Painting of Liriodendron

Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens

The Third New York Botanical Garden Triennial
November 18, 2017 – April 22, 2018

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The Best of Contemporary Botanical Art in the Ross Gallery

Out of the Woods is the third of NYBG’s triennial exhibitions with the American Society of Botanical Artists, which is headquartered here at the Garden. Forty-two selected artworks capture strikingly detailed images of trees, all of them cultivated in public gardens and arboreta throughout the U.S.–including at NYBG– and around the world.

Working in watercolor, oil, graphite, colored pencil, and ink, an international collection of artists has depicted everything from seed pods, to branches and bark, to an entire forest floor. Several contributors are graduates of NYBG’s Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program.

To learn more and to view the artwork online, visit asba-art.org. A full-color exhibition catalog will be available at NYBG Shop and online in November.

  • An oil painting of a Black Pine Bonsai

    Gold Medal Winner: Asuka Hishiki, Black Pine Half-Cascade-Style Bonsai (2015–17), Pinus nigra, Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama, Japan, Oil on paper

  • Martin-Big-LeafMaplewithMushrooms

    Silver Medal Winner: Lucy Martin, Bigleaf Maple with Inky-Cap Mushrooms (2017), Acer macrophyllum, Coprinellus sp., University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California, Gouache on paper

  • Finnan - Snake Branch Spruce

    Bronze Medal Winner: Ingrid Finnan, Snake Branch Spruce (2016), Picea abies ‘Virgata’, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, Oil on paper

  • Negoita_Mgnolia_macrophylla

    Honorable Mention: Alexandra Negoita Vulcu, Bigleaf Magnolia (2017), Magnolia macrophylla, Hortus Conclusus, Stone Ridge, New York, Watercolor and acrylic ink on paper

  • A watercolor painting of a Stone Oak

    Honorable Mention: Barbara Oozeerally, Stone-Oak (2017), Lithocarpus pachyphyllus, Caerhays Estate, Gorran, St. Austell, England, Watercolor on paper

  • A watercolor painting of an aloe tree

    Honorable Mention: Beverly Fink, Tree Aloe (2017), Aloe thraskii, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, Watercolor on paper

  • A watercolor painting of a Ficus dammaropsis

    Honorable Mention: Beverly Allen, New Guinea Dinner Plate Fig (2016), Ficus dammaropsis, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Watercolor on paper

  • Hoffenberg Paperbark Maple

    Ann S. Hoffenberg, Paperbark Maple (2017), Acer griseum, Rutgers Gardens, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Watercolor on paper

  • Snyder,Canyon Hackberry

    Heidi Snyder, Canyon Hackberry (2017), Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, Colored pencil on film

  • Sanders_L_Acer_griseum

    Lizzie Sanders, Paperbark Maple (2014), Acer griseum, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, Watercolor on paper

  • Winkel - Leiden's 300 year old Liriodendron tulipifera in Autumn

    Esmée Winkel, Leiden’s 300-Year-Old Tulip Tree in Autumn (2016), Liriodendron tulipifera, Hortus Botanicus Leiden, The Netherlands, Watercolor on paper

  • Messenger-ShavingBrushTreeBloom

    Julie Messenger, Shaving Brush Tree Bloom (2015), Pseudobombax ellipticum, Naples Botanical Garden, Naples, Florida, Watercolor on paper

Location Ross Gallery

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