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.

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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

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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

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Exhibitions:

2023

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

American Society of Botanical Artists

Marin Art & Garden Center

Peritoma arborea

Drybrush Watercolor and Graphite on paper

18"x24"

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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 on paper

12"x12"

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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 on paper

14"x10"

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2021

Dare to Be Square

American Society of Botanical Artists Virtual Members show

Bakersfield Cactus;Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei

Drybrush Watercolor on paper

 12"x12"

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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 on paper

January 2020 - April 2020

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Dare to be Square

American Society of Botanical Artists Virtual Members show-

Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)

Drybrush Watercolor on paper

12"x12"

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Summer Banner for the American Society of Botanical Artists Members Private FaceBook Page

Bakersfield Cactus;Opunita basilaris var.treleasei

Drybrush Watercolor on paper

12"x12"

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Winter banner for the American Society of Botanical Artists Members Private FaceBook Page 

Wax Currant; Ribes cereum var. cereum

Drybrush Watercolor on paper

10"x14"

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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

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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