Welcome to Where Botanical Art Comes to Life

Welcome

My work is about learning to see—slowing down long enough to notice the quiet beauty that exists all around us. Through intimate botanical photography, I capture small moments in nature and share them through both fine art prints and artful pieces meant to be lived with every day.

Learning to See

My photography began with a flood, deepened through grief, and became a search for the quiet peace found in nature’s smallest moments.

My Story

I didn’t begin my photography journey with a grand plan to become an artist. In many ways, photography found me.

My earliest memory of seeing the world through an artist’s eyes happened when I was about ten years old in Great Falls, Montana. The river had flooded our neighborhood, and my parents and I walked back in to see what was happening. We probably shouldn’t have been there—we were eventually chased out—but I remember something very clearly. As the water slowly crept across a freshly plowed field, the evening light caught the surface just right. There was a deep unease knowing our home might flood, but at the same time it was incredibly beautiful. That moment stayed with me.

After the waters receded, I bought a small Kodak Pocket Instamatic camera and began photographing everything around us—the water lines on the walls, the damage in the house, the quiet aftermath. I didn’t realize it then, but I was trying to capture not just what I saw, but what it felt like.

Photography drifted in and out of my life for many years. Then life changed in ways I never expected. Before my husband passed away, he gave me a macro lens after seeing me photographing in our backyard garden. That lens became a turning point.

After he was gone, I spent hours in the garden we had built together. Every evening after work, every weekend, I photographed flowers, leaves, light, and small details most people walk past. I didn’t know it at the time, but photography was helping me find my way through grief.

What surprised me most was when people began telling me how peaceful my images felt. At first I didn’t understand that. I was searching for peace myself. But when I looked closely at the images, I realized something: the softness, the quiet light, the simple compositions… that was my way of translating peace.

Photography became both my refuge and my voice.

Today my work focuses on the quiet beauty found in nature—those small, fleeting moments of light, color, and form that invite us to pause.

Today my photography focuses on intimate botanical subjects photographed closely and simply. By moving in close and simplifying what is in front of me, I try to reveal the delicate textures, patterns, and structures that most people walk past without ever seeing.

I often say that I photograph with my heart, my soul, and my eyes. The images that resonate the most are the ones where I feel the deepest connection to the subject.

Because I believe beauty should be lived with, my photographs also appear on thoughtfully crafted bags and accessories—allowing the quiet moments I capture in nature to move beyond the wall and into everyday life.

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