STEPHEN CAINE PALAEOBOTANICAL ARTIST.
 Pen & Ink illustration of Devonian Plant, Ventarura lyonii. A model also made by Stephen can be seen on display in Aberdeen University. |
Stephen has worked for museums and universities for around thirty years and still carries on this work as a natural history conservator and preparator complimenting his main interest and specialization in palaeobotanical art work. Recently he was working on a body of work for an exhibition of fossil leaves from the Tertiary Period which are housed in the National Museum of Scotland. These were collected from Spitsbergen in the late 1800s and early 1900s by the explorer Bruce. The illustrations of the Tertiary Period fossil leaves went on display at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh from TUES 5 MAY — FRI 26 JUNE 2009. THE FOSSIL TERTIARY LEAF DRAWINGS ARE NOW IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE RBG EDINBURGH BOTANICAL LIBRARY AND AND CAN BE VIEWED ON REQUEST. Currently he is mainly working on Devonian plant life. BOOKED TO RUN TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON BOTANICAL ART AT THE DERWENT
PENCIL MUSEUM 6th & 7th JULY 2010. Contact Telephone
44 (0)1346 561408 mobile 07531 397369 OTHER LINKS: International Organisation of Palaeobotany The Rhynie Chert Flora Palaeobotany research group University of Münster Links for Palaeobotanists |
 Stephen sitting in his garden 2008 |
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