Bio:
Dishragstudio 2013 - present
Botanical artist working in the mediums of watercolor, graphite and linoleum block prints.
Hand block printed kitchen linens.
1996 -2013
Commercial textile designer; in house and freelance.
Lectures/Talks:
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
Exhibitions:
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; 7"x7"
Summer Blosom;Iris missouriensis
Drybrush Watercolor; 12"x12"
Recent Works
Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California
The Huntington Library,Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens;Brody Botanical Center
Jimsonweed Dried Seedpod; Datura wrightii
Graphite;14"x10"
2021
Dare to Be Square
American Society of Botanical Artists Virtual Members show
Bakersfield Cactus;Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei
Drybrush Watercolor; 12"x12"
2020
California Native Wildflowers and Pollinators
Solo show 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
January 2020 - April 2020
Dare to be Square
American Society of Botanical Artists Virtual Members show-
Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Drybrush Watercolor; 12"x12"
Summer Banner for the American Society of Botanical Artists Members Private FaceBook Page
Bakersfield Cactus;Opunita basilaris var.treleasei
Drybrush Watercolor; 12"x12"
Winter banner for the American Society of Botanical Artists Members Private FaceBook Page
Wax Currant; Ribes cereum var. cereum
Drybrush Watercolor; 10"x14"
2005 participated in group show at the Boone Gallery, The Huntington Library,Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, to celebrate opening of the Rose Hills Foundation Conservancy
Professional Societies
American Society of Botanical Artists https://asba-art.org/about
Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California https://www.bagsc.org
Board Member: Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California - Communications Chair