Plant Portraits
These mixed-media, collaged monotypes aspire to highlight the intrinsic beauty of plant forms and their vivid, intricate, tactile qualities. They draw inspiration from 18th-century German photographer Karl Blossfeldt, who magnified and photographed plant specimens close-up, revealing their intricate textures and forms in stunning detail.
Malvaceae (Hibiscus)
Serratula
Asteraceae (Daisy)
Flowering Dogwood
Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise)
Polypody Fern
Water Lily
Serratula (Bone of my Bones)
Cornus Florida (Worship)
Kornus Kousa
Mollusca & Fern
Cornus Kousa (Among Thorns)
“My botanical documents should contribute to restoring the link with nature. They should reawaken a sense of nature, point to its teeming richness of form, and prompt the viewer to observe for himself the surrounding plant world.”
-Karl Blossfeldt
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