A Rebirth of Art and Science - A Fine Art Catalog for Imaginative People

Released on = February 13, 2005, 1:30 pm

Press Release Author = Craig Stover

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = A fine art catalog of Craig Stover's Imaginary Botanicals has just been released and is available from the artist's site at picturemaker.com. These beautiful and vivid full color reproductions are a combination of Art and
Science culminating from the artist's introduction to the specimen collections at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Additional releases and press photos avalable at picturemaker.com/press . The catalog is also available at Lux Gallery in Chicago where it accompanies a touring exhibition of the original works. This tour will bring them back to Philadelphia to the PII Gallery in May 2005.

Press Release Body = A brilliant new catalog of fine art reproductions, Imaginary Botanicals from the studio of Craig Stover has just been released by Xlibris Publishing. This book contains many full color reproductions of Stover’s vivid and fantastic artworks. The pictures were all produced in the 2 years following September 11, 2001. Together with his introduction to the specimen collections at
the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and the artists’ own experimentation with color and form, a uniquely imaginative series of works evolved. The book is accompanying a touring exhibition of the work that is currently in Chicago’s Lux Gallery and will return to Philadelphia’s PII Gallery in May 2005.

Craig Stover is a fine artist who works in the tradition of such modern artists as Miro, Picasso and Matisse. A native of Philadelphia, Stover established his studio just a few blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some 100 images of Stover’s art and his studio can be found at the artist’s web site at picturemaker.com. Visitors to the web site can read more about the imaginary botanicals series, the artist’s statements about his art, exhibition photos, and much more.

The catalog is available through www.picturemaker.com and various specialty bookstores.

Contact: Craig Stover, Author and Artist, 215-235-8088 To download additional releases and press images - go to www.picturemaker.com/press
Author Copies are available for reviews

Web Site = http://www.picturemaker.com

Contact Details = Craig Stover
843 n. 26th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
cstover@picturemaker.com
www.picturemaker.com