The Native Trees of Canada

Leanne Shapton's bold, vibrant watercolor portraits of the trees of Canada come to new life in this postcard set. The lively hues of the garry oak and the simple elegance of the staghorn sumac are perfectly presented in a beautiful keepsake box, great as a gift for a friend or yourself! Native Trees of Canada: A Postcard Set collects thirty of Shapton's spirited and singular drawings of the native trees of Canada.

“"[In The Native Trees of Canada , Shapton has] distilled each image into its simplest form, using vivid colours in gouache, stripping the complex objects down to bold, abstract shapes and colours." -- The Globe and Mail”

"[In The Native Trees of Canada, Shapton has] distilled each image into its simplest form, using vivid colours in gouache, stripping the complex objects down to bold, abstract shapes and colours." --The Globe and Mail

Leanne Shapton is an illustrator, author, and publisher based in New York City. She is a cofounder of J and L Books. She has been the art director of the National Post's Avenue page and Saturday Night magazine, and from 2008 to 2009 was the art director for the New York Times op-ed page. Shapton is the author of six books: Toronto; Was She Pretty?; Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry; The Native Trees of Canada; Swimming Studies, which won the 2013 National Book Critics' Circle Award for autobiography; and Sunday Night Movies.

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