Category: Botanical Illustration

  • I love plants.

    I am drawn to their intricate, unique structures and am fascinated by their survival strategies in the crowded, botanical world. When I look closely at a flower, I remember those high school biology classes where we had to draw the subject to improve our skills in observation. This is still true. ” For a scientific…

  • Trailing Arbutus

    The trailing arbutus is a lovely spring flower – blooming in April in New Brunswick. The leaves are tough and leathery and can be found spreading out on the ground just as the snow melts. It is a perennial shrub in the Heath family, Ericaceae. It is found in acidic sandy or rocky soils, in…