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A floral botanical illustration around the words of the famous poem and hymn by Cecil Alexander "All Things Bright & Beautiful'. Drawn in pen & ink with another on the way...'All creatures great & small.

A botanical explosion to celebrate Mother Nature in all her floral glory! Drawn in pen and ink and really therapeutic to do!

Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. The harvest can either be flowers or weeds. — William Wordsworth

Acrylic on wood

Bigger version of dandelions sketch

Ink & watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper.

Dragonflies, flowers, leaves and vines

My Illustrated Alphabet letters were born out of a project in 2016. Each was drawn with pen & ink and each letter is illustrated with either an object, flora, fauna or wildlife that begins with that letter.

The man with a vast red hat met a flower on the pad and asked, "Are you my dad?" The flower said, "No. I'm not the one, but I'll pretend I'm your dad if you'll pretend you're my sun."

a simple floral pattern on a dark background

Tiny starflowers under trees are one part of macig at Finnish woods. This works point is more at illusion than realism

Acrylic on wood

Loving working with these itty bitties!

A feast of all things flora and fauna!

My Vintage blue floral pattern print was designed for fabric. Originally drawn in black & white line, the blue adds a vintage feel and reminds me of the blue and white china of yester year.

Ink drawing colored in Procreate.

I put together a bunch of flowers from some recent floral patterns to make a new mixed-up looking pattern.

"Faux-tanical" floral doodles in a vintage Beginning Norwegian text book.

To many I know a hibiscus flower might represent endless tropical summers. Up north where I live, hibiscus is the often the last flower to bloom while fall is setting in. While vibrant, I wanted it to feel lonely as seasonal changes are very introspective times in my life.

"Robot Manflower." 8x8 ink and watercolor. New discovery: Noodlers 54th Massachusetts Ink (watered down) works incredibly well for painting shadows/value before the watercolor. Watercolor does not disturb that ink! Drawn with a Pilot Custom 743 EF with De Atramentis Document Ink Black.

I've been taking Vitcoria Johnson's 3 week class on florals and loving every second.

Somehow, the red sky seemed just right for the happy yellow flower.

Wee watercolour sketch of Donkey Orchids from the forest near Greenbushes.

Little monster takes a ride with some sentient flowers.

this pattern is for the spoonflower shibori challenge.

When I was planning this pattern I really wanted it to have a dark background. I built it in photoshop using hand drawn marker flowers but when I try to place them on a dark background it looks ridiculous!