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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"

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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

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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

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Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Permanent Collection

Winter Iris in Repose-Iris missouriensis

Family: Iridaceae

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California Native

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

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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 

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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

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Graphite on 

Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper

10"x7"

In private collection

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Giant Mountain Dandelion

Wishes Lost or Wishes Gained?

Giant Mountain Dandelion

Agoseris grandiflora

Family: Asteaceae

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California Native 

San Emigdio Mountains

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24"X18"

Graphite on

Hot Pressed Paper

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Fig Tree Roots
Fig tree roots

Sidewalk Trees

Fig Tree Roots 

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Redondo Beach

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14"x10"

Graphite on

Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper

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Fig tree roots

Oak Leaves and Oak Gall

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California

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​12"x16"

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​Graphite on Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper 

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In private collection

Oak Leaves & oak gall
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