Oak Spring Garden Foundation Announces 2023 Botanical Artists in Residence
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The Oak Spring Garden Foundation is pleased to announce that Beverly Allen, Carol Woodin, and Jean Emmons have been selected for the Botanical Artist in Residence (BAiR) program in 2023. They will also be joined by John Pastoriza-Piñol, a 2020 deferred BAiR. We are excited to host Beverly, Carol, and Jean, and John for three-weeks this spring.
Artists selected for the Oak Spring Garden Foundation’s BAiR program receive a $1,000 individual grant and devote their time at Oak Spring to working on their botanical art, either using material from the formal garden at Oak Spring or from the broader 700-acre Oak Spring landscape. Our hope is that they may also draw inspiration from the Oak Spring Library’s collection. Artists live on-site in nicely appointed shared housing with a studio in close proximity. At the culmination of the residency, each artist has the option to sell one completed work for $1,000 to Oak Spring, and the finished piece will be accessioned into the Oak Spring Library as a contribution to the developing Oak Spring Florilegium.
This residency program is designed to support artists who are practitioners of botanical illustration – which sits at a unique intersection of art and science and is well represented in the Oak Spring Garden Library collection. Applications for the 2024 Botanical Artists in Residence will February 14th, 2023.
To learn more about each of the artists and their work, read below.
Beverly Allen
Beverly Allen is an Australian based botanical artist. Her works are often life sized and inspired by the native flora of Australia. She is also the co-founder and president of the Florilegium Society at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. View her work here.
Corymbia ficifolia, watercolor on paper, 49 x 40 cm, 2018 © Beverly Allen
Carol Woodin
Carol Woodins is based in Hudson Valley, New York. She has freelanced as an artist for over 20 years, specializing more recently on orchids. View her work at Carol Woodin Botanical Art or on Instagram.
Maize Morado, Zea mays, watercolor on vellum, 16 x 18 inches, 2020 © Carol Woodin
Jean Emmons
Jean Emmons is a Botanical Illustrator based in Washington State, U.S.A. Her work is informed by light and her technique is, “based on medieval manuscript illumination on vellum.” To learn more about her work visit https://jeanemmons.com/. Follow her work on Instagram.
Iris ‘Full Tilt Boogie’, watercolor and gouache on Kelmscott vellum, 28 x 36 cm, 2022 © Jean Emmons
John Pastoriza-Piñol
John Pastoriza-Piñol is a Botanical Illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. He considers himself a contemporary visual artist whose practice sits within the genre of botanical art yet rebels against its continued traditional representations. He was originally selected for our 2020 Botanical Artist in Resident program and deferred his residency due to COVID-19 complications. We are pleased to finally welcome him to Oak Spring. View his work here.
Magnolia x soulangeana, Chinese Magnolia, Watercolor on Arches, 300gsm, 23.4 x 33.1 in, 2022 ©John Pastoriza-Piñol