Pria Graves

Pria has been creating botanical art since 1992, working primarily in watercolor. Heirloom fruits and flowers are a particular passion with her and she grows many unusual antique plants in her own garden.

Pria’s works have regularly been included in the annual botanical art exhibit at Filoli and her “Heirloom Pole Beans” was awarded the 2012 Bourne Award for distinction with an emphasis on horticultural presentation. They have also been selected for several American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) shows including “Green Currency” (New York Botanic Garden, 2011), “A Natural Perspective” (Phoenix, 2009), and “Beauty of Botany”(Seattle, 2006) and Botanica 2012 in Sydney, Australia. She is honored to have paintings chosen to appear in the first and second BLOSSOM – The Art of Flowers shows sponsored by the Susan K. Black Foundation. In addition, she has participated in the 2010 FLORA exhibit of the Botanical Art Society of Australia and a number of local and regional shows. She was invited to contribute several works to “A Botanical Collection” at the Tidemark Gallery in Waldoboro, ME, and created a piece for “The Art of Saving Oaks”, a show highlighting the threat of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. She was also instrumental in bringing that show to two added venues.

Pria holds a Botanical Art Certificate from Filoli and a Certificate in Garden Design from University of California Berkeley Extension. She has studied extensively with master botanical art instructor, Anne-Marie Evans and with the late Charles Stasek, marine biologist, scientific illustrator and artist. She has also taken master classes with such well-known botanical artists as Margaret Best, Lizzie Sanders, Martha Kemp, Susan Fisher, and Jenny Phillips. Pria currently serves as VP/webmaster of NCalSBA. She is a member of the Filoli Florilegium Guild as well as the AME Painting Group in England, and the Botanical Art Society of Australia.

Pria’s work is included in the Filoli Florilegium, in several private collections in North America and Australia, and has also appeared in print. Many of her paintings are available as giclée prints or cards.

Pria Graves

priag@birketthouse.com

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