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
Farmer’s Market Series: Jimmy Nardello Peppers
February 28, 2019 by · 7 Comments
I’ve been wanting to make a series of vegetable paintings with roughly geometric compositions…not the perfect symmetry of say, Ernst Haekel‘s compositions, but something funkier befitting to veggies. The first painting in the series is a round cabbage, so next I wanted something more linear as a contrast. These peppers reminded me of calligraphic strokes…rather […]
Smuggling Radishes
November 10, 2009 by · 1 Comment
We went out to eat and I had this pretty radish as a garnish beside my fritter. I smuggled the radish home in my purse so I could sketch it the next day. I sketched it in graphite first then water color and colored pencil to see which one I liked best. The water color […]
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).