Rosie Sanders' Flowers: A Celebration of Botanical Art

This book is gorgeous! I highly recommend it for anyone interested in botanical art. Rosie Sanders is an incredible artist. The closeup views are just amazing. I sit and stare at each page in awe. I'm surprised how inexpensive the book is. Plus, I didn't realize she also gives a beautiful print of a tulip for framing!

wpnderful pieces of art. Comparison to O"Keefe is on target. if you like art paintings of flowers this is a very special find.

The book is nice but it’s images are not even close to the fabulous images I saw in person.

Gorgeous inspirational photos and interesting botanical information. Well worth buying

Wow..if you are a watercolorist you will love her books. Every page is packed with beautiful works of art. I love looking through the 2 I have gotten from Amazon.

Beautiful art, beautiful subjects. I love this book!

Favorite watercolor artist

This is a most riveting book of artistic botanical art! Every page is a delight; dramatic and hypnotic, with exquisite detail & lush color. I cannot imagine anyone, artist or not, who would not see Ms. Saunders' images as the visual treasures they are!

It's really refreshing and rewarding to get a book which conveys the impact of Rosie's very large paintings in the same way as happens when you walk into a gallery and see her paintings for the very first time.My one criticism of the book is that I'd have much preferred to have heard Rosie's words describing what appealed about her subject for each painting, her thinking behind her approach and what she was trying to achieve. Written as a commentary in the third person by Dr Andreas Honegger - and also translated from German (this book was first published in Germany) - creates a bit of a disconnect between paintings and words.I also really don't like it when people guess what an artist was trying to achieve when they could actually interview the artist and ask them! Rosie is far from inarticulate. I'm sure there could have been a better way of creating text to go with the paintings (e.g. an interview - with a clearer distinction between who asked the questions and the artist providing the answer?)Finally - there's a bonus of a print of one of her paintings included at the end slipped in under the book cover.

I can understand why the work of Rosie Sanders is compared to that of Georgia O’Keefe. However, despite the fact that I am not an art critic, I feel that her work is far superior to O’Keefe’s. For one thing, there is a great deal more of it judging by the book(s). For another, she paints in water colour - such a difficult medium and worked so beautifully. Almost every fabulously printed page had me gasping in awe. I have to admit that I would love to be able to paint like this and would give my eye teeth to watch this lady painting for a couple of days. Never mind. I have this fantastic book to copy and learn from. By far the best book I have on flower painting. Well worth the price.

Marvellous!! Superb up close images of Rosie's work. If you cannot make it to an Exhibition of Rosie's this is the next best thing. The reproductions of the work are very clear and the colours are so vibrant. A must for all botanical artists and plant lovers. It is a larger than normal book so allows for life size images.

A Magnificent book, providing just the inspiration I needed to help me develop my style, Beautifully Illustrated and description very helpful.

Beautiful illustrations.... I’ve bought it for my mum who likes doing watercolours if flowers. This is something to aim for!