Linda Fraser is a botanical artist who specializes in native plants of the southeastern United States.  When she moved to Georgia she began collecting specimens of plants on her property for an herbarium.  She soon realized that the best way for her to study the plants and learn to recognize them was to draw them.   In her words, "I hope my illustrations of southeastern native plants will promote appreciation of their excellent qualities, sometimes taken for granted."

 

Over the years she has created over 85 watercolor and colored pencil paintings of these plants, grouping those found blooming side by side in their specific environment and   including many colorful insects and other critters hiding or chewing on those plants on that day.  A baby skink and some turtles are seen among the plants in their respective environments.

 

She shows the paintings in chronological order in exhibits titled "A Walk Through the Calendar Year."  Recent exhibits have been at The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage, Gatlinburg, Tennessee (2007), Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia (2005 and 2006) and at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (2005) 

 

Linda and her garden were featured on Georgia Public Television in an Earth Day Special, Your World, Your Choice.  She illustrated Gardening 'Round Atlanta and Bird Watch in Georgia and was a board member of Georgia Native Plant Society and The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. 

 

 

 

LINDA FRASER

BOTANICAL ARTIST