Botanicals

Contemporary Botanical Watercolor Paintings and Drawings

These earlier works painted and drawn with scientific accuracy in traditional 18th c. French and English manner, invite close observation of nature’s intricate beauty.

Coconut, watercolor on paper, 40" x 24"
Daylilies, watercolor on paper, 28" x 20"
Purple Hyacinth Beans, watercolor on paper, 13" x11"
Watercolor
Ginkgo biloba, watercolor on paper, 12" x 11"
Chickory, watercolor on paper, 15" x 12"
Echinachea, watercolor on paper, 15" x 12"

Metalpointe Drawings

Metalpoint drawings are drawn with rods of sterling silver and gold. They will continue to tarnish forever, thus I call them “living drawings”.
The Mother Tree, metalpoint on paper, 26" x 20"
Magnified Dogwood Branches, gold and silverpoint on paper, 18" x 15"
Pine Cone, silverpoint on paper, 7" x 5"
Hydrangea Root, silverpoint on paper, 28" x 20"
Artichokes, silverpoint on paper, 8" x 10"
Horseradish leaf, silverpoint on paper, 20" x 28"