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Botanica Exhibition 2010
Treasuring our Plants
16 - 25 April 2010
RBG Botanica 2010: John will be joining internationally renowned and distinguished artists at the Botanica 2010: Treasuring our Plants exhibition. The theme this year recognises the need to preserve our heritage. Our climate and limited water supplies dictate very different gardens, garden maintenance and plants used than twenty years ago.
Botanica 2010 will be held from Friday 16 to Sunday 25 April with the exclusive Opening Night Party on Thursday 15 April. Tickets for the Opening Night Party will be available from Mid November 2009. 10 am – 4 pm daily, Lion Gate Lodge, Mrs Macquarie’s Road, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Losing Paradise
January 16 – April 11, USA.
2010 Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL, USA.
John is excited to be involved with this amazing traveling exhibition which opened later this year. This exhibition successfully documents endangered and threatened plants of our time and will travel extensively in the US. John joins other internationally recognised artists from the US, Australia, Brazil, Israel, Korea, South Africa, and the UK. About half of the plants represented are from North America, and half from around the world. Dr. Peter Raven has agreed to write the introductory essay for the book to accompany the exhibition, and Gary Krupnick, Head of the Plant Conservation Unit at NMNH, and Kathryn Kennedy, President of the Center for Plant Conservation will contribute essays.
The traveling schedule is:
January 16 – April 11, 2010 Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
May 6 – July 25, 2010 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
August 14– December 10, 2010 National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
Highgrove Florilegium Teylers Museum: Haarlem, Amsterdam
'Royal Gardening' 30 January- 9 May 2010
John’s painting of Forsythia × intermedia ‛Lynwood’ which appears in Volume 2 of the The Highgrove Florilegium will be included in 70 other works on display at the Teylers Museum in Amsetrdam. This project was created under the umbrella of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation and celebrates and records in a permanent way the Flora in the Garden at Highgrove.
Een ontmoeting met Prins Charles, koning Lodewijk XIV, koning-stadhouder Willem III en keizerin Joséphine Bonaparte: Tijdens Vorstelijk tuinieren maakt u een wandeling door de belangrijkste koninklijke tuinen van de afgelopen 400 jaar. De tentoongestelde originele aquarellen van Highgrove Florilegium - een prestigieus boek met bloemportretten uit de tuin van de Britse kroonprins- vormen het hoogtepunt. Nooit eerder waren deze botanische tekeningen van de prinselijke residentie Highgrove in Nederland te zien. De tentoonstelling Vorstelijk tuinieren loopt van 30 januari t/m 9 mei 2010 in Teylers Museum.
"FANCY TULIPS" Brookside Botanic Gardens, Wheaton, MD USA
26-29, APRIL 2010
John has been invited to return and conduct another workshop at Brookside Botanical Gardens in Maryland USA. 26-29th April. This larger than life botanical artist and teacher from Australia, who is gaining critical acclaim worldwide for his botanical art, will soon have you painting using his extremely effective and surprisingly quick painting techniques that are ideal for developing a wonderful sense of 3-D form.
A poignant reminder about the risks associated with the Share markets, Tulips are certainly a symbol of mans greed and fiscal hysteria. Originating from central Asia and the Middle East, tulips were prized by the ottomans and slowly were introduced into Europe through trade routes.
They became a prized treasure in Europe's major trade hub, the Netherlands, in the late 16th century and soon supported a thriving yet ill fated stock market where some tulips sold for more than the equivalent of 5 millions dollars. The most highly prized tulips exhibited variegated patterns, the result of a virus which was spread via aphids. After the fall of the Tulipomania, many varieties disappeared completely and are only recorded through botanical illustration. Over the last 120 years Tulips became synonymous with Holland and remain their major global export. Many of today's hybrids exhibit qualities not seen in nature and the structure of the bloom is almost perfect.
Over 4 days, John will take you assist you with painting a tulip bloom and foliage. Tulips will be collected from the stock grown at Brookside gardens and John will identify differences between the various tulip types, Singles, Darwins, Parrot, Kaufmanniana, Viridiflora, Waterlilly etc.
A flyer with images of John's paintings, class description, materials and his bio will be mailed to you on request. Ellen Bennett or Diane Berndt
Tulips. New York Botanical Gardens, Manhattan Education Center at 20 West 44th Street, New York, YC USA
May 5th - 7th 2010
John has been invited conduct workshop at New York Botanical Garden in NYC, USA. 5th-7th May 2010. This larger than life botanical artist and teacher from Australia, who is gaining critical acclaim worldwide for his botanical art, will soon have you painting using his extremely effective and surprisingly quick painting techniques that are ideal for developing a wonderful sense of 3-D form.
Tulips. "Hellebores" Phipps Conservatory and Garden Center, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, USA
May 1st - 2nd 2010
Exploring Hellebores in Watercolor with visiting artist John Pastoriza-Piñol
Come discover the rich colors, interesting patterns and intricate details of this early spring bloomer. During the workshop, the instructor will share his unique approach to botanical art and the techniques and tools he uses, such as a NEEF comb, to render exquisite detail in watercolor.
John Pastoriza-Piñol is an award-winning botanical artist from Australia with a doctorate in botany from the University of Vigo in Spain. His work is best known for its botanical accuracy, attention to detail and jewel-like qualities. Many of John's paintings are housed in public and private collections around the world and have been exhibited at prestigious institutions such as the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, the Royal Horticultural Society in London, and the Hunt Botanical Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh.
To register, call the Garden Center at (412) 441-4442 ext. 3925
Tulips. Chestnut Workshop, C.I.B.A (Canberra Institute of Botanical Art) & B.I.B.A Beechworth Institute of Botanical Art, June 2010
Canberra 5th – 6th June 2010
Beechworth 28th - 29th August 2010
John has been invited to conduct a chestnut workshop a chestnut workshop at BIBA & CIBA. John will have you spell bound with his exquisitely detailed watercolour paintings of those subjects you would not contemplate drawing let alone paint, due to their intricate structure. This larger than life botanical artist and teacher from Australia, who is gaining critical acclaim worldwide for his botanical art, will soon have you painting using his extremely effective and surprisingly quick painting techniques that are ideal for developing a wonderful sense of 3-D form in the most furry, hairy or prickly subjects.
Botanical Art Society of Queensland Master classes 1st-4th September 2010
By popular demand, John has been invited to return to conduct 2 Master classes with the BASQ artists group at Mt Coot-Tha Botanical Gardens. Advanced Master class 1st- 4th September 2010, 9:30am – 4:30pm.
The ASBA 13th Annual International Juried Exhibition
Horticultural Society of New York, USA.
September - November 2010
John's is awaiting news on selection for inclusion in the 13th Juried Exhibition at the Horticultural Society of New York,148 West 37th Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018.
Group show (John Wolesley, Dianne Emery, Mali Moir and John Pastoriza-Pinol.)
Woodbine Art.
2644 Daylesford Rd, Malmsbury 3446.
6th September – 3rd October 2010
Anita von Bibra, Director of Woodbine Art, has long been an advocate of botanic art, and regularly showcases highly refined botanic artists at Woodbine Art gallery in Malmsbury, Victoria. This exhibition will feature works by John Wolesley, Dianne Emery, Mali Moir and John Pastoriza-Pinol.
For any further information about works in this exhibition please contact:
Woodbine Art
Director: Anita von Bibra
T. 61 3 54 232 065
F. 61 3 54 232 068
M. 0412 12 10 22
E. eiska@primus.com.au
Gallery Hours:
Friday – Monday 11am – 5pm.
The Art of Botanical Illustration 2010 5 - 28 November 2010
RBG is home to this prestigious biennial. Their outstanding State Botanical Collection, is nurtured through newly, commissioned works and purchases. This Exhibition has played a mammoth role in supporting the Collection and promoting this specialized art form to artists and collectors. Since 1992 the exhibition has been held biennially and now attracts Australian and international artists and collectors.
Contact: Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Inc., Gate Lodge, 100 Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne;
PH: 03 9650 6398; FAX: 03 9650 7723; e-mail: friends@frbgmelb.org.au; Website: www.rbg.vic.gov.au/friends