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Efflorescence -Darlingtonia californica

Family:Sarraceniaceae

Native to Northern California and Western Oregon

Silverpoint drawing and drybrush watercolor 8"x8"

Darlingtonia californica and blossoms © Donnett Vanek
Darlingtonia californica -graphite drawing © Donnett Vanek

Quiescence -Darlingtonia californica

Family: Sarraceniaceae 

Native to Northern California and Western Oregon

Graphite on hot pressed watercolor paper

12"x12" 

Cobra Lily

Darlingtonia californica

Family: Sarraceniaceae

Native to Northern California and Western Oregon

Graphite on hot pressed watercolor paper

14" x 10"

Exhibitions:

Curious Allies:Mutualism In Fungi,Parasites,And Carnivores

The Fifth New York Botanical Garden Triennial

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

Darlingtonia calirornica-botanical art
DonnettVanek-Argemone munita ©2024

Prickly Poppy

Argemone munita 

Family: Papaveraceae

California native plant

Silverpoint on Hot Pressed Watercolor paper with silverpoint ground

12"x 12"

Exhibitions:

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

Museum of Illustration at Society of Illustrators

September 23,2024,2024-December28,2024

elegant clarkia-graphite

Elegant Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata

Family:Onagraceae

California Native Wildflower

Graphite on

Hot Pressed Watercolor paper

12"x16"

Exhibitions:

17th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration 

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

September 17,2024 - December 17,2024

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Permanent Collection

Winter Iris in Repose-Iris missouriensis

Family: Iridaceae

California Native

Transverse Mountain Range, Los Padres National Forest, Mt. Pinos

Graphite on Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper

20"x14"

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Dried Artichoke Blossom

Pirouette - After the Bloom

Dried artichoke

Garden plants

 

24"x18"

Graphite onHot Pressed Watercolor Paper

Jimsonweed;

Dried seedpod

Datura wrightii

Family:Solanaceae (Nightshade)

 

California Native 

Wind Wolves Preserve 

Graphite on

Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper

10"x14"

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Hollyhock Dried Schizocarp

Hollyhock Dried Schizocarp 

Alcea rosea

Family; Malvaceae

Naturalized to California

Graphite on 

Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper

10"x7"

In private collection

Giant Mountain Dandelion

Wishes Lost or Wishes Gained?

Giant Mountain Dandelion

Agoseris grandiflora

Family: Asteaceae

California Native 

San Emigdio Mountains

24"X18"

Graphite on

Hot Pressed Paper

Fig Tree Roots
Fig tree roots

Sidewalk Trees

Fig Tree Roots 

Redondo Beach

14"x10"

Graphite on

Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper

Fig tree roots

Oak Leaves and Oak Gall

California

​12"x16"

Graphite on Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper 

In private collection

Oak Leaves & oak gall
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