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​Exhibitions

2024

American Society of Botanical Artists/Society of Illustrators 27th Annual International Exhibition

Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators 

September 25,2024- December 28,2024

Prickly Poppy; Argemone munita - Silverpoint 

 

17th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

September 17,2024 -December 17,2024

Elegant Clarkia ,Clarkia unguiculata - Graphite 

Artwork has been accepted into the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute for 

Botanical Documentation 

 

Curious Allies:Mutualism In Fungi,Parasites, And Carnivores

The Fifth New York Botanical Garden Triennial

American Society of Botancial Artists

May 18,2024 - October 27,2024, traveling into 2026

Darlingtonia californica -graphite drawing 

Sarcodes sanguinea - Drybrush water color and graphite

2023

American Society of Botanical Artists/Marin Art & Garden Center 26th Annual International Exhibition American Society of Botanical Artists

Marin Art & Garden Center

American Society of Botanical Artists

Marin Art & Garden Center

Peritoma arborea - Drybrush watercolor and graphite

 

2022

The Iris

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California 

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens;Brody Botanical Center

Spring Bud; Iris missouriensis - Drybrush watercolor

Summer Blosom; Iris missouriensis - Drybrush watercolor

 

Recent Works 

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California 

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens;Brody Botanical Center

Spring Bud; Iris missouriensis - Drybrush watercolor

Summer Blosom; Iris missouriensis - Drybrush watercolor

 

2021 

Dare to Be Square

American Society of Botanical Artists Virtual Members show

Bakersfield Cactus;Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei  -Drybrush watercolor

 

2020

California Native Wildflowers and Pollinators

Solo exhibition at Theodore Payne Gallery ; Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild flowers & 

Native Plants 

12 pieces of artwork depicting California Native Wildflowers and Pollinators

Drybursh Watercolor, Graphite and Block Print on paper

 

Summer Banner for the American Society of Botanical Artists Members Private 

FaceBook Page

Bakersfield Cactus; Opunita basilaris var.treleasei -  Drybrush watercolor

 

Winter banner for the American Society of Botanical Artists Members Private 

FaceBook Page 

Wax Currant; Ribes cereum var. cereum - Drybrush watercolor

Collections

Hunt Institute for Botancial Documentation Permanent Collection

Private Collections

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Lectures and workshops

Fundamentals of Drawing for the Botanical Artist

Mastering the techniques of drawing is an essential skill for botanical artists. This is a  three 

hour workshop discussing and demonstrating the elements of drawing, graphite 

techniques, perspective, and composition.

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California Education Workshop August 2023

 

Peritoma arborea;Bladderpod

Techniques of a graphite and drybrush watercolor composition 

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California, A Day of Botanical Art 2023

 

Oenthera californica, California Evening Primrose

A discussion of the drybrush watercolor technique in botanical art.

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California A Day of Botanical Art 2022

 

Mapping the Elements in a Drawing; A Hollyhock Dried Schizocarp

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California A Day of Botanical Art 2021

 

Professional Experience

Dishragstudio 2013 - present

Botanical artist working in the mediums of watercolor, graphite, silverpoint, and linoleum

block prints.

Hand block printed kitchen linens.

Commercial textile designer; in house and freelance - 1996- 2013

 

Professional Societies

American Society of Botanical Artists   

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California - Board member

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