Plants are magical things. Their forms, textures, and colours are endlessly fascinating to me. I particularly love heritage plants - flowers, fruits and vegetables with a history, a story to tell.

I have been creating botanical art since 1992, working both in watercolor and in coloured pencil. In keeping with my passion for heritage plants, I grow many unusual antique plants in my own garden.

My works have regularly been included in the botanical art exhibits at Filoli and three American Society of Botanical Artists exhibitions, "Green Currency" (New York, 2011), "A Natural Perspective" (Phoenix, 2009) and "Beauty of Botany"(Seattle, 2006). Other juried and invitational shows which have included my work are the "A Botanical Celebration", July, 2009, at the Tidemark Gallery in Waldoboro, Maine, and the 2007 and 2010 Arts Alive Festival in Florence, Alabama. In 2010, my piece "Narcissus" was awarded the Barbara Long Botanical Award at this show.

I am very pleased to have one of my pieces, "Clematis 'Gravetye Beauty'", chosen to be a finalist in the second BLOSSOM - The Art of Flowers. Two of my dahlia paintings also received honorable mention.

In the autumn of 2002, I was selected to participate in a show entitled the Art of Saving Oaks in Sausalito, CA. This educational show about Sudden Oak Death Syndrome featured botanical art depicting host species as well as paintings and photographs highlighting the beauty of California's endangered oak woodlands. Believing that this important exhibit needed a wider audience, I helped to bring the show to Filoli in 2003 and to UC Santa Cruz Arboretum in 2004. I also wrote an article about the show for Pacific Horticulture magazine.

I hold a Botanical Art Certificate from Filoli and a Certificate in Garden Design from University of California Berkeley Extension. I have studied extensively with master botanical art instructor, Anne-Marie Evans and with the late Charles Stasek, a scientific illustrator and marine biologist, as well as taking master classes with such well known botanical artists as Margaret Best, Lizzie Sanders, Susan Fisher, Jenny Phillips. I am a member of the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists (a chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists), the Botanical Art Society of Australia and the AME Painting Group in England and I was recently selected to participate in the Filoli Florilegium Guild.

My work is included in several private collections and has appeared in print. Some of my original paintings are available for purchase and most pieces are available as giclée prints or cards. Please contact me by email or by telephone at 650.493.2153 to inquire.