STORY BEHIND THE ART OF WENDY HOLLENDER

16th Annual International

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York

Flowering Garlic

Allium sativa

I chose a garlic which was growing in my garden and had just been harvested. I depicted it all, the whole garlic plant with seeds, stem, leaves and garlic bulb and roots. It was an interesting composition because of the way the garlic had grown into a very pleasing presentation. It was tricky to show the dirt around the bulb, but I wanted to give a sense that the bulb is underground. I hope that people will look at the piece and say “Wow, that's how garlic looks when it’s growing? Who knew?!”

I portray a lot of edible plants in my art work and I love to do things like this from my own garden.

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