RMSBA Gallery Featuring Margaret Sjoden: August 2011

Datura wrightii

Fern Bush

Magnificent Swallowtail

Purple Mountain Sun Daisy

Viola wittrockiana

About the Artist

Margaret began her art studies with a very gifted first grade teacher who was also an artist. That teacher later became her high school art teacher and not only gave her a solid grounding in drawing, composition and color theory, but also instilled in her a lifelong love of the fine arts

While pursuing a B.S. in Pharmacy at the University of Colorado, Margaret studied Life Drawing, Composition and Art History. Her favorite Art History class was the Art of India and Southeast Asia. This course led her to a study of Eastern spirituality, particularly Zen Bhuddism, which provides much of the inspiration for her creative expression through the medium of Botanic Art and Illustration.

Her study of Pharmacognosy, a discipline involving the study of medicinal plants, enriched her love of plants( particularly herbs) and gardening that was a legacy from her maternal grandmother. Like her grandmother, she uses herbs extensively in cooking and for healing and uses these marvelous plants extensively in her garden design and her botanical compositions.

While on sabbatical from her Pharmacy profession in 1996, Margaret completed the Certificate Program in Botanical Illustration at Denver Botanic Gardens. She graduated from the program with merit in 1997.

Margaret’s works of art have been shown in both juried and invitational exhibits in Colorado and Oregon and have been privately collected.

Margaret is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and that organization’s first chapter, the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists. She is also a member of the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Samples of her work may be viewed, and archival prints taken from her originals may be purchased, at www.wildharestudio.com. Commissions and illustration assignments are always welcome.

RMSBA Gallery Featuring Margaret Sjoden

Friday, August 26, 2011

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