Rosie Sanders' Flowers: A celebration of botanical art

It's really refreshing and rewarding to get a book which conveys the impact of Rosie's very large paintings in the same way as happens when you walk into a gallery and see her paintings for the very first time.My one criticism of the book is that I'd have much preferred to have heard Rosie's words describing what appealed about her subject for each painting, her thinking behind her approach and what she was trying to achieve. Written as a commentary in the third person by Dr Andreas Honegger - and also translated from German (this book was first published in Germany) - creates a bit of a disconnect between paintings and words.I also really don't like it when people guess what an artist was trying to achieve when they could actually interview the artist and ask them! Rosie is far from inarticulate. I'm sure there could have been a better way of creating text to go with the paintings (e.g. an interview - with a clearer distinction between who asked the questions and the artist providing the answer?)Finally - there's a bonus of a print of one of her paintings included at the end slipped in under the book cover.

I can understand why the work of Rosie Sanders is compared to that of Georgia O’Keefe. However, despite the fact that I am not an art critic, I feel that her work is far superior to O’Keefe’s. For one thing, there is a great deal more of it judging by the book(s). For another, she paints in water colour - such a difficult medium and worked so beautifully. Almost every fabulously printed page had me gasping in awe. I have to admit that I would love to be able to paint like this and would give my eye teeth to watch this lady painting for a couple of days. Never mind. I have this fantastic book to copy and learn from. By far the best book I have on flower painting. Well worth the price.

A Magnificent book, providing just the inspiration I needed to help me develop my style, Beautifully Illustrated and description very helpful.

THis is a beautiful book of illustations of Rosie Sanders paintings. The photography is amazing as are her paintings. Lovely to own.

Marvellous!! Superb up close images of Rosie's work. If you cannot make it to an Exhibition of Rosie's this is the next best thing. The reproductions of the work are very clear and the colours are so vibrant. A must for all botanical artists and plant lovers. It is a larger than normal book so allows for life size images.

I bought this book for a gift for a friend and would have loved to have had the time to really study it. It’s magnificent!

Book rather too big and heavy in size and weight

It is the best art book I have ever bought so far. I love the paintings very much.

I’m using this book as inspiration for my own floral art. I don’t paint watercolour, but the complexity and size of the paintings is what drew me in. Absolutely stunning artwork and the quality of the photos and paper in the book is amazing. You won’t be disappointed.

Muito bonitas as pinturas!! Adorei o estilo da autora, mas não é um livro para ensinar como fazer e sim para apreciar as flores pintadas de um jeito especial

This arrived in a timely manner in beautiful condition. Lovely book for any admirer of flowers, or flower artists.

Precioso libro si te encanta la acuarela botánica y te encanta dibujar. Buenísimas ilustraciones y muchos consejos para este tipo de proyectos

Livre magnifique avec des aquarelles botaniques réalistes de Rosie Sanders, artiste qui capture la lumière de façon magistrale en utilisant à la fois des couleurs vibrantes et saturées et des lavis d'une grande légèreté.Pas de techniques mais de grandes sources d'inspiration pour se perfectionner.