Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Mushroom Autumn

Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric - wild mushroom postcard

Coprinus picaceus - Magpie Incap - wild mushroom postcard

Cantharellus cibarius - Chanterelle - wild mushroom postcard

Boletus edulis - Cep - wild mushroom postcard

It has been a fantastic mushroom autumn here in the south of England - due they say to a very wet August with very mild night-time temperatures.

Peter's mushroom art has headed all around the world this year .... we were invited to take a stand at the International Mycological Congress in Edinburgh in August where almost 2000 delegates converged to talk about all imaginable aspects of mycological studies and research.

We launched a new series of mushroom poster prints and mushroom postcards. These were a huge success with the mushroom postcard end of our stand turning into a signing booth as Peter was asked to sign whole sets of postcards for enthusiastic delegates.

The October Wild Autumn Art exhibition at the Five Arrows Gallery at Exbury Gardens, near Beaulieu in Hampshire, likewise broke sales records - so all in all, a most successful mushroom art season.

The 2011 mushroom calendar which we produced in time for IMC Edinburgh is also heading to be another sell-out this year.


Wild mushroom calendar 2011 - printed from watercolour paintings by Peter Thwaites




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