Orchids and Hydrangeas Exhibit

Orchids & Hydrangeas Exhibition

2010-12-12T09:58:00.000-08:00

In conjunction with Powell Gardens conservatory exhibit of live orchids and hydrangeas, special guest curator and botanical artist Cynthia Padilla presents a representative online viewing of the art and artists inspired by orchids and hydrangeas.

Where: Powell Gardens, Kansas City, Missouri
http://www.powellgardens.org/
Date: March 1 - April 30, 2007.
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Telephone: 816-697-2600
Garden Hours: 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Reception w/Artists: Join curator Padilla and a selection of the exhibiting artists in an art reception open to the public. Padilla will also have there a collection of related themed rare and beautiful antique botanical prints for view and sale.

Copyright in this online art exhibition belongs to the individual artists. No part of this virtual exhibition may be copied, stored, transmitted, or otherwise used or reproduced in any form.

Powell Gardens is home to some of the region’s most unique contemporary architecture. These facilities, set among the serenity of the ever-changing gardens, provides an ideal locale for this themed exhibition... "Orchids & Hydrangeas."

Meet the Curator-Cynthia Padilla

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Artist: Cynthia Padilla
Location: Dallas, TX. USA
http://cynthiapadilla.artspan.com/mbr_statement.php
Contact Info: botanicalart@peoplepc.com
Links:http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botanicalart
http://www.gardenandhearth.com/SketchingandDrawing.htm

Thanks to Angie Guynes who directed hanging and install of the show and all those in assistance. To Director of Education Eric Jackson whose vision brought me and the topic--botanical arts-- to the Powell Gardens community.

With great pleasure I introduce this talented group of artists. As is typical with a 'brick and mortar' exhbition, there is a place here for your comments as you view the work of: Greg Allikas, Rita Bowen, Beth Brooks, Barbara Brown, Jill Campbell, Karen Harding, Janet Haefner, Hilary Hitchcock, Julie Jennings, Sandra Kay Johnson, Barbara Reser, Jennifer Schaudt, Karen Sistek, Merridee Joan Smith, Malinda Welte, Carol Wickenhiser Schaudt.

Greg Allikas

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Artist: Greg Allikas
Title of Work: Catleya gaskelliana var. alba
Medium: photography, ultrachrome print
Dimensions: 11x14', 16x20" matte/frame
Purchase: 1/25 - $225 framed

Websites:
www.orchidworks.com
www.flickr.com/photos/graphicgreg/

Rita Bowen

2010-11-08T14:01:00.000-08:00

Artist: Rita Bowen
Location: Orion, IL
Title of Artwork: "Red Hot Cinnamon Stick"
Media: Silk Painting
Frame Dimensions: 26" x 32"

Beth Brooks

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Artist: Beth Brooks
Location: California
Title: Pansy Orchid
Medium: silk painting

Jill Campbell

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a moment of rest
Originally uploaded by jacks_friend_jill.

Location: Pittsburg, Kansas
Title of Work: A Moment of Rest
Medium: Colored Pencil
Dimensions: 6" x 9" matted and framed into a 11" x 14" frame
About the Artist: Jill is a self-taught colored pencil artist. This is the first show that she has been involved in and is starting into her first art classes coming up at Powell Gardens sessions with Cynthia Padilla.

Flickr Album

Jill Cambell's inclusion in the show is featured here: " Box of Colored Pencils Changed Nature Lover's Life" -by Andra Bryan Stefanoni
THE MORNING SUN - June 13, 2007
: http://mapleleafartistry.blogspot.com/2007/06/everybody-dies-famous-in-small-town.html

Karen Kleider Harding

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Artist: Karen Kleider Harding
Location: Lake Quivira, KS
Title of Work: Orchid Gift Wrapped
Medium: Oil & Acrylic on Linen
Dimensions: 26 x 20
About the Artist:
1979 Painted first mural for Elite Gymnastics
1990 The painting “Ladies of the Plaza” included in the Kansas City Museum Exhibition of winning artists from past Heritage Art shows
1991-1993 Eleven murals painted for the Black Eyed Pea Restaurants
2002 Two Paintings in Lake Quivira Clubhouse Dining Room
2004 Illustrated Bilingual Galapagos ABCs coloring book.
2005 Children’s Literature Festival Chautauqua in St. Peter, MN.
2006 Botanical notebook pages at Lillian M. Bradshaw Gallery in Dallas, TX
2007 Entry accepted for Orchids & Hydrangeas exhibit at Powell Gardens Conservatory. “Orchid Gift Wrapped” 24”x18”.

K. Kleider Harding studied at the Kansas City Art Institute with Stephen Whitacre and Stanly Lewis. Frank Szasz,Al Currier, Joanne Baker, and Cynthia Padilla instilled the idea that one learns to see through drawing.

She believes Life is adventure and painting is a privilege. Her work is represented in collections in Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, Ecuador and Mexico.
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Janet Haefner

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Artist: Janet Haefner
Location: Arizona
Title of Work:"Smiling Faces"
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Hilary Hitchcock

2010-08-02T17:59:00.000-07:00

Artist: Hilary Hitchcock
Location: St. Louis, MO. USA
Title of Work: Alert
Medium: Photograph
Dimensions: 10"x8", 14"x11" framed
Purchase Info: $125
Description: black and white photograph of orchids
Artist Statement: see profile
Links: Hilary Hitchcock Photography

Julie Jennings

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Artist: Julie Jennings
Location: Duluth,Georgia
Title of Work: Fall Hawaiian
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Title of Work: Orchids in the Breeze
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Sandra Kaye Johnson

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Artist: Sandra Kaye Johnson
Location: California
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Barbara Reser

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ARTIST: Barbara Reser
LOCATION: Topeka, KS
TITLE: MOTH ORCHID
MEDIUM: Oil
SIZE: 14X11
Link: www.arteducationstudio.com

Jennifer Schaudt

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Artist: Jennifer Schaudt
Location: Texas, USA
Title: Paph Napa Valley
Medium: graphite on paper

copyright 2006, Jennifer Schaudt

www.schaudt.us/silversmith

Karen Sistek

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Artist: Karen Sistek
Location: Port Angeles, WA
Title of Artwork: Lucein
Description: Hand painted silk banners on 10 mm habotai silk, using dyes especially formulated for painting on silk. Works can be viewed from both sides. Original designs.
Links: www.karensistekstudio.com

Merridee Joan Smith

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Artist: Merridee Joan Smith
Location: California
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Reception

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Malinda Welte

2007-03-30T15:59:00.001-07:00

Oncidium Orchid
Originally uploaded by SideShowMom.
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Artist: Malinda Welte
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Title of Work: Oncidium Orchid
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches, framed to 61/2 by 7 1/2 inches
About the Artist: This is Malinda's first show as a painter, having become known in Kansas City as a photographer and internationally as a mail artist.

Flickr Album

Barbara Brown

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Artist: Barbara Brown, RN
Location: Boise, ID
Title of Work: Portrait of Cymbidium
Medium: Graphite
Dimension: 16 X 20
About the Author: Favorite medium to work with is graphite. Art work of this artist hang in private collections in California, Illinois, Utah, Texas, New York, Idaho, and Alabama. Botanical subjects are the artist's speciality.

Carol Wickenhiser-Schaudt

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Artist: Carol Wickenhiser-Schaudt
Location: Katy, Texas
Link: www.schaudt.us/watercolors
botanical.illustrator@schaudt.us
Artist Statement: I work in traditional media: watercolors and graphite. I render both scientific botanical illustrations as well as botanically correct, contemporary pieces, which may be enlarged versions, executed from non-traditional angles to give the viewer new perspectives on the subject.

Paph. (Chamberlianianum “Mt. View’ x haymaldianum‘Long Life’)

©2004 by Carol L. Wickenhiser-Schaudt

Transparent watercolor
Size: 19 3/4"h x 24 5/8" w
57th International Orchid Art Show,
National Arboretum,
Washington, DC
October 2004
Collection of the Artist

Vanda Maxornsanan Bell x Ascoda. Tubtim Velvet

©2003 by Carol L. Wickenhiser-Schaudt

Transparent watercolor
Size: Framed: 15 1/4'' h x 18" w
55th International Orchid Art Show,
National Arboretum,
Washington, DC
October 2003

International Small painting exhibition
Galerie du Vieux Village
Boucherville, Quebec, CA
2005
Collection of the Artist

Swearingen’s Vanda

©1997 by Carol L. Wickenhiser-Schaudt

Transparent watercolor
Size: 17 ½ " h x 22 5/8" w
International Orchid Art Show,
National Arboretum,
Washington, DC
October 1997

2nd Place Professional Division
42nd Eastern Orchid Congress
King of Prussia, PA

Collection of the Artist

Paphiopedilum “Blood Clot” x Paphiopedilum “Macabre”

©2005 by Carol L. Wickenhiser-Schaudt

Transparent watercolor on 140 CP Twinrocker feather-deckled paper
Size: 25" h x 20 ½" w
1st Place Professional Division
57th International Orchid Art Show,
National Arboretum,
Washington, DC
October 2005
Collection of the Artist

EXHIBITION PRESS

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Kansas City Star | 03/08/2007 | Calendars for March 8 - 18
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ANNUAL ORCHID EXHIBIT:
Exotic orchids, hydrangeas and authentic Victorian garden furnishings; include Orchid Allure: A Botanical Arts Exhibit...
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Thousands of visitors return to Powell Gardens during the warming days to enjoy its 900 acres of flowering tranquility. Throughout the season, orchids and hydrangeas fill the Powell Conservatory in charming combination with Victorian garden furnishings. On April 19-21, artist and instructor Cynthia Padilla conducts a three-day workshop for aspiring and experienced nature artists.
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THE MORNING SUN - June 13, 2007
: http://mapleleafartistry.blogspot.com/2007/06/everybody-dies-famous-in-small-town.html
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BOTANICAL ARTS EDUCATION

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Powell Garden's mission of inspiring people to appreciate, beautify and conserve our natural environment, provides opportunities for learning and reflection through a year-round education program, research and special events. In conjunction with the art exhibit and conservatory exhibit Powell presents:

BOTANICAL ART SERIES
Join exhibit curator Cynthia Padilla, international instructor of botanical arts. Register: http://www.powellgardens.org/

STILL LIFE DRAWING: FRUIT, FLOWER AND INSECT - Learn how to draw via the genre of still life with a realistic portrayal of the seasons. Thursday, April 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $89/person, $84/Friends

BOTANICAL ART ESSENTIALS-A TWO-DAY WORKSHOP- Drawing and painting are easy when the subject is one you love -- plants and flowers. Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $169/person, $159/Friends.

Want To Exhibit?

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To participate in or learn of the next call for art, sign up: http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/ Some developing themes are still life; bugs and butterflies; wildflowers & natives; and orchids and tropicals.