The Essential Audrey Eagle: Botanical Art of New Zealand - Paperback

by Audrey Eagle (Illustrator), Patrick Brownsey (Introduction by)

The detailed flora captured by talented botanic artist Audrey Eagle for decades is collected together in this colorful compilation. The stunning selection of New Zealand's unique native plants is expertly painted by Eagle at life-size, and includes enlargements to showcase the expert technical detail of the flowers, leaves, and seeds of each plant. Also included is an appendix with comprehensive notes that were drafted in consultation with professional botanists to provide information on the plants. An introduction by scientist Patrick Brownsey gives new insights into Audrey Eagle and her life's work, and sets her place in the prestigious history of the botanical illustration of New Zealand flora.

Author Biography

Dr. Audrey Eagle is a botanical artist whose artwork is collected in Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, which won the prestigious Montana Medal in 2007. Patrick Brownsey is a leading authority on ferns who has published more than 50 scientific papers and a research fellow for botany at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.