Wasting time
Recently I was talking with my good friend and fellow artist-illustrator Erika Beyer on a Zoom call, as we shared works in progress with each other to get feedback and encouragement. She showed me a painting she’d been working on for a little while, a new piece in a...
Love letter to a moth
For the past couple of weeks, as midsummer coastal fog has finally given way to warm late summer sunshine and warmth, I’ve noticed a lot more insect activity in my garden—painted lady butterflies, yellow-faced bumblebees, grasshoppers whose coral-pink wings flash when...
Learning through teaching
On Friday, I wrapped up a two-week course, teaching botanical illustration as part of CSU Monterey Bay’s Summer of Science Illustration program. Botanical illustration is my favorite subject to teach, and plants are a wonderful subject matter for observational...
