For the last two years I have been teaching botanical and entomological illustration for middle school students. I started creating mind maps to introduce them to ideas easier to illustrate than lecture about: taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, life cycles, etc. In these classes, art and science support each other in such wonderful ways. Both begin with rigorous observation. After a few weeks of drawing from life, a wall comes down and students begin to draw that daisy, or cherry blossom, or bumble bee, not the symbols that represent those species in their mind. These kids really are seeing these organisms. The longer you spend with a creature, they start becoming less of an ‘it,‘ and more of a ‘who.‘
In the midst of Standing Rock, I helped to raise over $1,200 with this postcard series. The images were made by my friends and I in one of my favorite art-making evenings to date.
All the water in the world is all the water in the world.
Don’t wait until your water is at risk. Protect the water for all who depend upon it.
It was a delight to design the album art and logo for The Radicans, a band comprising of some of my favorite humans.
I designed this logo for my dear friend Ben Weiss at Susquehanna Apothecary. He was inspired by my Guides // Kin series. It was a wonderful challenge to integrate the components he needed present: Gingko Leaf, Coyote, and Crow.
As a seed saver, it was so much fun to nerd out on this seed packet design for my good friends at the Experimental Farm Network.
The Experimental Farm Network facilitates collaborative plant breeding and sustainable agriculture research in order to fight global climate change, preserve the natural environment, and ensure food security for humanity into the distant future.
Founded in 2013, EFN is composed of professional and amateur farmers, gardeners, plant breeders, and researchers. The network's main organizing tool — this open-source website — is free to use and open to all.
Homegown Bounty Gardens specializes in installing edible gardens, raised beds, fruit trees, general yard maintenance, and creating drought tolerant landscapes in Southern California.