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Samantha Melvin

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#Artist, #printmaker, #painter, #gardener, #educator, & avid #learner, focused on the #botanical. I love art and #science especially about #nature. Investigating the relationship of #humansandnature through #art - Find my work on IG @samanthamelvinart

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Nice to meet you here!

13.01.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975

Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975

Gwyther Irwin, Red Flush, 1964
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1117168

06.01.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Florabundance II, 2024, hand-painted #cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle
#art #wildflowers #botanical #sciart #heirloomrose #natureinspired

06.01.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View inside the #reallysmallmuseum in Austin, showing details of flowers and leaves painted on the blocks for the installation of Disappearing Prairies

View inside the #reallysmallmuseum in Austin, showing details of flowers and leaves painted on the blocks for the installation of Disappearing Prairies

View of the Really Small Museum in Austin with a display of colorfully painted blocks representing the flora and foliage of the Blackland Prairies

View of the Really Small Museum in Austin with a display of colorfully painted blocks representing the flora and foliage of the Blackland Prairies

Disappearing Prairies, displayed Dec. β€˜24 #reallysmallmuseum_atx @butlertrailatx.bsky.social Blocks represent the human imprint on the #environment (as grid), a mirror reflects the viewer, placing us in the #landscape of #nativeplants from the #BlacklandPrairies. We all play a part in #conservation

05.01.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Colorful hand-painted wooden blocks painted with patterns of leaves and flowers to bring awareness of loss of prairie across Texas

Colorful hand-painted wooden blocks painted with patterns of leaves and flowers to bring awareness of loss of prairie across Texas

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Honored to have been the December β€˜24 #artist #reallysmallmuseum_atx by #julietwhitsett for TEMPO on the Trail @butlertrailatx.bsky.social Disappearing Prairies, blocks w/ six patterns of #wildflowers, tall grasses & other plants native to the #BlacklandPrairies. πŸ“Έ by C. Heppner #art #sciart #ecoart

03.01.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic β€”thank you, Patricia!
Happy New Year!

03.01.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely work!

02.01.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy New Year!!!

02.01.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Learning the system here… #art #sciart hoping to connect with #artists here who love #mixedmedia #printmaking and #painting like I do! #color #natureinspired #botanicals

02.01.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Colorful gel plate print of botanicals in orange and magenta

Colorful gel plate print of botanicals in orange and magenta

New to Bluesky!
Former elementary art educator, art education consultant and after my MFA in painting at Savannah College of Art and Design, a full-time artist, with a passion for nature, native species and gardening. Starting a master naturalist course in February… there’s always so much to learn!

02.01.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund

Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund

Lynn Bowers, Rhythms in Barbara, 1970

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135535

02.01.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Happy New Year to you as well.

02.01.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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