Nearly 80 MAA members are exhibiting flora and fauna-themed artwork in "The Nature of Art" exhibition at the Brookside Gardens Visitors Center in Wheaton, Maryland. 

The botanical garden and conservatory is in the midst of a springtime explosion of color, with MAA's paintings, sculptures and drawings adding to the technicolor bounty.

The exhibit runs until April 25 and is open 9 am-5 pm daily. All works are available for sale, with a portion of proceeds supporting Brookside Garden.

The participating artists are:

Carolyn Avery

Ken Bachman

David Bagwell

Jennifer Barlow

Donna Baron

Nancy Blacker

Sushila Bloom

Regina Boston

Blandine M Broomfield

Sandra Cane

Maria-Victoria Checa

Jing-Jy Chen

Carol Cober

Lou Ann Collins

Shirley Crawley

Jennifer Crouch

Linda Daniels Cermak

Nancy Davis

Amelia De Silva

Janet DeWoskin

Jamie Downs

Jennifer Eidson

Rosemary Fallon

Susan Farrer

Gloria Tseng Fischer

Susan Friend

Jack Hammond

Shayna Heller

Christopher Hoppe

Joanna Horrar

Hiral Joshi

Jim Klumpner

Leslie Kraff

Elisabeth Lacayo

Joanne Lamm

Mita Lazarte

Robin Lazarus-Berlin

Margo Lehman

Carol Leo

Judith Levine

Jennifer Lubell

Barbara Mandel

Gale Marcus

Isabella Martire

Debbie Miller

Gloria Miotto

Sally O'Connell

Melissa Ou

Simin Parvaz

Dora Patin

Terry Pellmar

Yik Chek Phan

Jeanne Powell

Cindy Renteria

Alan Rich

Faye Ross

LeAnne Sawyers

Martina Sestakova

Chitra Sharma

Ruja Shemer

Reitsang Shiao

Diane Shipley

Patricia Spranger

Narissa Steel

Elizabeth Steel

Diana Tato-Niktash

Christena Turner

Kathleen Tynan

Anastasia Walsh

Frederica Weiner

Daniel Wilcox

Mary Wilhere Jordan

Jenny Wilson

Helen Wood

Rosemary Yue

Lisa Zadravec

Eva Zang

Vicky Zhou