Inspired by the Intimate Details of Plants

 " Botanical studies have been a constant in my practice, and this series continues that exploration, but focuses on the plants we've learned to ignore: the wild flora that populate ditches, vacant lots, and forest edges in Orange County, New York.  As showy and charismatic as garden flowers may be, I explored the resilient, unloved, everyday plants we call weeds." 

 Even a humble daisy, with its white petals symmetrically arranged around its yellow center, holds mystery.  Up close, its center is composed of miniature flowers which spiral outward from fresh buds in the center, to fading flowers, transforming into seeds, on the outer edges.  The color and textures range from ochre and brown on the tattered edges, to orange powdery pollen midway, and smooth greenish-yellow buds in the center.  There is a whole cycle of life visible in what we think of as the simplest of flowers.