Travel is for fun, right? At least my kind of traveling is…so one of my favorite things to do on the road is to make these tiny pencil sketches in my journal. They are not at all demanding to do and give me a quick result before I rush off to the next sight. All […]
Out of the Closet
May 15, 2014 by · 14 Comments
Not many people know that I was a closet artist for many years. Since childhood, one of my favorite pastimes has been drawing and as an adult I often turned to it as a way to relax, renew and comfort myself, particularly when I felt overwhelmed by the bustle of life. I saw it as […]
The Spring Rush
April 24, 2014 by · 2 Comments
When you love native plants like I do, spring is hard…in a good way! It seems that everything blooms at once, and when you choose one plant to focus on, that means the rest must wait for another year. In order to crowd more plants into my spring agenda, I decided to make some quick […]
Don’t Stagnate…Rejuvenate!
April 4, 2014 by · 7 Comments
I’ve been catching up on responsibilities…and playing…after the intensity of preparing and submitting my six paintings to the Society of Botanical Artists Exhibition in London. I’ve posted all of them on my blog over the past year, but if you want to see them all together, they are on my botanical art facebook page here. […]
Intertwining Artistic Pursuits
February 24, 2014 by · 6 Comments
After a recent life drawing session, I was chatting with a friend about how certain principles in art are useful in so many different applications. For instance, using the full spectrum of tones is important to describe form, and without both the lightest light tones, and the darkest darks, an artwork can seem bland. In […]
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).