Robert Adams Showings
Robert Adams Showings
Robert Adams Showings
The Mary L. Harden School of Botanical Illustration
Claire Ryle grew up in England where as a child she kept a little book of wildflower sketches and pressed flowers from the garden and hedgerows. She was intrigued by both of her grandmothers’ knowledge of plants: one, a weaver who made her own natural dyes for the wool she wove; the other grandmother, a firm believer in herbal remedies for medicinal purposes.
Years later, discovering the efficacy of homeopathic medicines for herself and her children, she began an informal study of homeopathy that led to a deeper appreciation of the healing power of plants.
In her early twenties she took a nine-month Art & Design Foundation course in Cambridge, UK, and as a kindergarten teacher, used creative art media as the basis for learning experiences in the classroom. It was not until almost 40 years later that she discovered a way to combine her love of plants with that of art, through Mary Harden’s School of Botanical Illustration, where she has studied for several years.
In 2017, she exhibited at the “Deceptively Dangerous Plants” exhibit at UCSF Faculty Alumni House, at “Symbiosis” at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, and at “Lepidoptera – Butterflies and Moths” at UCSF. In 2018, she exhibited at “Symbiosis” at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, and at “Symbiosis – Native Plants and Butterflies” at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts. In 2021, she exhibited at Lola's Art Gallery in Noe Valley, San Francisco.