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Anemone

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.01

Description: A large grey and brown rock takes up half of the picture. In the upper right five white flowers peek over the rock. In the upper left four white and five yellow flowers grow. In the center amonst grass are nine white and eight yellow flowers. To the right and left are two white flowers respectively.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Anemone

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.2 x 57.5 cm

Description: A large grey and brown rock takes up half of the picture. In the upper right five white flowers peek over the rock. In the upper left four white and five yellow flowers grow. In the center amonst grass are nine white and eight yellow flowers. To the right and left are two white flowers respectively.

Subject: botanical; anemone

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.01

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Apple Blossom

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.27

Description: Pink and blue blossoms, green leaves. Card format.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Apple Blossom

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 20.6 cm

Description: Pink and blue blossoms, green leaves. Card format.

Subject: botanical; apple blossom

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.27

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Apple Blossom

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.28

Description: Pink blossoms and green leaves on pink and mauve background. Card format.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Apple Blossom

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 20.3 cm

Description: Pink blossoms and green leaves on pink and mauve background. Card format.

Subject: botanical; apple blossom

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.28

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Arbutus, Salt Spring Island

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.077

Description: Large arbutus tree at centre of image on shore of ocean, Saltspring Island.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Arbutus, Salt Spring Island

Date: 1982

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 36.9 x 44.6 cm

Description: Large arbutus tree at centre of image on shore of ocean, Saltspring Island.

Subject: botanical; Arbutus tree; landscape; Pacific; Saltspring Island

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.077

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Boojum cactus / desert scene

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.07

Description: Multi-coloured cone shaped, spiked trees and cacti on and against grey rocks covers most of the left and centre top with smaller ones on mauve rocks to the right. In the centre are two mythological bird creatures perched on rocks.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Boojum cactus / desert scene

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 76.5 cm

Description: Multi-coloured cone shaped, spiked trees and cacti on and against grey rocks covers most of the left and centre top with smaller ones on mauve rocks to the right. In the centre are two mythological bird creatures perched on rocks.

Subject: botanical; Boojum cactus; Pat Askren

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.07

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Jade Bay

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.14

Description: Tree on blue and green background which looks like water.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Jade Bay

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.9 x 12.7 cm

Description: Tree on blue and green background which looks like water.

Subject: botanical; tree

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.14

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Leaf Design Silk Screen

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.12

Description: Green leaves on black background. Card format.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Leaf Design Silk Screen

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.1 x 25.4 cm

Description: Green leaves on black background. Card format.

Subject: botanical; leaves

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.12

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Okanagan Apple Blossom

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.05

Description: Pink apple blossom with green leaves on a black background. Card format.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Okanagan Apple Blossom

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.1 x 12.7 cm

Description: Pink apple blossom with green leaves on a black background. Card format.

Subject: botanical; apple blossom

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.05

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Okanagan Blossom

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.09

Description: Peach coloured and white apple blossom, green leaves on red background.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Okanagan Blossom

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Description: Peach coloured and white apple blossom, green leaves on red background.

Subject: botanical; apple blossom

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.09

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Old road above Kalamalka

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.10

Description: Tree root at centre of image; Kalamalka Lake behind. Stormy sky. Card format.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Old road above Kalamalka

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.1 x 25.5 cm

Description: Tree root at centre of image; Kalamalka Lake behind. Stormy sky. Card format.

Subject: botanical; tree root; landscape; Okanagan; Kalamalka Lake

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.10

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Prairie Anemone

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.03

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Prairie Anemone

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Dimensions: 14.9 x 17 cm

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.

Subject: botanical; anemone

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.03

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Purple Crocus

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.04

Description: Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away f…

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Purple Crocus

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 23.5 cm

Description: Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away from the viewer showing mostly the outside of the petals and some yellow inside. The crocus stems and feathery leaves are green and brown. The other grasses and stems are rust, yellow and brown.

Subject: botanical; flower; crocus

Credit: Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.04

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Reflections, Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1986

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.084

Description: Trees and sky not visible in image are reflected in water at Butchart Gardens in Victoria. People at edge of water.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Reflections, Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

Date: 1986

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.6 x 43.5 cm

Description: Trees and sky not visible in image are reflected in water at Butchart Gardens in Victoria. People at edge of water.

Subject: botanical; Butchart Gardens, Victoria

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.084

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Skunk Cabbage

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.02

Description: Bottom two thirds is a purple blue pool of water out of which grows six large yellow and green plants. On the edge of the pool brown ferns grow. The upper third is green weeds and fern.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Skunk Cabbage

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.2 x 57.4 cm

Description: Bottom two thirds is a purple blue pool of water out of which grows six large yellow and green plants. On the edge of the pool brown ferns grow. The upper third is green weeds and fern.

Subject: botanical; skunk cabbage; weeds; fern

Credit: Purchased from Jean Gill, Calgary, 1974

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.02

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Snow Lily

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.03

Description: General colour: green and brown with yellow flowers. To the left, three yellow lilies grow from two plants. To the right six yellow lilies grow from one plant, three from another. Small three leaf ground plants grow at the bottom of the picture. Bare twigs fill the background.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Snow Lily

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.2 x 34.9 cm

Description: General colour: green and brown with yellow flowers. To the left, three yellow lilies grow from two plants. To the right six yellow lilies grow from one plant, three from another. Small three leaf ground plants grow at the bottom of the picture. Bare twigs fill the background.

Subject: botanical; snow lilies; twigs

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.03

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Sopeberry

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Artist: William Cassels

Date: 1899 – 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CsW.05.01

Description: A branch with greens leaves and orange/yellow berries. blc: Sopeberry (Buffalo berry). Shepherdia Canadensis. Banff by W. Cassels 231 - 3rd Avenue N.W. Calgary. tlc: Paper too rough for this work WC. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-1).

Artist: William Cassels

Title: Sopeberry

Date: 1899 – 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.7 x 25.2 cm

Description: A branch with greens leaves and orange/yellow berries. blc: Sopeberry (Buffalo berry). Shepherdia Canadensis. Banff by W. Cassels 231 - 3rd Avenue N.W. Calgary. tlc: Paper too rough for this work WC. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-1).