Life is not still - A florilegium of the Kennet and Avon Canal

About

Maria Harryman is a Wiltshire based artist whose current work finds inspiration inflorilegium, books dating back to medieval times which recorded the plants of aparticular place or garden. In this exhibition her specific place of interest is theKennet & Avon Canal.

Starting in March as older nature-based calendars did, the work will be curated working around the gallery walls through the months and seasons, depicting the wild plants growing in the reedbeds and hedgerows. Sketchbooks and printmaking tools showing her artistic process will also be on display.

This will be the first time the complete body of work will be shown together and isaccompanied by a booklet of illustrated pen portraits describing wider aspects of lifefrom the towpath.

All artworks are for sale. Prints and a booklet to accompany the exhibition will be available through the museum shop.