Blue Botanicals — Sentry Egg

BLUE BOTANICALS · 2020
watercolors on cold press

A collection of blue monochrome paintings of plants that I collected during the pandemic, as one did.

This series of work also features specimens that I hope to acquire one day, while also serving as a way to preserve the ones that did not survive.

Fortunately, I’ve had good luck with Calatheas. And these two are on my wish list :)

Ficus Elastica 'Tineke' - The first plant that I ever got, and still keep.

Sprinkled throughout the sketchbook are spreads that break the monochrome paintings, exploring painting with natural inks derived from sunflower seeds, avocado pits, acorns, rooibos, goldenrod flowers...

Always partial to ferns <3