Moth Orchid
Phalaenopsis aphrodite
Digital Painting, Procreate, March 2025
This digital illustration was done in procreate in May of 2025, inspired by observations of the Mexican Modernism Orchid Exhibit at the New York Botanic Gardens.
Dahlia
Dahlia spp., Family: Asteraceae.
Digital Painting, Procreate, June 2024
This digital illustration was based on photographs I took at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park of a bumblebee on a dahlia. I wanted to illustrate the symbiotic relationship between the two species and highlight the importance of bumblebees.
Milkweed
Asclepias.
Digital Painting, Procreate, March 2024
This digital illustration was based on a photograph I took of a Yellow Swallowtail on a Milkweed plant in North Carolina. The plant also hosted a Monarch Caterpillar and a ladybug, illustrating the importance of Milkweed to multiple insect species. Ladybugs often eat aphids or Monarch eggs, Monarch caterpillars exclusively eat Milkweed leaves, and swallowtails drink the nectar from the plant.
Pink Lady Slipper
Cypripedium acaule
Digital Painting, Procreate, July 2024
This digital illustration was based on photographs from a friend in the North Carolina mountains of a Pink Lady Slipper. I wanted to illustrate the Pink Lady Slipper as a tribute to my home state North Carolina, it’s historic medicinal uses to Native Americans, and it’s beauty.
Cattleheart White Butterfly
Heliconius melpomene
Gouache on Watercolor Paper, 8x12”
May 2024
This set of gouache illustrations was based on photographs I took at the Museum of Natural History in the butterfly observatory. I observed the butterflies drinking nectar and resting, and wanted to bring a magnifying glass to these small and important pollinators, surrounded by greenery.
Cattleheart White Butterfly
Heliconius melpomene
Gouache on Watercolor Paper, 8x12”
May 2024
This set of gouache illustrations was based on photographs I took at the Museum of Natural History in the butterfly observatory. I observed the butterflies drinking nectar and resting, and wanted to bring a magnifying glass to these small and important pollinators, surrounded by greenery.
