Botanical Art & Illustration Exhibition – Last Day on Sunday, November 8

"Cecropia palmata" by Constance Sayas. Watercolor.

Be sure to visit the Gates Garden Court Gallery this weekend to view this year’s annual exhibition of botanical illustration by students and instructors. A range of media are presented in the show, ranging from colored pencil and watercolor, to graphite and pen and ink. Many of these original works are available for sale and purchases support Denver Botanic Gardens.
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World-Building with James Gurney

Song in the Garden by James Gurney

People love to use their imagination to create new worlds.  It doesn’t matter if its a child creating a fairy garden or a grown-up gardener contemplating a new design for the spring: world-building is a favorite activity of almost everyone.  And the right blend of imagination and realistic techniques can make the world as compelling as our own.

James Gurney created not merely art and books, but an entire phenomenon by pairing children’s fantasy and scientific illustration techniques into reconstruction of the imaginary Dinotopia. 
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