Maria Cecilia Freeman
biographical information
- Solo Exhibitions:
- San Francisco Botanical Garden, January–June, 2011
- Horticultural Society of New York, June, 2010
- Horticultural Society of New York, April 2008
- Selected Group Exhibitions:
- Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World. American Society of Botanical Artists, traveling in the U.S. 2009–2010
- The Art of Nature, Northern California Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz, California, March–April, 2010
- Plants Illustrated, Northern California Society of Botanical Artists, University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California, January 2010
- The Art of Nature, Northern California Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California, September–October, 2009
- Botanical Art Show and Contest, California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference, Sacramento, California, January, 2009; awarded First Prize and “Conference Choice”
- Picturing Nature, Northern California Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Thomas Theatre Gallery, Lodi, California, November, 2008
- 10th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition at Filoli, Woodside, California, June, 2008
- Selected Publications:
- Rose Studies: Watercolors and Drawings, Exhibit Catalogue, 2010
- The Sustainable Rose Garden Reader, edited by Pat Shanley, Peter Kukielski and Gene Waering (Casemate Athena, 2010)
- Hennessey on Roses – Plus, edited by Gene Waering (Casemate Athena, forthcoming)
- Fremontia, Journal of the California Native Plant Society
- Manual of Grasses for North America in The Flora of North America edited by Dr. Mary Barkworth, illustrations editor Dr. Linda A. Vorobik
- Classes Taught:
- “Drawing and Painting Roses,” Horticultural Society of New York, June, 2010
- “From Study to Finished Work” and “Drawing and Painting Roses,” American Society of Botanical Artists Annual Meeting and Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, October, 2009
- Memberships:
- American Society of Botanical Artists
- Northern California Society of Botanical Artists (board member)
- Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
- Northern California Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
- California Native Plant Society
- American Rose Society
- Heritage Roses Group
- Heritage Rose Foundation
- Santa Cruz (California) Art League