Botanical artist Deborah Shaw will be the Pacific Palisades Garden Club speaker tomorrow, December 5, at 7 p.m. Her topic “Botanical Art through the Ages,” will address the history of botanical art to contemporary times. Works by American Society of Botanical Artists will be shown. This meeting is open to the public.
Shaw has a degree in fine art from Pomona College, The Claremont Colleges. She has taught botanical art at the J. Paul Getty Museum and at Virginia Robinson Gardens. She has received the Distinguished Instructor award from the University of California, Irvine Extension, where she taught illustration and digital and information design.
Her work is in the permanent collection at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University and in private collections.
Shaw’s favorite media include graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, scratchboard, Illustrator and Photoshop. Visit: dbshawsstudios.com.
One lucky meeting attendee will win a special art print by Deborah Shaw. If you know someone who enjoys gardening, consider giving them a membership as a gift for the holidays. Individual membership is $30, and a household membership is $35. To receive the Zoom link, pacpalgrardenclub.org.