"For as long as I can remember I have been drawing from nature. I "love the green", as the Russians say. The opacity, transparent density and color can engage me so much that I lose my sense of self. For me, walking in or near the natural world is one of my greatest pleasures.

I am a city girl so I have largely drawn garden landscapes, but recently I have become absorbed with flowers and pods. There is something miraculous about a growing plant's development. I have always loved the precision of botanical drawing so I made an effort to do some of my own."