Full Description
Many admirers of fine nature art in Indiana and the Midwest know the distinctive, intricate, detailed, and beautiful paintings of Maryrose Wampler. Her work is found in homes, offices, and business establishments and has been displayed and sold by the best art galleries and print dealers. Her work was featured in "Wildflowers of Indiana" (Indiana University Press, 1988), a book that covered some 350 species of wildflowers and has been enormously popular. She has now produced a more ambitious volume dealing with an eclectic group of Indiana's trees. Each tree is presented in its natural setting in a small painting as a living totality. Small detailed paintings also present the flowers, fruit or nuts, leaves, and a winter twig for each of the depicted species. The careful, detail work is intended to depict the character or essence of the trees, and to be scientifically accurate. "Most people see a tree and think tree," says Maryrose Wampler. "But they are more than that. Now that I have studied them and painted them in detail, I see each species as a special plant." Fred Wampler has added a fascinating text for each tree, describing its properties, natural history, uses, and special features. "Trees of Indiana" is a book for art lovers and naturalists who want to become better acquainted with trees.
Contents
The trees depicted are: Eastern Hemlock Tamarack Eastern white pine jack pine Virginia pine Bald cypress Eastern red cedar Cucumber tree Umbrella magnolia Tulip tree Pawpaw Sassafras Sycamore Sweet gum American elm Slippery elm Sugarberry Hackberry Red mulberry Butternut Black walnut Pecan Bitternut hickory Shagbark hickory American beech American chestnut White oak Post oak Bur oak Swamp white oak Chestnut oak Chinquapin oak Shingle oak Blackjack oak Cherrybark oak Black oak Northern red oak Pin oak Ironwood, hophornbeam American hornbeam Yellow birch River birch American basswood Quaking aspen Eastern cottonwood Black willow Sourwood Persimmon Wild black cherry Sweet crabapple Hawthorn Serviceberry Redbud Honey locust Kentucky coffee tree Yellowwood Black locust Flowering dogwood Black gum Ohio buckeye Sugar maple Red maple Silver maple Box elder White ash Green ash Black ash Blue ash Northern catalpa
