Sometimes when you start something, you have no idea where it will take you. I began this painting in 2017 because these beautiful peppers caught my eye at the Farmers’ Market one day. They started me on a journey of discovery, not only about how to depict their three dimensional twisting shape, glossy texture and […]
ASBA’s Show–Abundant Future: Cultivating Diversity in Garden, Farm, and Field
November 22, 2020 by · 6 Comments
Worldwide Day of Botanical Art: America’s Flora Show
May 24, 2018 by · 2 Comments
I had no idea that the US Botanic Garden was located on the Washington DC Mall, right across the street from the Capitol, until I visited it last week for the opening of the America’s Flora botanical art show. The 200-year old garden’s stated goal is to demonstrate “the aesthetic, cultural, economic, therapeutic and ecological […]
Sketchbook Exchange–Accordion Style
April 12, 2018 by · 12 Comments
Sketchbook exchanges can be a source of inspiration, encouragement and sharing ideas, in other words, building artistic community. At least that is the experience of a group I belong to, Oregon Botanical Artists, an Artists Circle under the auspices of the American Society of Botanical Artists. We are on our third sketchbook exchange, and […]
A Wild Rose, Rosa nutkana
August 8, 2017 by · 12 Comments
Something catches your eye and you just have to take your chances with it…that’s how it was on a bleak winter day when I was walking across a field of dried grasses. The dense cloud cover made everything look even greyer than it would have otherwise appeared. But I noticed something glowing red in the […]
Visit to Filoli 2015
April 3, 2015 by · 2 Comments
“Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life”–this is not only the motto of Filoli but where it got its name, taken from the first letters of this oft repeated saying of its founder, WB Bourn II. I think it is pretty good advice. I thought I would give you […]
This blog is about my journey as a botanical artist--what I am learning, what inspires me and what I am currently drawing or painting. My desire is to continually hone my skills to better express my wonder and gratitude for the beauty of the creation around me in the Pacific Northwest (USA).