My first real assignment in the NYBG Colored Pencil Class was a green apple. Last year, the week before COVID shut everything down, I...

I am enjoying my Colored Pencil class at NYBG. Each week, we prepare color charts, graphite studies, and a colored pencil illustration of...

I am absolutely craving working in oil paints. I'll explain: This morning, I was thinking about the last time my work was in a gallery...

On May 22nd, I led a Lichen Walk through NJMA with Jason Hafstad, Dorothy Smullen, and Dennis Waters. Our walk in April filled up the day...

Finding a perfect specimen is challenging. A month before I even had to start my final project, two of my full-sized orchids were in bud....

Helonias bullata, or Swamp-pink, is a federally threatened plant in the Melanthiaceae family. Southern New Jersey is the stronghold for...

It has been a year since I first started taking Botanical Illustration Classes through NYBG. I am currently finishing up my final...