Nice to meet you here!

Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975

Gwyther Irwin, Red Flush, 1964
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1117168

Florabundance II, 2024, hand-painted #cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle
#art #wildflowers #botanical #sciart #heirloomrose #natureinspired

View inside the #reallysmallmuseum in Austin, showing details of flowers and leaves painted on the blocks for the installation of Disappearing Prairies

View of the Really Small Museum in Austin with a display of colorfully painted blocks representing the flora and foliage of the Blackland Prairies

Disappearing Prairies, displayed Dec. ‘24 #reallysmallmuseum_atx @butlertrailatx.bsky.social Blocks represent the human imprint on the #environment (as grid), a mirror reflects the viewer, placing us in the #landscape of #nativeplants from the #BlacklandPrairies. We all play a part in #conservation

Colorful hand-painted wooden blocks painted with patterns of leaves and flowers to bring awareness of loss of prairie across Texas

Honored to have been the December ‘24 #artist #reallysmallmuseum_atx by #julietwhitsett for TEMPO on the Trail @butlertrailatx.bsky.social Disappearing Prairies, blocks w/ six patterns of #wildflowers, tall grasses & other plants native to the #BlacklandPrairies. 📸 by C. Heppner #art #sciart #ecoart

Fantastic —thank you, Patricia!
Happy New Year!

Lovely work!

Happy New Year!!!

Learning the system here… #art #sciart hoping to connect with #artists here who love #mixedmedia #printmaking and #painting like I do! #color #natureinspired #botanicals

Colorful gel plate print of botanicals in orange and magenta

New to Bluesky!
Former elementary art educator, art education consultant and after my MFA in painting at Savannah College of Art and Design, a full-time artist, with a passion for nature, native species and gardening. Starting a master naturalist course in February… there’s always so much to learn!

Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund

Lynn Bowers, Rhythms in Barbara, 1970

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135535

Thank you! Happy New Year to you as well.