I have always enjoyed scientific illustrations, and am drawn to the history of early science. I am also a gardener who finds plants aesthetically fascinating. Recently, I began experimenting with botanical illustration, and found that I really enjoy how drawing forces you to see things as they actually are, rather than as your brain thinks they are. I also love how art draws you deeper and deeper into the details and helps you see things you’d never have expected to find. This is a collection of sketches, in various stages of completion; just testing the water and learning to see. Each one is a celebration of beauty, and an exploration of design fundamentals such as color, line, composition, and form.
Art Shows/Exhibitions
A Treacherous Beauty: Japanese Knotwood. New England Society of Botanical Artists Members Exhibit, Boston Flower and Garden Show, Mar 2019.
Classes
Botanical Drawing. Instructor: Erica Beade. Harvard Museum of Natural History, Apr 2019.
Plumage and Personality. Instructor: Erica Beade. Harvard Museum of Natural History, Mar 2019.
Colored Pencil Sketching. Instructor: Erica Beade. Mount Auburn Cemetery, July 2018.
Summer Blooms Watercolor Painting. Instructor: Helen Byers. Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, July 2018.
Drawing Leaves. Instructors: Bobbi Angell and Beverly Duncan. Arnold Arboretum, June 2018.
Botanical Studies in Graphite. Instructor: Helen Byers. Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, Feb 2018.
Botanical Notebook: Sketching in the Conservatories. Instructor: Helen Byers. Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, Jan 2018.