Criss Canning New Edition

Macmillan is pleased to offer a new updated second edition of Criss Canning's very popula work. She combines the traditions of botanical art and still-life painting in her beautiful paintings in which-she portrays the personality of each plant depicted. While flowers and leaves attract the eye for the beauty of their colours, Canning is a consummate colourist and an expert in the rendering of light as it is reflected off the glass and ceramic vessels that are used to present her botanical specimens. These paintings celebrate colour, light and the marvels of nature. Canning joins other Australian artists such as Margaret Preston and Margaret Olley who have responded to the beauty and munificence of nature's offerings. Dame Elisabeth, herself a keen gardener, provides a warm and appreciative introduction to his sumptuously illustrated book which will delight the art-lover and gardener alike.