Nabokov's Notebook

Nabokov's Notebook A blog about the science in art and the art in science.
"I discovered in nature the nonutilitarian delights that I sought in art. Both were a form of magic, both were a game of intricate enchantment and deception." -Vladimir Nabokov (Writer, Lepidopterist.)

SEED Magazine profiled a collaborative effort in the history of botanical painting between biologist John Kress and The Shirley Sherwood Collection at Kew Gardens, UK. The book The Art of Plant Evolution came out in 2010. 

Top left: (Haemanthus nortieri)

Top right: Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra)

Bottom: Pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis)

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