field / work

Observation is a way to both research and relate. In drawing discoveries, I better understand the natural world and my place within it.

Shown here is work created for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Scotland) and the University of Newcastle (Australia).

Root structures , 11" x 14" graphite on paper

Root structures, 11" x 14" graphite on paper

Shallot , 10" x 7" watercolor on paper

Shallot, 10" x 7" watercolor on paper

Common merganser (Mergus merganser) field sketches , 12" x 9" graphite on paper

Common merganser (Mergus merganser) field sketches, 12" x 9" graphite on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum , 16" x 20" watercolor on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum, 16" x 20" watercolor on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum (study I) , 12" x 9" graphite on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum (study I), 12" x 9" graphite on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum (study II) , 12" x 9" graphite and watercolor on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum (study II), 12" x 9" graphite and watercolor on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum (study III) , 12" x 9" graphite and watercolor on paper

Pelargonium x hortorum (study III), 12" x 9" graphite and watercolor on paper

Ring-necked pheasant hen (Phasianus colchicus) , 11" x 14" graphite on paper

Ring-necked pheasant hen (Phasianus colchicus), 11" x 14" graphite on paper

Ring-necked pheasant (study) , 12" x 9" graphite on paper

Ring-necked pheasant (study), 12" x 9" graphite on paper

Shell study , 10" x 8" graphite on paper

Shell study, 10" x 8" graphite on paper

Pear study , 10" x 8" graphite on paper

Pear study, 10" x 8" graphite on paper