I find that more often than not, I learn the most when I am under duress…or at least under pressure of some sort. That happened recently with a commission I got for seven illustrations of wildflowers to be finished in just over 2 weeks, the rough drawings to be submitted in one week. Overall the […]
Palmengarten Exhibition
October 25, 2014 by · 5 Comments
I am grateful to the Society of Botanical Artists for the opportunity to exhibit my work along with other members and associate members at the lovely Palmengarten Botanical Garden in Frankfurt Germany. The theme of the exhibit is Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. The exhibit opens the 24th of October and extends through the 23rd of […]
Second Chances
October 4, 2014 by · 5 Comments
I think of botanical art as a kind of collaboration between the artist and nature, at least that’s how it feels to me. But believe me, it is nature that calls the shots…like the time a slug ate the last remaining blossom on a plant that I was going to paint the next day to […]
Meeting Friends in the Forest–Old and New
August 9, 2014 by · 6 Comments
I recently spent a weekend hiking and sketching in eastern Oregon with a group from Oregon Botanical Artists. The weekend was generously hosted by two eastern Oregon botanical artists so we could get to know one another better. We spent the first day sketching at an area called the Metolius Preserve, where an effort is […]
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 […]
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).