Step into a collaborative, open, inspiring studio space where artists of all levels can grow and practice their skills in botanical art, experiment with new mediums and materials—or a mix of materials—create pieces of any size, fill their sketchbook, bring in botanical works-in-progress to advance, and so much more.
With a meeting each week through the month of June, students will focus on new botanical materials each studio session and use these materials as reference for their art. Instructor Margaret Saylor will teach a new art skill, then work with students individually to help them in their botanical art journey.
Location
Grove Studio 104; Grove Studio 105
Instructor
Margaret Saylor
Artist Margaret Saylor creates highly detailed, textural botanical paintings and drawings that capture the essence of a simple object from nature and present it as an exquisite jewel in an ethereal setting. She specializes in mushrooms, fungi, and woodland plants and combines accurate illustration with the beauty of shape, form, and color. Saylor earned a BFA in Communications Design at Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA. Though she was trained as a graphic designer, this experience provided the solid foundation she needed when she turned to fine art in a quest for a hands-on, detail-oriented method of depicting the natural world. Saylor was awarded a certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration, with distinction, from the New York Botanical Garden in June 2013. When not painting, Saylor teaches botanical art both online and in person. Saylor is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators and has exhibited with both groups. Since 2013, she has been the Editor/Designer of The Botanical Artist, the quarterly journal of the American Society of Botanical Artists.
