We were honored when Gerhard Marx asked us for permission to discuss our upcoming book series on the mesembs in an article he was preparing for The S.A. Botanical Aritst, the Newsletter of the Botanical Artists' Association of South Africa. The real goal of the article was to expose the incredible skills of one of South Africa's most talented botanical illustrators, Janet Snyman. Five of her watercolors and thirteen drawings will appear in our next book, The Titanopsis Group.
The article discusses the importance of botanical art and its relevance in today's botanical books. It features two of Janet's paintings comissioned by Little Sphaeroid Press, one of Deilanthe peersii, and another of Ihlenfeldtia vanzylii.
Feel free to download the pdf, which excerpts the newsletter, and read it for yourself.