Sunday, March 30, 2014

The Rare Fringed Blue Gentian

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Fringed Blue Gentian ( Gentianopsis crinita ). This year the Botanical Artists Society National Capitol Region (BASNCR) Annual Exhibiti...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Following the Fertilized Orchid

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Fertilized flower development (on right). Continuing my observations of orchid fertilization, this is what the developing ovary of the ...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

Blue Gentian: the Finished Painting

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Blue Gentian ( Gentiana scabra ) watercolor, 13.5" x 14.5" Here at last is the finished painting of the Blue Gentian. This is...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Botanical Observations

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Fertilized orchid flower. In the attempt to better understand the botany of orchids, I decided to hand-pollinate a couple of the orchid...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Blue Gentian: from Sketch to Painting

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Blue Gentian - pencil sketch. In the last couple of weeks I've been working on turning my completed sketch of the Blue Gentian ( Ge...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Snowy Day

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Herb shoveling our driveway. Measuring the accumulation. The recent snowstorm was reason to celebrate the day staying at home. We ...
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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Blue Gentian Sketch

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Blue Gentian ( Gentiana scabr a) I bought a plant of Blue Gentian (Gentiana scabra) at last year's Arborfest held at t...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Orchids in the Bath

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Orchids bloom around the tub. Our bath has two windows around the tub: the large window faces west and gets direct sunlight in the afte...
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