Elsa Pooley

Elsa Pooley(bornElsa Susanna Bond;1947 inJohannesburg), is aSouth Africanbotanist, landscaper, tour guide, and artist.

Biography

She lived in and explored the game reservesNdumuandMkuzifor about 20 years, where she became inspired by the flora of the region. She collected plants, painted them, wrote about them, and gardened with them. Her work has been exhibited throughout South Africa which has led to commissions, both local and abroad. Her paintings have appeared in the seriesFlowering Plants of Africaand her limited edition portfolio 'Palms of Africa' (1988) has been sold worldwide. She was commissioned to do paintings for theBlue Trainin 1999.^[1]

Pooley has lived at Clansthal on theKwaZulu-NatalSouth Coast since 1984, and spends her time painting, writing and conducting painting tours of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. She is a founder member of BAASA, the Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa.

Elsa Pooley was married toTony Pooley(1938-2004), a game ranger and renowned authority on crocodiles. She had three sons from the marriage - Simon, Justin and Thomas.

Books

Flowers, Grasses, Ferns & Fungi.Southern Book Publishers. 1999.ISBN 978-1-86812-748-1.with Vincent Carruthers
Mashesha - The Making of a Game Ranger.1992 withTony Pooley
The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand & Transkei.Natal Flora Publications Trust. 1993.ISBN 978-0-620-17612-5.
Field Guide - Natuurlewe Van Suider-afrika.Struik. 2000.ISBN 978-1-86872-452-9.^{[permanent dead link]}with Vincent Carruthers
The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region.Struik. 2005.ISBN 978-1-86872-451-2.^{[permanent dead link]}with Vincent Carruthers
A Field Guide to Wild Flowers: KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region.Natal Flora Publications Trust. 1998.ISBN 978-0-620-21500-8.
Sasol Trees of Southern Africa: A First Field Guide.Struik Publishers. 1999.ISBN 978-1-86872-291-4.
Mountain Flowers: A Field Guide to the Flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho.Natal Flora Publications Trust. 2003.ISBN 978-0-620-30221-0.
Forest Plants: In the Forest and in the Garden.Flora Publications Trust. 2006.ISBN 978-0-620-37012-7.with Geoff Nichols

Papers

Pooley, A.C.; Pooley, E.S.; Hadley, Wayne F.; Gans, Carl (1973). "Ecological aspects of the subsoil herpetofauna in Ndumu Game Reserve".Annals of Carnegie Museum.44 Article 8.
Anderson, J.L.; Pooley, E.S. (1977). "Some plants identified in the rumina of Nyala antelopeTragelaphus angasiin Ndumu Game Reserve ".Lammergeyer.23.Natal Parks Board: 40–45.
De Moor, P.P.; Pooley, E.S.; Neville, G.; Barichievy, J. (1977). "Vegetation of Ndumu Game Reserve, Natal. A Quantitative Physiognomic Survey".Annals of the Natal Museum.23(1): 239–272.
Pooley, E. S. (1978)."A checklist of the plants of Ndumu Game Reserve, North-eastern Zululand".J. S. Afr. Bot.44(1): 1–54. Archived fromthe originalon 1 January 2018.Retrieved26 August2015.
Pooley, E.S. (1980) "A report on a study of Smilax kraussiana in the St Lucia Resort Game Park". Internal report, Natal Parks Board.
Pooley, E.S. (1980). "Some notes on the utilization of natural resources by the tribal people of Maputaland". In Bruton, Michael N.; Cooper, Keith H. (eds.).Studies on the Ecology of Maputaland.Rhodes University.pp. 467–479.ISBN 978-0-86810-035-7.
Pooley, E.S. (1989). "Palms of Southern Africa".Veld and Flora.Botanical Society of SA.
Smedley, Linda N.; Ribeiro-Torres, J. L. (1979).Man and the Pongolo Floodplain; a Preliminary Study.The Council.

Awards

1996 Conservationist of the Year from the Wildlife & Environment Society (Natal Branch)
1999 Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to Botany from the South African Association of Botanists
2000 Bronze Medal at the Inaugural Kirstenbosch Exhibition of Botanical Art
2004 Marloth Medal from the Botanical Society of Southern Africa
2008 Honorary Doctor of Science by theUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal

References

^"Elsa Pooley".Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa.Archived fromthe originalon 8 March 2012.Retrieved26 August2015.

External links

Official website
Botanical Art Courses in the Drakensbergat theWayback Machine(archived October 16, 2008)
Biography on Flora & Fauna Publications Trust website Archived5 March 2016 at theWayback Machine
An interview with Elsa Pooley

[web._BAAS-1] "Elsa Pooley".Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa.Archived fromthe originalon 8 March 2012.Retrieved26 August2015.

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