juliepf x
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    tkachev wrote:
    I love pictures of plants and flowers too, especially the really detailed ones.
    Thanks for this Joan,


    Elizabeth

    Glad you enjoyed them as much as I did, Elizabeth.
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    paddyw wrote:
    Thank you Joan for the super pictures i have seen them before,love the Morning glory flowers. Do they do prints do you know? PatW

    Hi Pat

    I hadn't seen them before, but I would love to see them in reality. I don't know whether prints are available, but I would imagine so.
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    julie47 wrote:
    lovely pictures

    i enjoyed looking at them

    juliepf x

    I'm glad that you enjoyed them, Julie
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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    when i first read this i thought they were planting pictures :oops: :oops: really should be a blond val
    val
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    valval wrote:
    when i first read this i thought they were planting pictures :oops: :oops: really should be a blond val

    I like that idea, Val :grin: You could have beds of Old Masters and Impressionists. The Cubist trees might look a bit odd though :lol:
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