When my first e-booklet on composition was released, I promised another would follow. As I mentioned at the time, a single, thirty-page booklet could not possibly cover all that had to be said about such a comprehensive subject. The first booklet addressed the...
I’m quite frequently asked if it’s okay to print a copy of my e-booklets, and my answer is always the same: “Of course it is!” Just because the booklets are delivered digitally as convenient, easy-to-navigate, interactive e-booklets doesn’t mean that you can’t print...
Suggestions of bias are common in significant juried botanical art exhibitions. I hear them all the time. While sometimes it might just be sour grapes, other times the allegations of bias are hard to dismiss, particularly when the exhibition organizers seemingly make...
Last week, purely by chance while conducting a Google search, I discovered that my Echinacea purpurea had been “stolen” by three clipart services and was being offered as a free high-resolution download. Further inquiries revealed that other botanical artists had...
It’s the first week of the new year and, predictably, there’s all the usual talk about resolutions. However, resolutions are just a statement of intent; without specific goals to give effect to the resolutions, intent is unlikely to be implemented. For example, in a...
A student recently told me that she thought that she and some fellow botanical artists in her group were suffering from “technique confusion.” She defined technique confusion as too many teachers with too many techniques and no one apparently able to address anything...
