Botanical Drawing with Lemont Artists Guild

Kimberly Mullarkey, artist and instructor at College of DuPage, will give a talk on Botanical Drawing which depicts the form, color, and details of plant life. Kimberly’s presentation, consisting of a slide show and her actual artwork, will touch upon the history of botanical illustration and her exploration of nature – both in an expressive manner and more scientific drawings. Botanical drawing is not only a beautiful art genre, its roots go back to the first century when scientists wanted to start documenting how plants look and their medicinal purposes.

Kimberly Mullarkey has a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from the University of California-Santa Cruz with an emphasis in Printmaking and Drawing and a Master’s of Fine Art degree from Northern Illinois University with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting. She is an instructor of Drawing and Graphic Design at the College of DuPage and also also teaches Botanical Art at The Morton Arboretum and the Chicago Botanic Garden. To study early Northern Renaissance painting techniques, she lived in France for six months and studied under Patrick Betaudier in Monflanquin. Her artwork is included in the published book series “Best of Colored Pencil” and is also in The Morton Arboretum art collection. Kimberly was also an Artist-in-Residence at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan in Lake Superior.  She recently finished a large commission, of 34 paintings for The Clearing in Door County, WI. 

Meetings are open to all; you do not have to be a Lemont Artists Guild member to attend. Registration required.