One of Brooklyn’s most impressive exports to the Sunshine State is an artist named Francesca Anderson. During the decades she lived in Brooklyn, she became celebrated internationally as a botanical artist and illustrator. Birds, also became a favorite subject of her remarkable eye.
In the exhibit “Native Birds of Florida,” which opened last week at the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, visitors see up close the striking beauty and simplicity of Anderson’s work. And it is riveting. The life-size black-and-white images offer meticulous and exacting detail on scratchboards. As in the greatest black and white photography, the power of simple contrasts allows the brain to embrace instantly the essential lines, the essence of the subject.
Among the native birds featured were Great White Egret, Black Crowned Night Heron and Belted Kingfisher. In the opening week Anderson was featured on a panel with an Audubon representative to discuss the vital role of native birds in our ecosystems. The panel was moderated by horticulturist Susan Lerner.
palmetto, by Francesca Anderson from Field Guide to the
Palms of Belize
Indeed, it is for botanical illustrations that Francesca Anderson is celebrated internationally. Her primary medium is pen and ink. Her exquisite detail places her in a leading role as illustrator of many scientific books and field guides. Both in US and abroad her work has been chosen in more than 20 solo exhibits, and some 60 group shows.
She has been awarded two Gold Medals from the Royal Horticultural Society in London. As a popular figure in Brooklyn for decades, she served as a trustee for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and is still the founder and president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society. She is also a Fellow of the prestigious Linnean Society in London. (The Linnean is the world’s oldest active society devoted to natural history. Founded in 1788, it takes its name from the famous Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus.)
Also affiliated with the New York Botanical Garden, Francesca Anderson is the illustrator of a recent book, Field Guide to the Palms of Belize. Following her interest in the natural balance of flora and fauna, and her prolific talent for detailed illustrations, she brought visual vitality to the field guide, published by New York Botanical Garden recently.
Based on a decade of field studies, botanical scientists Michael Balick and Andrew Henderson collected specimens and interviewed dozens of people about how the hearty palm species are used for food, fiber, fuel and medicine, and even as cultural rituals.
“Fran Anderson’s drawings are so precise, accurate ad beautiful,” said Dr. Michael Balick, vice president for Botanical Science, New York Botanical Garden. “They bring visual life to our research.”
“All the incredible opportunites I have been given, starting with college, I have received in New York State and Brooklyn,” Anderson told the Eagle. “There is no where else on earth with the resources, energy and talent. Although my home these last years is now 1500 miles away, I am so very grateful for my years as a proud citizen of Brooklyn.”
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