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Forsyth County News- Sunday, January 18,1998
Forsyth Life
Anne Brodie Hill is
Artist of the Month
By Marcia Domian
Lifestyle Editor
There is an invisible force that
draws humans to water like a
magnet. Freshwater lake or ocean
front, people love to be around
water. Some believe the interplay
of water, sky and natural sur
roundings hold healing and
restorative power.
Shorelines offer spectacular
opportunities for artists and Anne
Brodie Hill is one of the more
gifted artists who have made land
scapes and marine scenes themes
for their work. The Sawnce
Center has selected Hill as Artist
of the Month for January and her
work will be on exhibit through
Jan. 31.
Hill became more dedicated to
developing her talent after moving
to Stone Mountain, realizing she
wanted to spend her free time
drawing and painting. Hill is a
medical technologist at the Yerkes
Primate Research Center at
Emory University and business
travel often brought her in contact
with water settings.
Hill entered a color pencil draw
ing entitled “Pebble Beach” in the
Atlanta Artist Club’s monthly
juried show. The drawing was
inspired by photographs taken
during a business trip to
California. Hill won a first place
ribbon for the drawing. The same
drawing was also selected for
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Marine themes are prevalent in the watercolor and color i
pencil paintings of featured artist, Anne Brodie Hill.
inclusion in the Mystic Maritime
International Exhibition at Mystic
Seaport in Connecticut. Pebble
Beach was one of 120 pieces of
artwork submitted by artists from
all over the world.
Largely self-taught, Hill worked
in oils and acrylics but has
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Holly Anderson and Anita Zeleski Weinraub, volunteers from the Georgia Quilt Project,
show off the commemorative Atlanta-Nagano quilt they will take to Japan.
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Ann Brodie Hill
explored the media of color pencil
and watercolor, studying with
Clint Carter at Pawley’s Island,
S.C. and other accomplished
artists.
Hill’s interest in marine art lead
her to join the Coast Guard Artist
Program in 1989. Four of her
paintings were accepted for the
program’s annual exhibition at the
Salmugundi Club in New York
City. Exhibiting artists are issued
I.D. cards which allow them to
visit and photograph various
Coast Guard stations. Hill has vis
ited stations in Destin, Florida;
Georgetown, South Carolina; and
Puerto Rico.
Hill uses the photographs to
inspire her paintings. She has
donated paintings of the aftermath i
of hurricane Hugo, a water rescue i
off the coast of Destin, an explo- i
sion and fire in the Destin harbor i
and the great flood of 1993.
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Orchids add
color to
indoor
gardens
By Marcia Domian
Lifestyle Editor
There was a time when an orchid
pinned to your mom’s best Sunday
dress told the world how much you
loved her and just how much
allowance you saved to buy her
such an exotic corsage. New brides
carefully removed the frilly white
orchid from the center of their
wedding bouquet before tossing it
into the outstretched arms of excit
ed girl friends.
Orchids represent all that is mys
terious, exotic and expensive in the
floral world. Orchids are enjoying
a resurgence of interest from home
gardeners and many people are
discovering the secrets of growing
beautiful orchids on their window
sills.
Orchids comprise about 7 percent
of all flowering plants with as
many as 35,00 species - probably
the largest flowering plant family.
Orchids are perennials and can be
found from the Arctic to the trop
ics and in almost every kind of
habitat except the desert. Most
species are trop
ical ephiphytes;
i.e. they grow on
other plants for
support but not
for nutrients.
Temperate-zone
orchids are
mainly terrestri-
al, growing in
soil and some orchids are sapro
phytic, growing on dead organic
matter. A few species grow com
pletely underground.
The earliest written references to
orchids appear in Chinese herbals,
dating from 4,000 years ago. The
first orchids under cultivation in
the West were brought from all
parts of the world and maintained
at the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, England in the mid-1700s.
By the end of the 19th century,
after many failures, orchid grow
ing became a popular pastime for
people who could afford the prices
of plants collected from the wild.
Strides in symbiotic and asymbi
otic germination of seeds and
hybridization to produce new
plants soon boosted production.
The industry really took off with
development of mericloning tech
niques which could produce thou
sands of identical species and
hybrids from one plant. The high
tech procedures managed to bring
plants prices under control, mak
ing orchid gardening affordable for
everyone.
Rebecca Ladewig has been grow
ing orchids for about seven years.
Her first encounter with the exotic
flowers was at the Atlanta Garden
Show. There was a huge display
which included a tropical rain for
est filled with different types of
orchids. According to Ladewig, it
was easy to fall in love.
“I was intimidated at first,” said
Ladewig. “But orchids are easier
to grow than African violets. I
learned - the hard way- to buy
slightly larger plants that are in full
bloom. Plants that are young may
take a long time to bloom; discour
aging for the beginner.”
Orchids are largely tropical
plants, but they develop problems
if they are overwatered. The roots
will rot if left in standing water.
Orchids need air more than water
"Lady slippers are
a variety o f orchids
which grow wild in
North Georgia"
not fussy at all,
in fact there are several varieties
that grow wild. Lady slippers are a
type of orchid that grows wild in
North Georgia. The vanilla plant is
also an orchid variety.
Orchid fossils found in rocks of
the Eocene Epoch of Italy are
approximately 45 million years
old. It is believed that orchids orig
inated from the same ancestral
stock as the amaryllis and the lily.
Orchids are an excellent horticul
tural choice for people who have
pollen allergies. The characteristic
that most clearly defines an orchid
is the fact that the male and female
portions of the reproductive sys
tem are fused together, and pollen
sacs are often encased and well
hidden within the flower. Only 200
varieties are self-pollinating but
the majority rely on modifications
Quilt tradition goes to Japai |
By Marcia Domian
Lifestyle Editor
The spirit of the 1996 Olympic
Games remains strong for many
Forsyth County residents. Holly
Anderson, vice chairwoman of the
Georgia Quilt Project, will travel
to Nagano, Japan for a pregame
event celebrating the spirit of
international friendship.
Anderson will present 135 quilt
ed wall hangings - 50 hangings
created by county quilters - to
members of the Nagano Quilt
Association.
The idea of gift quilts originated
with Georgia Quilt Project volun
teers who created the unique wel
coming gift for the visiting
Olympic teams. Members of
Forsyth County’s Piecemakers and
Sunset quilters created a number
of the quilts for the 1996 Olympic
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to attract certain bees or butterflies
to pollinate.
Most orchids have small flowers,
some as tiny as 1/8 inch, such as
Pleurothallis, and others may have
large, broad-petaled flowers up to
8 or 9 inches across. Cattleya pro
duces large, colorful blooms.
Brassia typically has long, thread
like petals that may span two feet
or more.
Ladewig has more than 70 differ
ent varieties, filling her home with
intense colorful blooms from win
ter to early summer. Her favorite
orchid is Cattleya, but she always
keeps her eyes open for a rare or
unusual variety.
“I see faces in every bloom” said
Ladewig. “Each hybrid is unique
and unusual varieties are worth the
asking price.”
Good sized, blooming plants can
sell for as little as $6 or much
more. Recently, Ladewig pur
chased an unusual variety for S7O.
She advises that beginners start
with a variety that is easy to grow,
such as Phalaenopsis, and then
graduate to other more exotic
orchids. Ladewig suggests joining
an orchid society, using reference
books and finding a reliable grow
er for information on how to grow
each species.
Orchids should be allowed to go
dormant at the end of winter for
approximately one month. To the
novice, they will look ugly - resist
the urge to repot. Most orchids
love to be pot-bound and will only
bloom in cramped quarters.
Ladewig follows a regime of
water and steroids, one drop per
gallon, to encourage more leaves
and stronger blooms. Once the
plant starts to grow, she switches
to a fertilizer that is specifically
formulated for orchids and do not
over fertilize. Temperatures should
not be lower than 40 degree or
higher than 85-90 degrees.
However, it is important to know
that certain species thrive in
warmer or cooler temperatures.
For example, Cymbidium orchids
like cooler temperatures.
After the first flush of success,
Ladewig says the novice orchid
grower will soon be scouring
greenhouses for the most unusual
species they can find.
to survive and
bloom. Ladewig
says don’t baby
your orchids,
don’t over water
and set potted
orchids outside
in the summer.
Orchids are
gifts.
Barbara Hendrick Dorn, who
designed the Quilt of Leaves for
the Atlanta Committee for the
Olympic Games, has also
designed a commemorative quilt
which will be presented to the
president of the Nagano Olympic
committee.
The commemorative quilt incor
porates elements of both the
Atlanta and Nagano games.
Dom’s design depicts the sun set
ting on the 1996 Atlanta Games in
the intense colors used for the
games. The mountains of Nagano
are depicted in the icy pastels
selected by the Nagano Olympic
committee for their snow flower
motif.
Dorn designed and pieced the
top and Carolyn Kyle, secretary of
the Georgia Quilt Project, hand
appliqued the snowflakes and let-
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Cattleya are easy to grow
and produce large, colorful
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tering. Sammie Simpson hand
quilted the piece.
The ladies of the Nagano Quilt
Association have continued tht
quilt tradition initiated in Georgia,
creating 135 quilts, each in thie
shape of a kimono for the Naganb
Winter Olympic Games. One quip
will be given to each country par
ticipating in the Nagano Olympijt
and Paralympic Games.
Quiltmakers from all over Japan
have donated fabric to the Naganp .
Quilt Association for the gift
quilts. But the Japanese have takeh
the original Atlanta idea one step
further. More than 2,100 minf
tapestry quilts, will be given tip
each Olympic athlete, as well, t.
Anderson will be accompanied
by Georgia Quilt Project cnaiv
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