Alpine Botanical Quilt One plants "Sunflower" is a softly purple-tinted

"Sunflower" is a softly purple-tinted mixed-media flower painting

Ocean Hues One is the first of a pair of companion paintings

I've left it up to the viewer to decide if these are macro-views of the cosmos

Ornaments are wrapped individually in gold-speckled tissue paper and placed in a gold-foiled pouch

this lone cypress still stands

Alpine Botanical Quilt One plants "Sunflower" is a softly purple-tintedMixed Media 30" x 40" x 2" on stretched canvas I spent my summer in the Vail Valley, a charming community nestled in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, creating cyanotypes from the plants around me. It's a passion I've pursued for the past two years, and I love discovering new species on my hikes and clipping favorites to produce vibrant blue sunprints. To capture larger botanical elements, like grass fields and trees, I photograph them with my iPhone and