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Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Past Exhibitions

Botanical Paintings by James Linton Sain



12 April – 30 July 1999

This exhibition presented 50 paintings in gouache by artist James Linton Sain (1936–2009) of Lovingston, Virginia. Sain's Great White Trillium triptych was in the Institute's 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration in 1988, and since that time, He has continued to develop as an exceptional botanical artist. He has had one-person exhibitions at the Terrebonne Museum, Houma, Louisiana; Historic Kenmore Museum, Fredericksburg, Virginia; American Horticultural Society, Mount Vernon, Virginia; Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, D.C.; U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.; Maier Museum, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia; and Wintergreen Mountain Village, Wintergreen, Virginia.