The following artists were accepted into the Botanicals call for entries theme for the online art exhibit. Click on Botanicals to see the individual artist statements. [slideshow id=3]Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists April Flanders Early Blooms If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Bobby Villapando Purple River If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Bobby Villapando Red River If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists David Quinn Dancing If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists David Quinn Gloriosa If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Estu Inoue Night If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Jim McMullen Balleton If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Jim McMullen Poppies If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Jose Lino Fibonacciin Magenta If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Linda Curtis Conservatory If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Linda Curtis Lettuce If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Lyndsay Budner Dandelion If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Lyndsay Budner Dandelion If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Patricia Aleandria Lilacs If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Samuel Pressman Orchid Passion If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Valda Bailey Unfolding If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Patricia Aelxandria Shadow Hills, California, USA Lilacs Oil Painting Artist Statement Contrasting features sometimes make us stronger. The exploration here is the contrast of texture from the smoothness of the glass to the ruffled surface of the flowers. The serenity of the surface verses the vibrancy of color. In the end there are times when not everything makes sense and yet just is, there can be a peace to accepting things as they are.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Sid Kincaid Hillsboro, Oregon, Flowers in the mistFine Art Photography Artist StatementOne Very Misty Morning I was hiking in a forest of trees, brush and flowers. Just as I went around the bend in the trail, right before me was a botanical beauty called “The Angel’s Trumpet”. This image was shot on a misty spring morning. It was just the right kind of lighting that makes excellent photographs. I used Paint Shop Pro software to process this image. I shoot with a Sony digital Alpha SLR with a Carl Zeiss lens. To me an amazing day is whenRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Patricia Alexandria Shadow Hills, California, USA Love Grows Oil Painting Artist StatementA friend gives a leaf to a friend, over time they take root and new leaves grow. During that time many things happen… if given sun and water something amazing can grow, and inspire. The leaves of this plant had been given from one person to another for many generations. When this begonia grew and the sun shined through the leaves it created electric color combinations of deep red and bright greens. Taking a slightly abstract step on this one was to enhance how things are notRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Brett Henrikson Providence, Rhode Island, USA Lion’s Tooth Fine Art Photography Artist Statement The series “Life in the Dark” is a group of handmade experimental 1/1 C-Prints. Made by using organic material in direct contact with the paper or enlarging these plants as color photographic negatives. I’m interested in our inability to experience so much of the universe. Our vision and perception is limited only to a small part of the light spectrum. In terms of the scale things, the amount of time we span here is almost immeasurably small. I feel this blindness yet existence is apparentRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Brett Henrikson Providence, Rhode Island, Wood Squill Fine Art Photography Artist Statement The series “Life in the Dark” is a group of handmade experimental C-Prints. The series “Life in the Dark” is a group of handmade experimental 1/1 C-Prints. Made by using organic material in direct contact with the paper or enlarging these plants as color photographic negatives. I’m interested in our inability to experience so much of the universe. Our vision and perception is limited only to a small part of the light spectrum. In terms of the scale things, the amount of time we span hereRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Taber Szuluk Star If you are an art collector interested in purchasing this artwork, please contact the Los Angeles art galleries by calling us or emailing us.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Cristall Harper American Fork, Utah, USA Glow Oil Painting Artist Statement This painting just glows. It looks like there’s light coming from behind this painting, but there’s not, it’s just paint. This is one thing I love about being a painter: I can take a flat surface and transform it into a three-dimensional view of tulips full of light, and all with a pile of paint and some brushes. It’s magic. I’ve said this before, but I love my palettes when I finish a painting. I can look at a pile of colors and remember where on theRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Bula Barua Los Angeles, California, USA Individuality Mixed Media Artist Statement My name is Bula Barua. I am a fine artist and a published author of short stories and poetry. I was raised in the Great American Midwest by parents who immigrated from Assam (northeastern), India. I can’t really remember when I decided to become an artist. I’ve always been an artist. At age 7, I visited Assam with my parents. During that summer, I witnessed a neighbor slap a 7-year-old servant girl for wetting herself. She cried hysterically. I remember being so upset and feeling so fragile.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Bula Barua Los Angeles, California, USA The Ascent Mixed Media Artist Statement Bula Barua is an Assamese-American visual artist and a published author and poet. She was raised in the USA by immigrant parents from Assam, India. Bula primarily works with acrylics and oils on canvas, paper, and aluminum. Her works are included in many private and public collections around the world. Bula spent many of her childhood summers in Assam, sauntering through tea gardens, sketching, and journaling. As a young adult, Bula divided her time between performing in plays and musicals, as well as sketching, acrylic painting,Read More →
Collages Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Alyssa Trainor Winona, Minnesota, USA Bewildered Fine Art Photography Artist Statement These images begin with a photograph, an untouched surface of possibility. It is then attacked with bleach, which quickly eats away at the pristine surface, exposing the possibilities within the photograph. There is a new reality that awaits my hand; I draw into the destroyed photograph, renewing and altering the photographic reality. The final product is no longer about the purity of a photograph or the labor-intensive drawing; it is the equilibrium of the two and the totality of the process that has no equal. They becomeRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Bobby Villapando Sherman Oaks, California, USA Peace Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Two peaceful basics in nature. Flowers and water. When one meets the other there are reflections, shadows, brilliant lights and color. Ultimately one feeds the other. This photo captures both.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Sara Mills Columbia, South Carolina, USA New York City Oil Painting Artist Statement The idea behind this painting began with an interest to capture things that are often overlooked and to maximize an appreciation for the one in a million. This painting places the viewer beneath the leaves, providing a sense of magnification of seemingly insignificant red ants crawling around on the underside of bright green leaves. By capturing fleeting moments into the form of art, it not only preserves the moment in time, but it captures the experience as a form of beauty and appreciation.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Sara Mills Columbia, South Carolina, USA Fade Oil Painting Artist Statement This painting explores the process of human growth from one’s childhood and innocence to one’s maturity. The paint application creates a fluidity of movement that carries the focus from the colorful floral images into a color-filled space, where all representation has been lost into abstraction. This mimics the feeling of growth, as the defined elements in the world tend to lose definition and clarity as time passes by, but the warmth of colors acts as a reminder that the process of human growth is a beautiful aspectRead More →
Botanical Artist Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Bobby Villapando Sherman Oaks, California USA Wedding Bells Fine Art Photography Artist Statement The distinctive pealing of wedding bells resonate a joyous occasion. Down the aisle she comes.A part of my Lightbox series. I work with my subjects to light them from both inside and out. Finding the density and simplicity of the subject is critical to the image in terms of clarity, color and reality. Through the use of the lightbox I have found the mechanism to best display the most perfect image imaginable.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Tina Carter Shoreline, Washington, USA Floral Mix 1 Digital Art Artist Statement Matisse’s comparison of his art to a “good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue” resonated with me. When I started photographing flowers, I realized that I wanted viewers to dive into my photographs and float in color. Flowers are vital to life on earth, yet they dazzle us with their beauty and delicacy, and surprise us with their strength. I started combining multiple images to emboss my essence and joy of color and movement into the images, the way playing a musical instrument lets youRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Shari Vogt West Covina, California, USA Vintage Blue Oil Painting Artist Statement Although an inanimate object has no breath, I believe that it still contains its own mysterious story, often as complex and beautiful as life itself. I was drawn to the beautiful juxtaposition of the old vintage glass and the vibrant life of the flowers contained within. One has unknown years of life; the other only a brief and temporary stay. I am a self-taught artist with a passion to create paintings that evoke emotion and draw you closer. It was never my intent to be aRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Shari Vogt West Covina, California Loves me, Loves me not Oil Painting Artist Statement Working in just three colors gave me the opportunity to focus on texture and contrast. In the divergence of something so soft and subtle against the backdrop of a rough and warn surface lies true beauty. For me it brings to mind the philosophy that beauty is within everything and we need only but a moment of understanding for it to be seen and felt. Oil painting is my true passion. It is my refuge. When life gets overwhelming, I can merely touch paintRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Krystina Cutler Blair, South Carolina, USA Sweetness Follows Acrylic Painting Artist Statement From a time years ago, using my markers at just 4 years old to draw an exceptional 5 legged cat, I have been fascinated with art and the endeavor to recreate reality and all of the exceptional detail and beauty it entails. Born in Greensboro, NC and raised across the country from Cedar Rapids, IA to Seattle, WA, I had opportunities my whole life to observe nature constantly from one coast to the other and have found the world around me ever intriguing. Taking art classesRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Krystina Cutler Blair, South Carolina, USA Beautiful Noise Acrylic Painting Artist Statement From a time years ago, using my markers at just 4 years old to draw an exceptional 5 legged cat, I have been fascinated with art and the endeavor to recreate reality and all of the exceptional detail and beauty it entails. Born in Greensboro, NC and raised across the country from Cedar Rapids, IA to Seattle, WA, I had opportunities my whole life to observe nature constantly from one coast to the other and have found the world around me ever intriguing. Taking art classesRead More →
Artist Krystina Cutler Blair, South Carolina, USA One Fine Day Acrylic Painting Artist Statement From a time years ago, using my markers at just 4 years old to draw an exceptional 5 legged cat, I have been fascinated with art and the endeavor to recreate reality and all of the exceptional detail and beauty it entails. Born in Greensboro, NC and raised across the country from Cedar Rapids, IA to Seattle, WA, I had opportunities my whole life to observe nature constantly from one coast to the other and have found the world around me ever intriguing. Taking art classes throughout high school and collegeRead More →
Artist Jose Lino Everett, Washington, USA Jose Lino-Raindrops on Camellia-print-18×22.jpg Fine Art Photography Artist Statement An Interview With Jose Lino Jose, where are you from?I was born in Punta de Callao, an area of Lima, Peru.Jose, why did you become an artist? Why did you pick photography as your artistic medium?I became an artist and use photography as my outlet for my emotions; it gives me the ability to express my emotions at any given time. Photography allows me to control the camera, as if it were an extension of me; I can manipulate the shot to show what I see. Why do you preferRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Cristall Harper American Fork, Utah, USA Barefoot Oil Painting Artist Statement I remember the weather on the day I shot the picture I used for this painting. It was one of those hot April days with blue skies and chirping birds. The grass was green and soft and I just wanted to take off my Chacos and walk barefoot through the gardens. When I look at this painting, I remember the smells of grass and fresh mulch. The sun was so warm and right overhead. At my last art show, an art collector remarked that they loved howRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Cristall Harper American Fork, Utah, USA Cinderella II Oil Painting Artist Statement I started this painting by painting in the blurry background and it’s very nice to work so loosely. It is a nice contrast in the finished painting with the sharp foreground. I attend a local tulip festival where I take reference material photographs to paint the rest of the year. This year at the Tulip Festival, there were a lot of these ball-shaped tulips that opened up to look like peonies. The closed buds made me think of a ball, which made me think of aRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Cristall Harper American Fork, Utah, USA Honeybee Oil Painting Artist Statement To work on Honeybee I had to focus on small sections at a time or I got overwhelmed. I say I worked on small sections at a time, but that is only partly true. I also had to keep the entire painting in mind…it’s hard to explain. Let me try: It’s like cooking a huge dinner. You cook one or two dishes at a time but you have the whole meal in your mind from the beginning; you make sure the flavors are going to work andRead More →
Artist Richard Rownak Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Culver City, California, USA Flower 24 Digital Art Artist Statement Richard Rownak started early in his life with an appreciation for visual design, composition and color that was used in a way that would grab his attention and force him to notice the impact of the color, design or texture of the art piece. This basic acknowledgement and enjoyment of the two dimensional image finally peaked his interest enough to encourage him to start sketching and painting with oils on canvas as well as pen and ink. Photography was the art form that Richard decided toRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Karen Hochman Brown Altadena, California New Passion Digital Art Artist Statement The exuberance of the passion flower is intoxicating. Its tendrils are wild and fleshy. But inside, upon careful study and focus, shapes emerge that relay a calmness amid the showy display. With digital finesse, I tease out leaf shapes, sentry figures, and shrines demanding adornment. I honor the tendrils by presenting them unaltered, allowing them to paradoxically entice the viewer to enter the very center that they guard.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Karen Hochman Brown Altadena, California Lilacs in Gloom Digital Art Artist Statement It is a foggy morning when I snap the base shot. The lilacs had been blooming for a few weeks and begged to be photographed. Later, in my studio, I start with the best shot from that morning. I focus on a small section, looking for striking contrasts, color and shape. Various shades of purple, with hints of green leaf and stem poking through, catch my attention. I take the image for a spin with software that allows me to create digital mirrors, a cross betweenRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Karen Hochman Brown Altadena, California, USA Rose Frills in Four Digital Art Artist Statement Inside the delicate frills of an Iceberg Rose from my garden, I discover majestic beings directing a choreography of flowers. Though frozen in time, the sway and flow of their dance remains in evidence. With my digital palette, I arrange pearls to bejewel the queenly quadrille as bees hum at the core.Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Chalda Maloff Austin, Texas Eye Pads 2 Digital Art Artist Statement My art reflects my abiding optimism and faith in the order of our world. My process, sometimes intellectual and sometimes intuitive, consists of working and reworking shapes and colors towards an expressive whole that will have the power to evoke emotion, sensuality, and spirituality. I seek to engage the viewer on an elemental level, to tap into a domain more authentic and essential to us than our physical world. One crucial aesthetic element to my artworks is the suggestion of backlighting or inner glow, an effect whichRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist K. Dawne Holmes Aurora, Colorado Beacon In The Desert Acrylic Painting Artist Statement My current series of work are botanicals, a passion of mine that has evolved from having traveled amongst and cultivated many families of plants including cacti, succulents and tropicals. What inspires me is their complexity and diversity as living sculpture. Their sensuality, exuberance and perseverance compels me to convey the joy and fascination that they bring to everday life. My paintings induce a sense of calm and reassurance as well as drama and individual brilliance, helping us to remain connected to nature while being surroundedRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Kristi Machado Fort MeadeUSA Kristi Machado _Single Mum_ Digital Art Digital Art Artist Statement I spent my childhood split between Florida and Massachusetts, and had more grandparents than the average kid. I received my BA from Stetson University in DeLand, FL and I’m working towards by MA in Photography with Savannah College of Art and Design. I’m on track to complete my degree this November. Art is one of those things that run in my family. I remember sitting in front of an easel, which I was 7 years old, learning that the sky met the ground toRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Kristi Machado Fort MeadeUSA Kristi Machado_Daisy Petals_Digital Art Digital Art Artist Statement I spent my childhood split between Florida and Massachusetts, and had more grandparents than the average kid. I received my BA from Stetson University in DeLand, FL and I’m working towards by MA in Photography with Savannah College of Art and Design. I’m on track to complete my degree this November. Art is one of those things that run in my family. I remember sitting in front of an easel, which I was 7 years old, learning that the sky met the ground to form theRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Kristi Machado Fort MeadeUSA Kristi Machado_Two Tulips_Digital Art Digital Art Artist Statement I spent my childhood split between Florida and Massachusetts, and had more grandparents than the average kid. I received my BA from Stetson University in DeLand, FL and I’m working towards by MA in Photography with Savannah College of Art and Design. I’m on track to complete my degree this November. Art is one of those things that run in my family. I remember sitting in front of an easel, which I was 7 years old, learning that the sky met the ground to form theRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Molly Mccall Carmel ValleyUSA Lullaby Digital Art Artist Statement My work is about renewal. I try to look for new ways to see the world around me and then capture that intimate moment reflecting the new discovery.I have been greatly influenced by both discovery and chance. I try to work spontaneously before I have time to think and get in the way. My art making process crosses over from writing and drawing, to photography and painting. Working with a variety of media helps me rattle loose undiscovered ideas. I started making photograms using plants and flowers growing inRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Chalda Maloff Austin, Texas Eye Pads 3 Digital Art Artist Statement My art reflects my abiding optimism and faith in the order of our world. My process, sometimes intellectual and sometimes intuitive, consists of working and reworking shapes and colors towards an expressive whole that will have the power to evoke emotion, sensuality, and spirituality. I seek to engage the viewer on an elemental level, to tap into a domain more authentic and essential to us than our physical world. One crucial aesthetic element to my artworks is the suggestion of backlighting or inner glow, an effect whichRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Ione Citrin Los Angeles, California Irises Oil Painting Artist Statement I often say that I’ve never met a plant I didn’t like. For many reasons, florals and foliage are one of my favorite subjects to paint. There’s no end to the inspiration I get from visiting local gardens or tending my own little patch of earth. At the mere hint of spring I’m out there almost hourly with excruciating anticipation, trying to steal a glimpse of the first buds to emerge. I can imagine that Georgia O’Keefe shares this obsession when painting her intimate portraits of flowers. ThereRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Philip Clift Fulton New York Black Lily Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Philip Clift’s statement concerning his photograph entitled the Black Lily Once every summer, for a few brief days, a single water lily blossoms in my small backyard pond. A single lily floats amidst green leaves and gritty sandstone. The quiet air above the water is occasionally disturbed by the buzz of insects. I know that the lily will soon die. Yet, while it floats, it captures the sunlight, and reflects back to the sun, the yellow that it has absorbed. It lives within water and warmth,Read More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Philip Clift Fulton New York Hidden Orchid Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Philip Clift’s statement concerning his photograph entitled the Hidden Orchid The orchid was a gift from my wife. It is not native to my home in central New York. Its exotic coloration and the unique structure of the petals made it a natural subject to photograph. I wondered why it evolved those petals and leaves. It was compelling, almost mysterious to me. Yet after a while it became familiar. It sits on a window sill. It was transformed. It became ordinary. Did the photograph capture theRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist K. Dawne Holmes Aurora, Colorado Poppies On Canyon Acrylic Painting Artist Statement My current series of work are botanicals, a passion of mine that has evolved from having traveled amongst and cultivated many families of plants including cacti, succulents and tropicals. What inspires me is their complexity and diversity as living sculpture. Their sensuality, exuberance and perseverance compels me to convey the joy and fascination that they bring to everday life. My paintings induce a sense of calm and reassurance as well as drama and individual brilliance, helping us to remain connected to nature while being surrounded byRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist K. Dawne Holmes Aurora, Colorado Echinopsis Acrylic Painting Artist Statement My current series of work are botanicals, a passion of mine that has evolved from having traveled amongst and cultivated many families of plants including cacti, succulents and tropicals. What inspires me is their complexity and diversity as living sculpture. Their sensuality, exuberance and perseverance compels me to convey the joy and fascination that they bring to everday life. My paintings induce a sense of calm and reassurance as well as drama and individual brilliance, helping us to remain connected to nature while being surrounded by technology. IRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Michelle Martin Overcash Carrollton, Texas Pink Petals Fine Art Photography Artist Statement My approach to photography is based on my belief that every living thing carries within it the beauty and splendor of the stars. As a photographer, I make it my business to capture the beauty that resides within. Though I’ve always known that exquisite beauty can exist within ephemeral moments, I didn’t always feel that it was my personal calling to capture those fleeting moments in time. I graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with top honors with a bachelor’s degree in public administrationRead More →
Botanicals Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Gabrielle Mckenna Burbank California Sardanapalian Acrylic Painting Artist Statement AS a serious athlete and artist i am very aware of my world outside of my self and inside of myself…my work is an outward expression of my internal experience… This new piece is titled “Sardanapalian” which means excessively luxurious or sensual,it celebrates the wonderful relationship i have in my life with my one true love…on the back of my current paintings is a number,it’s the number of hearts hidden in the work.This one has 5,can you find them ?Read More →
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