Requiem: Phyciodes tharos (Pearl crescent butterfly), 2025, oil and acrylic on panel with glitter and rhinestones, 8 x 8 inches.

Requiem: Physaria filiformis (Missouri bladderpod), acrylic, oil, rhinestones, and glitter. Missouri bladderpod is a small, endangered glade plant.
#plantrequiems #nativeplants #nativeplantpaintings #botanicalart #missourinativeplants #flowerpainting #sparklypaintings #endangeredplan

The forest is kin, the trees are kin, the soil is kin. Its death is our death. Human exceptionalism is among the most devastating lies we have ever told.
Emergence: Forest Path, 2024
Acrylic and oil on panel, 30 x 30 inches
#thesoiliskin #endhumanexceptionalism #nativeplants #loveyourecosystem

In times of helplessness, I find inspiration in the fact that with one seed, you can create a whole world for another being.
#nativeplants #killyourlawn #buildecosystemsnotwalls #insectsarekin #plantsarekin #bioregional #tendyourecosystem

Since there will be no end to human destruction of our planet, all there is left to do is hospice. We can compost our attachment to things and be tender to this earth and one another.

#Castillejapurpurea #purpleindianpaintbrush #botanicalpainting #sparklypainting #flowerpainting

Chronic pain keeps emotions right at the surface and makes them so hard to regulate. Its exhausting when anything can become an emotional trigger. #chronicpain #arthritis #fibromyalgia

Kansas City is a soccer hub- so much former prairie is covered with turf and parking lots to feed this obsession. Why not require prairie strips between fields and volunteer honey suckle removal days for athletes and families to help offset the sport’s eco damage. #nativeplants

It has never been more important to plant native plants in your yard!

Happy Solstice!
Gansai and glitter paint on 8 x 10 inche black watercolor paper, 2023