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For many years, I did most of the botanical habit studies with watercolors on hot pressed (smooth) paper.  In 2001 I made a few on skin parchment (the actual skin of sheep, goats or calves) and was thrilled with the amount of detail afforded by the surface of the skin.  Since then, I have more often worked with oil paints on paper or panel prepared with a gesso ground.
I have always wanted to be an artist but when I went to Indiana University I decided to major in botany.  I thought botanical illustration would be a great career. Larry Burns, my Biology teacher at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, was a genius and an inspiration.  He challenged me and encouraged my interest in science while putting up with the fact that much of my class work was more fully-illustrated than well-researched.  By my sophomore year at IU I had switched to the art department but remain compelled by things that grow, especially if they flower.
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if a particular flower interests you, let me know.  I can make one for you on commission.

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Lupine
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Raspberry
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Trillium
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Wild rose
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Apple Blossoms
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columbines and poppies
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Wild iris
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Lupine

 See archives of past botanical watercolors or oil paintings
If there are currently available botanicals, they can be seen at work available for sale.

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Botanical Habit Studies

Here in the high, dry regions of the Rocky Mountains, we have a brief but glorious summer.  I have spent much of it in the mountains, on my belly, in the grass, making watercolor and oil paint habit studies of wildflowers.  I also paint the blooms from my own perennial gardens.  My botanical studies are always made from live plants.  Working from photographs just doesn’t provide enough information.

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