One of three bubbles in a tree painted in my mother’s garden in Atlanta. The original picture is 6.75” x 6.75” and is drawn and painted with ink, pencil, watercolor and gouache.

One of three bubbles in a tree painted in my mother’s garden in Atlanta. The original picture is 6.75” x 6.75” and is drawn and painted with ink, pencil, watercolor and gouache.

One of three bubbles in a tree painted in my mother’s garden in Atlanta. The original picture is 6.75” x 6.75” and is drawn and painted with ink, pencil, watercolor and gouache.

All of my “botanicals” are not meant to be literal depictions but they are literal in the way the construction of them makes me feel the same as when I am gardening. This original picture is 8” x 8” and drawn and painted with pencil, ink, and watercolor. The gold metallic is a marker.

All of my “botanicals” are not meant to be literal depictions but they are literal in the way the construction of them makes me feel the same as when I am gardening. This original picture is approximately 10” x 10” and drawn and painted with colored pencil, ink, and watercolor, and gouache.

All of my “botanicals” are not meant to be literal depictions but they are literal in the way the construction of them makes me feel the same as when I am gardening. This original picture is 10’ x 10” and drawn and painted with colored pencil, ink, and watercolor. The gold metallic is a marker.

Often my “botanicals” are simply fascinations with these living creatures. Many of them are contorted from a multitude of photographs from my hikes, my friend’s hikes, or images gleaned from the internet. This original picture is approx. 9” x 9” and drawn and painted with pencil, ink, and watercolor. The gold metallic is a marker.

Often my “botanicals” are relative to the fascination I have with the unrelenting struggle plants have with constraints we humans attempt to lay on them. This original picture is approx. 12” x 12” and drawn and painted with pencil, ink, and watercolor. The gold metallic is a marker.