Botanical Sketches and Other Stories

In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle You may wonder why I am sharing an image of a dried up plant, ...

The process of creating a botanical painting is a lot like walking a tightrope.  You prepare yourself to take that first step, ...

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” Rumi This week I found a bit of h...

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down n...

There’s an old Egyptian saying, “Once you drink from the Nile, you are destined to return”. However I knew from the moment I stepped ou...

The thing that makes a painting difficult is uncertainty. Whereas if you plan in advance, the uncertainty is removed.    Dianne Sutherland...