Micro Botanicals

Using a muted color palette and an array of textures and materials, this body of work seeks 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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