About Elizabeth Shatner’s Art By Nature

Art By Nature evolves out of the life experiences of Elizabeth and William Shatner from a photojournalistic and artistic perspective. Elizabeth captures the beauty of nature that she encounters as a way to relax and unwind from the dynamic life she leads. Finding beauty in what she comes across.

Digital Painting

Elizabeth Shatner offers a unique look at nature through her camera lens; she then highlights and enhances what nature presents us through digital painting.  An emerging art form, digital painting utilizes traditional painting techniques and applies them digitally, simulating physical media using a computer and software. This technology allows Elizabeth to convey what she sees and feels in that moment in time, making the piece more meaningful to the observer.

Floriography and History

Throughout history, the study of flowers has captivated mankind.  Used as medicine, in rituals and to express emotion, flowers have been an integral part of cultures around the world. From Cleopatra’s famous encounter with Antony on a bed of roses to the Middle Ages, when flowers and herbs were thought to have magical properties, flowers have intrigued the human race.  In the Victorian era, flowers became an integral part of society’s method of communication, expressing emotions one dared not speak aloud. Entire dictionaries were written on the subject of floriography, or the language of flowers. Flowers have a unique ability to speak to the human spirit.

Florosophy®

Building upon the ancient studies of flowers as a means of communication in the Victorian era, Elizabeth Shatner has brought a new concept to her art, called Florosophy.   There is art inherent in nature that calls to us. Elizabeth’s art form examines the beauty in nature and connects the flow of philosophical thoughts that humans bring to the experience. Florosophy is a meditation on nature designed to allow us to be uplifted and re-energized by it.