Oak Artists

Illustrated Oaks of the World

By David More | April 8, 2020

David More shares some of his magnificent illustrations of oaks, part of a work-in-progress.

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The subject of the latest addition to our Oak Artist series is Harriet Blum, whose work straddles the media of photography and painting: her idiosyncratic technique involves infrared film photography and hand-coloring with transparent oils and pencils.

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Quercus Quest – My Ongoing Journey With Louisiana Live Oaks

By William Guion | August 1, 2016

If I wanted to make stronger, more meaningful images, I should pick something that I love and photograph it again and again: “Follow what your heart is drawn to,” he said, “and in time, your feelings will begin to show though in your work.”

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Kyle Spradley's Photographs of the McBaine Bur Oak

By Ryan Russell | December 2, 2015

Photographer Kyle Spradley has taken portraits of "The Big Tree" over the course of almost a decade, in every season and weather condition.

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Beth Moon's Portraits of Oaks

By Roderick Cameron | May 31, 2015

Continuing our series Oak Artists, we look at portraits of ancient English oaks by California-based photographer Beth Moon.

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Andrea Jones: Capturing the Splendor of Oaks

By Roderick Cameron | November 29, 2014

Quercus lobata, San Marcos Pass Rd., Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Andrea Jones is one of the world's foremost garden photographers, whose pictures have appeared in many books, magazines and newspapers worldwide. She kindly agreed to an email interview which focused exclusively on her experience photographing oaks, adding another chapter to our series on oak artists.

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Gustaf Emanuelsson: Oak Photographer

By Roderick Cameron | August 17, 2014

Latest in our series on Oak Artists is an interview with Swedish photographer Gustaf Emanuelsson, whose photos of the Oak of Kvill were featured in our reposting of Stefan Foconi’s article. Gustaf is working on a long term project documenting the giant trees of Sweden, most of which are oaks

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Christine Battle: Botanical Illustrator

By Roderick Cameron | May 20, 2014

IOS member Christine Battle has always had an interest in botanical art. Though she was only 14 when she was first smitten by a print of Albrecht Dürer’s watercolor Das große Rasenstück (Great Piece of Turf), it wasn’t till almost four decades later that she began painting plants, after receiving a birthday present of a two-day botanical art drawing course in 2006.