Botticelli's Roses, The Pocket Journal by Jamie Beck

Each cover boasts breathtaking photography by artist and author Jamie Beck enhanced with hand-drawn gold foil accents that shimmer in the light. Ideal for sketching, the journal is designed to lay flat on your desk. Other thoughtful design elements include lined pages perfect for sketching, and an elastic band closure. 

Featured | Rose Month Day 29 by Jamie Beck

A scattering of pink, fluttering garden roses across a sage green backdrop, reminiscent of Botticelli's Birth of Venus.

I just adored the way the garden roses looked in this miniature ceramic @astierdevillatte vase on the mantle this morning and took great pleasure in creating this first still life of this set. While I was studying the shapes and light fall, I couldn’t get over that one shining, peachy-pink, full open rose that omitted a glow as if it had golden light illuminating from within.

It reminded me of the pink fluttering roses in Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. My all-time favorite painting, the golden highlights on the roses are my favorite detail. So, for fun, I set out to try and capture something inspired by those whimsically romantic roses. I’ve never created something like this before, but there is something I like about it. It’s the start of an idea I need to continue to explore. Getting down the technical bit before I set myself free to play.

Photographer Bio

Jamie Beck is an award-winning American photographer and NYT Bestselling author of An American in Provence. Beck is best known for co-creating the Cinemagraph, with her husband Kevin Burg, and for her work and life in Provence; including her Isolation Creation series.

Read more about Jamie Beck at our blog here!

Details

3.75 X 6.5 inches

160 lined pages