Margaret Best, Seeing Plants Through Botanical Art

Margaret Best is an award-winning contemporary botanical artist and a respected teacher. Her work can be viewed in books, catalogs, magazines, public and private collections, and on coins distributed by the Royal Canadian Mint.

How did Margaret stumble into this genre?

What life experience prepared Margaret for the specialty she’s become known for?

How does botanical art differ from flower painting?

Let’s find out.

LINKS

Margaret Best’s website

Margaret on Instagram (@margaretbest8904)

Margaret on Facebook

Ann Swan

Pandora Sellars

Coral Guest

American Society of Botanical Artists

Out of the Woods Exhibition

Botanical Art and Artists

Plant Blindness

Margaret Best Designs Wild Rose for Royal Canadian Mint

Margaret Best Discusses Color in Botanical Art, Provides Tips for Informal Science Educators

The Blue of the Artist’s Ocean, an article for Environmental Education Week by Margaret Best

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