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Over the past two decades I have taken a number of workshops with the wonderful teacher and botanical artist, Margaret Best. She has pushed my limits, taught me new techniques and given me many Ah-Ha moments. She is the ...

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I grew up on an acre of unincorporated land in the Central Valley of California. We had a huge lawn that wrapped around the whole ramshackle house; the back half of the property was a barn and coral where we kept my hors...

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Just recently back from a week in Washington DC. Our Congressman, Salud Carbajal, has been urging us to visit, and we finally said yes after the 2018 elections tipped the balance toward the Dems in the House. It was a gr...

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Twenty-five years ago, the American Society of Botanical Artists formed around the vision that botanical art should be considered a \"significant, relevant and respected contributor to 21st century art, recognized for its...

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Currently \"Mutt & Jeff\" is on display at the Brody Botanical Center at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. The painting is part of a Botanical Artists of Southern California exhibit called Almo...

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As a long-time activist with the Democratic Service Club of Santa Barbara County, I was a volunteer in the Salud Carbajal for Congress campaign of 2016. Salud repeatedly urged my husband and me to come visit him in Wash...

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No matter what bright, shiny thing diverts me, I am continually fascinated by eucalyptus and Coastal Live Oaks. Throughout the year each yields a particular seasonal beauty.

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I am pleased to announce that my \"Santa Barbara Spider Orchid\" painting has been juried into the Diversity of Orchids, a group show of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California presented at the Brody Botanical C...

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I always take a sketchbook when I travel. I have done this for years. And I have always packed some colored pencils—cheapies at first, and then a small collection of better quality ones. Sketching was not the primary pur...

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