Biography, Awards, Collections
Education
1968 | B.F.A. | Manhattanville College |
1984 | M.A. | Studio Art, Hunter College |
1987 | M.F.A. | Drawing and Painting, Brooklyn College |
1991 | Certificate in Botanical Illustration | New York Botanical Garden |
Awards
1995 | Gold Medal | Royal Horticultural Society, London |
1999 | Gold Medal | Royal Horticultural Society, London |
1999 | Finalist | American Artist Magazine, National Floral Art Competition |
2000 | Jurors Award | Greater New York Orchid Show |
2001 | Silver Gilt Medal | Royal Horticultural Society, London |
2004 | Corning Award | Garden Club of America |
2008 | Forsythia Award | Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
2009 | Artist of the Year | American Society of Botanical Artists |
2019 | James White Service Award | American Society of Botanical Artists |
2023 | Honorary Curator of Art | Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation |
2024 | Anderson archives requested and accepted | Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation |
Artist in Residence / Lectures
2015 | Artist in Residence, Bruce Museum | Greenwich, Connecticut |
2016 | Lecturer, Cloisters Museum, Metropolitan Museum | New York, New York |
2008 | Lecturer, Cosmopolitan Club | New York, New York |
2016 | Lecturer, Garden Club of America | Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York |
2024 | "Beyond Accuracy, Creating Art" | American Society of Botanical Art Symposium. March 23, 2024 |
Juries
2008 | NA | Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition |
2009 | NA | American Society of Botanical Artists |
2010 | NA | New York Horticultural Society |
2011 | "Green Currency" | The New York Botanical Garden |
2012 | "Small Works" | American Society of Botanical Artists, Chicago Botanical Garden |
2012 | "Focus on Nature Xll" | New York State Museum |
2021 | "Wildly Exquisite" | Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach |
2006 | Suite of 13 drawings for The Orchid Room at "21 Club." | New York, New York |
Commissions
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
The Shirley Sherwood Collection | London, England |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, New York |
The New York Botanical Garden | New York, New York |
Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, New York |
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | Washington, District of Columbia |
Denver Museum of Art | Denver, Colorado |
National Gallery of Modern Art | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library | London, England |
St Ann's College | Oxford, England |
Richard and Barbara Fisher Collection | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Bruce Museum | Greenwich, Connecticut |
Campanelle Vineyards | Gaiole, Tuscany Italy |
Florilege de Brecy | Normandy, France |