Botanical Motifs from Land and Sea

My recent work for this show was inspired by a gift from my granddaughter, Sarah, entitled The Gardener’s Botanical. Reading this book spiked my interest in plant forms of all kinds and their assortment of leaves, flowers, berries, and vines. I also read about seaweed and was especially captivated by the different shapes seaweed can form: flat or bulbous; fernlike or leafy; grasslike or lettuce shaped. I decided to do a series of paintings to show the beautiful variety of shapes, textures, and colors in the botanical world.