Alpine Botanical Quilt One plants and charcoal

and charcoal

I've left it up to the viewer to decide if these are macro-views of the cosmos

Ornaments are wrapped individually in gold-speckled tissue paper and placed in a gold-foiled pouch

mounted on white 16" x 12" acid-free matboard

Alpine Botanical Quilt One plants and charcoalMixed Media 30" x 40" x 2" on stretched canvas I spent my summer in the Vail Valley, a charming community nestled in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, creating cyanotypes from the plants around me. It's a passion I've pursued for the past two years, and I love discovering new species on my hikes and clipping favorites to produce vibrant blue sunprints. To capture larger botanical elements, like grass fields and trees, I photograph them with my iPhone and