Micro Botanicals

Using a muted color palette and an array of textures and materials, the artful explorations in this body of work seek to unravel the mysteries of plant structures. Using micrographs as my reference material, I am inspired by the complexity of botanical structures as seen through a microscope and particularly of seeds, which seem expertly and intricately designed to exemplify the beauty, resilience, and awe-inspiring process that is growth and life expressed at various stages.


Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of a Sundew as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Sundew
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of a Brugmansia (Heaven Scent) as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Brugmansia (Heaven Scent)
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of a Red Algae as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Red Algae
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of an X as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Aradopsis Thaliana
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of the bud of a Teasel Flower as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Teasel Flower Bud
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of a Dahlia flower, as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Dahlia
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of a Horsetail Stalk as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Horsetail Stalk
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of the root of a Clematis plant as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Clematis Root
Detailed mixed media artwork on canvas depicting the cellular structure of a Nemesia flower as seen through a micrograph, with an emphasis on organic forms, intricate patterns and textures.
Nemesia
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