"the Amazon rainforest through the eyes of the late British botanical artist-explorer Margaret Mee in an exhibition from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, coming to the Chicago Botanic Garden through March 25, 2007.
Flowering Amazon: The Paintings of Margaret Mee includes watercolor drawings, field sketches, diaries and native Brazilian artifacts from Mee's 15 Amazonian expeditions from 1956 to 1988. The exhibition, which bridges the worlds of art, science and conservation through her... botanical art and acute scientific observations, will be on view in the Joutras Gallery of the Regenstein Center through April 8, 2007. At the age of 47, Mee embarked on her first expedition, living for weeks at a time with the Tucano Indians... she recorded native plants in their natural habitats... Her watercolors may be the only visual record of plants that have become instinct due to the destruction of the rainforest. Mee's drawings and sketches have inspired conservationists to continue the work she began to protect fragile ecosystems from destruction. ... the Garden's redesigned and enhanced South Greenhouse... Orchid aficionados will... see the orchid collection has doubled in size." article URL : http://www.huliq.com/13782/chicago-botanic-garden-explores-flora-of-amazon-rainforest ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
