Botanical  Drawings series 

Selected images from the Botanical series and
statement are shown below. (additional images are available)
 
The Botanicals are actually an extension of the Human Equations series.  Mathematical symbols and equations are again used, but in connection with botanical subjects, as I look back to my earlier background in science.  They are all original, one of a kind works on paper, and are created using pen and ink, ink washes, watercolor washes, tinted gesso, and prismacolor pencils.  The images are depicted in a somewhat undefined space using various proportions and perspectives.  What goes on below the ground is given equal importance with that above ground and offers an appearance of being old and distressed.  The subject matter for the Botanicals can be found within a few hundred feet of my studio.

 
Dogwood  2002  22"x 15"
Mixed media on paper
Cedar  2002  22"x15"
Mixed media on paper
Catalpa  2002  22"x 15"
Mixed media on paper

 
 
Mushroom  2003  15"x 11"
Mixed media on paper
Onion  2002  22"x 15"
Mixed media on paper
Daylilies 2002  22"x 15"
Mixed media on paper

 
 

Sweetgum  2003 15"x11" 
Mixed media on paper  Sold
Azalea 2002 15"x11"
Mixed media on hand made paper
Sourgum  2003  22"x 15"
Mixed media on paper  Sold






Common Blue Violet  c2004
Mixed media on paper  Sold		 Nest  c2004  20"x16"
Mixed media on paper  Sold		 Daylillies  2002  22"x 15"
Mixed media on paper


Selections from the "Beautiful Ugly Trees" series  

Bristlecone Pine  2011  10" x 14"
Mixed media on woodblock print		 An American Methuselah 2011 14" x 10"
Mixed media on woodblock print
(The oldest known living tree in the world)		 Unkown Dead Tree 2011 16"x 20"
Mixed media on woodblock print



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