It is all the same, drawing, painting, modelling, the irresistible desire to copy any beautiful object which strikes the eye. Why cannot one be content to look at it? I cannot rest, I must draw…”

— Beatrix Potter

A teenage Beatrix Potter spoke for me when she wrote these words about her fascination with the natural world. A compulsion she used in her wonderfully illustrated children’s books. Potter may not be considered part of the  true botanical sketching tradition nonetheless  she perfectly captured the desire I feel to draw, to record. 

My training in botanical drawing began almost 10 years ago with single flowers. Since that time I have drawn bouquets, leaves, fruits, insects, butterflies, literally anything I get completely enamored with. Lately I have been doing commissions for pet portraits where I fall in love with my subjects!

I hope you will see the beauty of the world through these drawings, like the turns of a petal,  the swelling of a flower bud,  the perfection of a water drop or the sparkled love in an animals eyes. It’s all a wonder really.