Welcome to my "Botanicals" portfolio

These illustrations and paintings of botanical subjects encompass both garden and wild flowers.  Many portray a specific species at different times in its life cycle.  Most of them have been painted with gouache.  For instruction in using gouache to paint botanicals click here to go to the Learning Center.

Trillium grandiflora

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Caltha palustra Marsh Marigold

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Thistle

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper.

Anemone

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Bergamot

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Wild Geranium

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Honeysuckle

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Iceland Poppies

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Violets

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Prairie Trillium

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Trillium grandiflora stages

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Wild Cherry

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

May Apple

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Lupine

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Ginger

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Dogwood

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Poke Weed

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

January

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

July in Michigan

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Roses & Vase

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Watercolor on Aquabord, scratching

Found Objects

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

In the Garden

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Gouache on 140# hp Arches watercolor paper.

Garden Flowers

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Gouache on 140# Arches watercolor paper

Coreopsis & Vetch

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Forest Floor

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Watercolor on 140# watercolor paper

Generate excitement

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Close the deal

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Watercolor on 140# watercolor paper

Water Garden

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Poppies

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Daffodils

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Summer Circle

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Morning Glory Circle

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Trillium circle

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Monarchs

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Clematis Circle

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Monarchs & Black Eyed Susans

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Spring Woodland

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Wetlands

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Midwest Summer

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Gouache on 140# watercolor paper

Autumn/October

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Oranges

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

The Desert

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Gouache on hp watercolor paper

Butterfly Garden

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Garden Birds

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Garden Gate

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Chipmunk & Bloodroot

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Lupines & Crows

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Trillium Vignette

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Day Lily in Gouache

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Gouache on illustration board

Rabbit & Petunias

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Queen Anne's Lace & Bellflower

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Butterflies & Asters

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Water Lilies

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Gouache on watercolor paper

Primrose

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Pen and Ink and digital

Pink Rose

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Pen and Ink and digital

Bergamot

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Pen and Ink and digital

Blanket Flower

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Pen and ink and digital