Lara Call Gastinger

Photo credit: Sarah Cramer Shields

 

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Lara Call Gastinger is an artist and botanical illustrator from Charlottesville, Virginia and was the chief illustrator of the Flora of Virginia, a botanical reference. She has her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in plant ecology from Virginia Tech. She has been awarded two gold medals (2007, 2018) at the Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art shows in London and her work is in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Her artwork appears in the latest Peterson's Field Guide to Mushrooms and American Society of Botanical Artists Botanical Art Techniques Handbook.

Instagram: @laragastinger
Perpetual Journal: www.perpetualjournal.com

Bio courtesy of the artist.


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