About Me
I
started scanning flora from my garden in 2006. I have
become an obsessive gardener over the past several years
and had been photographing my garden since obtaining my
first digital camera in 2000. After attempting my first
scan in June, 2006, I was hooked on the process and the
possibilities to create visually appealing images while
documenting the variety and beauty of what I grow, mostly
from seed, in my backyard.
I studied art at the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign after finishing my master's degree in
Library Science. As a non-degree student, I was able to
take fundamental courses in painting, drawing and
printmaking. I spent three years in American Samoa where I
was immersed in the teaching and making of art. Alot of my
design sensibilities were developed in Samoa from observing
and copying the traditional designs used to create
Siapo or tapa cloths. These traditional
design elements are based on flora indigenous to the
islands.
I currently work as a reference librarian and live with my
teenage son, Ethan, and Kiki the cat.