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Synopsis
Overleaf is a delightful and thought provoking book dedicated to foliage. Susan Ogilvy's 74 delicate and delightful paintings are a study of that most obvious but smallest coherent part of a tree - the leaf. The paintings of both sides of the leaves of 37 trees found across the temperate regions of Europe and North America are uncluttered and beautiful portraits that will appear akin to everlasting pressing. Richard Ogilvy's thought provoking text reflects on the wonderful, detail complexity of our woodlands and forest. For each tree he has penned a concise portrait - how it relates to the environment, how big it grows, how fast it grows, where it grows, the dependent birds, insects and fungi, the mythology, and the uses we make of the timber.
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About the Author
Richard Ogilvy is a forester with a dilettante streak having been at various times a barman, market gardener, whole food shop proprietor, disc-jockey, boomerang maker and a youth leader while still pursuing a forestry career. He lives in Scotland where he has had a hand in planting some 150 million trees. Susan Ogilvy's work has been shown in the Ashmolean Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and the Royal Horticultural Society, and she holds Gold and Silver-Gilt Medals from the Royal Horticultural Society. Susan is married to Richard's brother, a naval pilot, and has been painting since practicing art therapy when an occupational therapist.
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Overleaf
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Kew Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1842464914
ISBN 13: 9781842464915
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Seller: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, FLINT, United Kingdom
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Pictorial hard covers. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Ogilvy, Susan (illustrator). 1st edition. Paintings of leaves. Weight: 1.0 Language: English. Seller Inventory # 48098
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Overleaf: An Illustrated Guide to Leaves
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Ogilvy, Susan (illustrator). Near-fine hardback copy with very slight traces of use only. Cream buckram covers. Seller Inventory # 044326
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OVERLEAF
Published by
Kew Pubishing / Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, 2013
ISBN 10: 1842464914
ISBN 13: 9781842464915
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Ogilvy, Susan (illustrator). 1st. (UK) First publication, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Cream coloured cloth with leaf painting, front and back, 165pp, colour patings of tre leaves augmented with some colour photos of the authors. This book features over seventy brilliantly rendered studies of the leaves of thirty-seven tree species found across North America and Europe. Susan Ogilvy's paintings are lovely and uncluttered, resembling real-life pressings captured between the pages. The artwork is accompanied by Richard Ogilvy's thought-provoking text, which provides a vignette for each tree that explores its particular relationship with the environment, its style of growth, the history and mythology surrounding it, and the uses that birds, insects, and humans make of it. (2.5 JM LVR 201/a4 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Seller Inventory # 08660