What's better than free art?! Besides maybe free ice cream, but I don't have any of that for you, sorry. Today, I'm sharing a new (to me) resource for free botanical art. TOTALLY FREE, courtesy of Botanicus.org.
Botanicus is a free, Web-based encyclopedia of digitized historic, botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library. They have been digitizing materials from their library since 1995, focusing primarily on beautifully illustrated volumes from their rare book collection.
It really couldn't be easier. Go here, scroll through the pages list on the left until you get to "plates", then click download on the top. I actually haven't figured out how to download just individual images. The full book is a 32 mb PDF so it will take a minute to download but it's totally worth it.
Here are some of my favorite prints along with the corresponding pages you can find them on once you download the book.
And in case you need any more inspiration/motivation, take a look at how great a series of these framed up can look.
Thank you Botanicus! You no longer have an excuse to have blank walls in your home. Print, frame, repeat. Voila! Instant art installation. If you take advantage of Botanicus and create some fabulous gallery wall, send me a picture! I'd love to see how it works out.
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