“Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art.” Walter Savage Landor
A feature article about the artist appears in the January/February issue of SCW magazine.
The Artist
Ellen Fishburne's art appears In the “Carolina Sketchbook” section of each issue of South Carolina Wildlife magazine. Their January/February 2022 issue showcased her watercolors of a Pileated woodpecker and Catesby's gentian on the front and back covers.
A feature article compares Fishburne's natural history illustration methods to that of 16th Century English naturalist and artist Mark Catesby. Accompanying the article is a time-lapse video of Fishburne at work in the field. Subscriptions to the magazine are available here .
Fishburne grew up in Statesville, NC, receiving private instruction from Louise Gilbert. She earned her BFA in Communications Art from East Carolina University and resides in Columbia, SC. She holds active memberships in the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Visit her Instagram page for more examples of her work.