Amicus Botanicus Exhibition

An exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Watercolours Featuring a core collection of plants used in the treatment of cancer By the group of 11 artists, Amicus Botanicus at 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London W1J 7QX 30th September to 5th October 2008 Tue-Fri 10am-8pm. Sun 10am-1pm Further info at amicusbotanicus.com Amicus Botanicus members are drawn from the UK, Japan, Singapore and USA and all are past students of the botanical painting course based at The Chelsea Physic Garden. A unique aspect of this exhibition is the inclusion of a group of paintings of plants whose chemical derivatives are used to treat cancer and the artists are donating 20% of sales to Marie Curie Cancer Care.