Botanical Studies
These works are an artistic take on the time honored tradition of scientific herbaria where dried and pressed plants are mounted and stored for long-term scientific study. These pieces are meant to be shared, to adorn and decorate the home, bringing nature closer.
Each botanical study is a single flower species mounted on watercolor paper handmade by artisans. The bloom may appear as one flower or a small cluster, depending on its natural form. This format highlights the unique structure and botanical detail, ideal for collecting or building a gallery wall over time.
Each study includes a plant identification label with the common and scientific name, plant family, location, date collected.
Plants used in these Botanical Studies are gathered from my home in Santa Fe, my land at 9,000’ in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, and occasional collecting trips across the Southwest. I keep over 40 varieties of Southwest wildflowers and native plants in stock. Contact me if you have a specific plant you are looking for.
A Botanical Study may be purchased as a botanical sheet, matted, or framed.
-
Botanical Sheet
Sheet only, no mat or frame.
Botanical Studies are available in A5, A4, and A3. These are not standard frame sizes — they are meant to be collected as herbarium sheets.
Displaying and collecting the sheets.
The sheet is designed to live the way collected things live — gathered, handled, arranged.
Prop an A4 against a stack of field guides on a desk. Tuck an A5 into a cabinet. Lay several A3s across a dining table when you want to see the season all at once.
For collectors who want something more deliberate, a flat file or archival portfolio box keeps multiple sheets together and protected. Slipped into glassine sleeves, each piece stays clean and accessible — a private herbarium that can be pulled out, handled, and studied. There is something particular about holding a botanical study in your hands to see it up close.
Sheets also build naturally into a place-based collection. Start with one species from the Jemez Mountains. Add another from a different season. Over time, the box becomes a record of a landscape and the years you spent paying attention to it.
Botanical Sheets ship flat and makes a considered mailed gift. Wrap it in tissue, slip it into an envelope, and it arrives the way a letter does — as something you chose specifically for someone special.
-
Botanical Study - Matted
Standard frame-ready. Slides into any 8×10, 11×14, or 16×20 frame you already own.
A matted Botanical Study is the same archival watercolor, mounted to a museum-quality mat board cut to standard frame dimensions. You choose the frame — from your wall, from a shop, from wherever you already buy frames — and it fits.
Mat colors are chosen from a Southwest palette: Wheat, Sky Blue, and Ivy Green.
The ID label travels with the piece — common name, scientific name, plant family, location, and season. All materials are archival.
-
Botanical Study - Framed
Complete. Ready to hang. No further decisions required.
A framed Botanical Study is the work in its finished form: watercolor, archival mat, protective glass, frame, and hanging hardware — assembled and ready for the wall. This is the collector's entry point..
Frame finishes are available in Natural Wood and Vintage Gold. The identification label — common name, scientific name, plant family, location collected, season — is mounted with the artwork. All materials are archival.
Each framed study can stand alone. A single piece is a portrait of one plant from one place. Add another from the same landscape and you begin to build a record — a gallery wall that reads like a field journal.
Frame options: Natural Wood, Vintage Gold
Sizes: 8×10, 11×14, 16×20