The Bayou Botanist Exhibition

After spending a year in the green spaces around Houston, the exhibition The Bayou Botanist is up at the Silos. If you missed the opening, you have 5 more days to see the work in person. Stop by the Silos Mon-Sat, 9AM-6PM and get lost in the wonder of the natural world. The exhibition has been featured in the Houstonia and in the Houston Chronicle. You can read the reviews here and here.

Installation view of The Bayou Botanist

About the work: "In the exhibition The Bayou Botanist: 365 days in Houston's Gardens, Celan Bouillet explores our relationship with Houston's green spaces through a series of large-scale paintings and mixed media works on paper. The paintings resemble contemporary tapestries that blend animals, plants, and humans into complex patterns. Bouillet depicts the overwhelming vastness of nature being contained within a rectangular form - mimicking the typical confines of a garden. Other pieces in the show include large cut canvases casting shadows of blooms and leaves to create another dimension to the work."

      Celan Bouillet, Texas Tapestry, 2016, 56” x 72”, Acrylic on Canvas over Panel.

 Celan Bouillet, Between the Ferns, 2016, 59" x 71", Acrylic on Cut Canvas

  Celan Bouillet, To Grow in Lightness, 2016, 50" x 63", Acrylic on Cut Canvas

Celan Bouillet, The Last Garden, 2016, 20” x 26”, Gouache on Paper Collage

Celan Bouillet, Spots and Stripes, 2016, 33.5” x 26”, Gouache on Paper Collage

Celan Bouillet, Bloom by Bloom, 2016, 20” x 26”, Gouache on cut paper

 Celan Bouillet, Fern House, 2016, 26” x 33.5”, Gouache on Paper Collage

 Celan Bouillet, In Bloom, 2016, 48" x 60", Acrylic on cut Canvas

Celan Bouillet, Screens, 2015, 44" x 60", Acrylic on Canvas

Celan Bouillet, Down the Rabbit Hole, 2015, 48" x 60", Acrylic on Canvas

Celan Bouillet, Rock Garden, 2016, 26” x 33.5”, Gouache on Paper Collage

Celan Bouillet, Cosmic Garden, 2016, 26” x 34.5”, Gouache on Paper Collage

Celan Bouillet, Through the Ferns, 2016, 26” x 33.5”, Gouache on Hand Cut Paper

 Celan Bouillet, Stacks, 2016, 44” x 60”, Acrylic on Canvas

   Celan Bouillet, Bird Watching, 2016, 26” x 33.5”, Gouache on Paper Collage

   Celan Bouillet, Blue Tapestry, 2016, 26” x 33.5”, Gouache on Paper Collage

  Celan Bouillet, Gold Forest, 2016, 26” x 33.5”, Gouache on Paper Collage

Celan Bouillet, Hanging Stones, 2016, 44” x 60”, Acrylic on Canvas

Celan Bouillet, Voynich Garden, 2015, 26” x 33”, Gouache on Paper Collage

Entrance to Exhibition 

Installation photo of The Bayou Botanist 

Installation photo of The Bayou Botanist 

Installation photo of The Bayou Botanist