Botany Blog Update: Winter Tree Series Completed

For those of you interested in particular topics on wild plants, but not necessarily everything I post on my Botany Diary blog, I will list the group of posts related to a particular topic when a series is finished. Recently completed was a series called Identifying Trees in Winter. Each of the individual posts areContinue reading “Botany Blog Update: Winter Tree Series Completed”

Print Exchange

Every so often, I remember how fun it is to participate in a print exchange. This year, I choose to participate in the Emerald Print Exchange. The wonderful thing about print exchanges is that the thrill and benefits last long after the exchange ends because you are the recipient of a packet of wonderful printsContinue reading “Print Exchange”

The Sea Bass Update Saga

Many years ago, we went to dinner at a restaurant in Chinatown with our friends Mike and Cindy. On the menu, sea bass was listed as ‘market price’. Since Mike was interested in the sea bass, he asked the waiter what it cost. The waiter responded with ‘market price’, which lead Mike to ask what the marketContinue reading “The Sea Bass Update Saga”

More Paper Quilt Collages & Drawings

I had stopped making the Paper Quilt Collages that I was working on a few months ago. I enjoyed the drawing aspect of it, but making the paper quilts appealed to me less. After thinking about it I realized that it was the structure of trying to make the collage quilt-like that I no longerContinue reading “More Paper Quilt Collages & Drawings”

More Ancient Figurine Drawings

A few months back I posted some drawings I made based on ancient figurines I found online and in the public domain from various museums. You can see that post and the drawings here. Recently, I completed some more drawings from additional figurines. Here they are along with the information on where to view theContinue reading “More Ancient Figurine Drawings”

Tree drawings

Last month I dedicated lots of time to drawing trees, especially trees with deep cavities where some critter may have taken up residence. Well, I’m not going to be posting those because, frankly, they are nice but not very interesting. Sort of run in the mill everyday tree drawings. But in addition to those IContinue reading “Tree drawings”

Latta Prairie – a special place

In my old neighborhood, I had just started to explore my local park for its natural history offerings – particularly the plants and birds. I had been familiar with that park for a long time but more from a recreational stance. When I came to NC, I had to not only learn new species ofContinue reading “Latta Prairie – a special place”

Exhibition Talk Video

This is a talk I gave during a show of my artist books at the Hickory Museum of Art in 2022. The video was recorded spur of the moment on my phone by my husband. I was very fortunate to receive a grant to have some professional editing done with an emphasis on being ableContinue reading “Exhibition Talk Video”

Drawings – Seed People

Not long ago I mentioned that I like to sit and doodle. Many of my doodles recently have been these characters that I decided to call seed people. The thought of seeds kept coming into my mind – first from the word ‘Seed’ that I made during my lettering class then through a guided meditationContinue reading “Drawings – Seed People”