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After your 39 official entries were narrowed down to 10 finalists, this year’s winners are ...

BEST OF SHOW: DIGITAL CATEGORY

Hosta Dance by @patriciastrike

BEST OF SHOW: DRAWING CATEGORY

Fern by @bkstinson

BEST OF SHOW: MIXED MEDIA

Prickly Yellow by @fatchance

BEST OF SHOW: PAINTING CATEGORY

Sempervivum by @aaronapsley

BEST OF SHOW: PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY

Spring Popsicle by @kihaku-gato

Congratulations to all of our winners, and now comes the fun part! We will contact you via email to collect your mailing address so that we can send you your BOTANICALITY 2016: BEST OF SHOW WINNER’S PRIZE PACK!

After three weeks of voting, you have chosen the finalists for this year’s contest. These entries will now head to the jury (whom you will meet over the course of the next week) for Best of Show voting for the selection of one winner in each category.

DIGITAL

Hosta Dance by @patriciastrike

DRAWING

Fern by @bkstinson

MIXED MEDIA

Prickly Yellow by @fatchance

Raspberry by @erintyrrellart

PAINTING

Cyclamen persicum by @bkstinson

Moss and fungi wreath (made with natural mulberry ink) by @ifuckingloveplants

Sempervivum by @aaronapsley

PHOTOGRAPHY

Hydrangeas and Terracotta pots by @ifuckingloveplants

Spring Popsicle by @kihaku-gato

Willow Catkins by @sollunstel

“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” -Rainer Maria Rilke

Voting is still underway for the 2016 BOTANICALITY Spring Botanical Art Show. A lovely, cool spring here in Texas is quickly transitioning to summer, and this year’s selection of works demonstrate a diverse spring experience by artists all over the world.

All of the entries for this year have been organized by category below. Click on each show category to choose your favorites:

Botanicality 2016 Digital

Botanicality 2016 Drawing

Botanicality 2016 Mixed Media

Botanicality 2016 Painting

Botanicality 2016 Photography

‘When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.’ Ansel Adams

The photography category consists of (19) entries listed in alphabetical order.  Click on the thumbnail to view the complete work and to vote for your favorite(s):

1. Bloodroot by my-name-is-ophelia-adrien

2. Castilleja by microtheca

3. Buds and blossoms by laurabonk

4. Catkins by thesingingbullfrog

5. Feed us, Rose. by bloem-kool

6. First of the Year by laurabonk

7. Hello Spring by patriciastrike

8. Hydrangeas and Terracotta pots by ifuckingloveplants

9. Into the Blue by abcotten

10. Karst in bloom (Cornus mas) by sollunstel

11. Nature at Work by thegingerbuddha

12. Ode to Spring by patriciastrike

13. Oxygen by erintyrrellart

14. Spring Popsicle by kihaku-gato

15. Sun & Shade by my-name-is-ophelia-adrien

16. The Apple Tree by erintyrrellart

17. The Moon by abcotten

18. Unfurling by microtheca

19. Willow Catkins by sollunstel

‘Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.’ Pablo Picasso

The painting category consists of (8) entries listed in alphabetical order.  Click on the thumbnail to view the complete work and to vote for your favorite(s):

1. Common Mullein by my-name-is-ophelia-adrien

2. Corpse Flower by erintyrrellart

3. Cyclamen persicum by bkstinson

4. Moss and Fungi Wreath (Made with natural mulberry ink)

5. Sempervivum by aaronapsley

6. Squash Vine by bkstinson

7. Tulips by dragonfly1954

8. Vriesea by aaronapsley

‘The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.’ Albert Einstein

The mixed media category consists of (6) entries.  Click on the thumbnail to view the complete work and to vote for your favorite(s):

1. Lily by erintyrrellart

2. Play of Green by bkstinson

3. Prickly Yellow by fatchance

4. Raspberry by erintyrrellart

5.  Rejuvenation by patriciastrike

6. Wild Magnolia by bkstinson

‘Drawing is the honesty of art. To draw does not mean simply to reproduce contours: drawing does not consist merely of line. Drawing is also expression, the inner form, the plane and modeling. See what remains after that. Drawing includes three and a half quarters of the content of painting.’ Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres

The drawing category consists of (4) entries, listed in alphabetical order. Click on the thumbnail to view the complete work and to vote for your favorite(s):

1. Dionaea muscipula by discoveringasterismsart

2. Early Fall Clippings by organicresistance

3. Fern by bkstinson

4. Thistle by bkstinson

‘Design is not just about what you see.’ Andrew Spooner

The digital category consists of (2) entries, listed in alphabetical order.  Click to view the complete work and to vote for your favorite(s):

1. Hosta Dance by patriciastrike

2. Japanese Anenome by erintyrrellart