American Botanical Paintings – Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic

Date/Time
Thursday, March 12, 2015
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Green Spring Gardens

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A talk by Eileen Malone-Brown based on the new book

VNPS programs are free and open to the public. No reservations are necessary for lectures.

Members of the Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment are committed to fostering the use and conservation of native plants, while pursuing excellence in botanical art.

Join us for a presentation about their recent project and book and learn about how these contemporary plant portraits were created, how to use and conserve these native plants in your garden, as well as how Native Americans depended on native plants for medicinal
purposes.

The book will be available for sale at 7:00 pm.

Eileen Malone-Brown received her Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2010. Eileen’s garden serves as the primary source of her inspiration, since she prefers to draw and paint what she grows and can easily observe. Over the past decade, Eileen incorporated more mid-Atlantic native plants into her garden with very satisfying results. She also enjoys researching each plant’s history and its uses, particularly those plants with medicinal properties. Eileen is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, the Botanical Artists of the National Capital Region, and serves as an at-large board member of the Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment. Her work has been shown at Monticello’s Jefferson Library, the Delaware Art Museum, Alexandria’s Athenaeum and the U.S. Botanic Garden, in Washington, D.C.