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a practice in botanical art making


No Pepsi. Coke.
Studies for Missouri Primrose








The Pink Pail
colored pencil on archival craft
Salamander Watch, Lilly Lake
colored pencil on bristol vellum
For Sara,
Plummer'sMariposa Lily
colored pencil on bristol vellum

Colorado Blue Columbine

Purple Poppy Mallow

Englemann's Daisy







Catalpa leaves, seeds, flowers.





Allium Sativum
Catalpa leaves, graphite
Catkins, Pussy Willow







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The Quilting Bee
Final Approach


View of Longs Peak
and Meeker
View from the Trail
Dead Horse Point State Park
A child and a wolf? The two on my mind the most during COVID-19, my grandchildren and hunger.

Ready
colored pencil on archival craft
24x18in framed

The Wolf is at the Door
colored pencil on bristol vellum
24x18in framed
While researching recipes for my series of recipe quilts, I found the author MFK Fisher. Her book How To Cook A Wolf was published in 1942 at a time when wartime shortages were at their worst. She wrote to the home cooks facing shortages and blackouts. She encouraged them to focus on what they had and not on what they were missing. She offered substitutions, inspired them to be creative, to experiment (this where her humor comes through). Her thoughts about providing sustenance were more than just about putting food on the table but rather about making a delicious meal, gathering your people, and offering comfort. The second part of this equation eludes us during COVID-19. I was reminded of her words when I saw the lines of cars on the news of families picking up boxes of food. The wolf was ever in my thoughts. I found a photo of a wolf by Dave Kettering that was used in an article about the fate of the grey wolf in Colorado. I wrote to Dave with my idea for a drawing. He said sure. The wolf appears to begin to leave but turns back. Will he go or will he stay? Then you realize he is there always.
How To Cook A Wolf begins with an excerpt from a poem written during WWI by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
There's a whining at the threshold—
There's a scratching at the door—
To work! To work! In Heaven's name!
The wolf is at the door!
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