A series of colored pencil drawings on Bristol Vellum paper, depicting flowers selected from commercial or farmers market bouquets. These drawings are a "fiction" in that I select from what is in front of me, drawing what interests me, what connects with my past and from art history, and what flowers speak to me in their shape and color. I do not plan or sketch ahead of time but create the drawing spontaneously from these choices.

These colored pencil drawings were made from flowers I grew in a "pandemic garden." The drawings were my first extended work in this medium, which attracted me because of its color clarity and difficulty. I had rarely drawn flowers, and became entranced with their colors, shapes, and energy. In the Northern California light it was too bright outside to study them, but in the studio their vivacity was exciting and undeniable.

A series of pastel and charcoal paintings and drawings that depict the California landscape at night