The Gloria Cachion Gallery at the Southbury Public Library will feature Botanical Art Watercolor Paintings of Betsy Rogers-Knox and some of her students. “Botany With A Brush” will be on display from Saturday, April 2, 2022 through Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
Enjoy the watercolor paintings of local artists and gardeners who have created unique color wheel compositions inspired by their own garden plants. Also featured in this show are a variety of other botanical watercolors inspired by nature. The artists included in this show are students of botanical artist Betsy Rogers-Knox and include: Nancy Dauz, Maribeth Winslow, Vicki Mulligan, Kim Doyle, Kate Pomeroy, and Liz Mainolfi.
Betsy’s work has been shown widely in the United States and exhibited in London at the Royal Horticultural Botanical Art Show in 2016 and 2019 where she won The Judges Special Award for her series of six paintings depicting Beckley Bog in Norfolk, CT. Her work has been exhibited at the 11 – 23rd ASBA Annual International Exhibitions in NYC and throughout the United States.
Betsy has been teaching Botanical Art for 15 years to both children and adults online and at local venues in Litchfield, including Hollister House Garden. Betsy also teaches at the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, NY. She can be reached at: brogersknox@gmail.com or through her website: rogersknoxart.com.
The exhibit will be open during regular library hours which are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30am to 5:30pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9:30am to 9:00pm, Saturdays 9:30am to 4:00pm and Sundays 12:00pm to 5:00pm. The exhibit will also be online too as a virtual gallery.
Please visit us at www.southburylibrary.org to view this exhibit virtually and for any updated hours and information. Or you may call us at 203-262-0626.
Betsy’s Bio: https://www.southburylibrary.org/using-the-library/spaces/art-gallery
The full gallery: https://www.southburylibrary.org/gallery
