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I’ve received the seeds for the native plant workshop!one of them is #Purpleconeflower. Purple coneflower is a classic prairie flower that is easy to grow and drought tolerant. I have these in my front garden and leave their stems after to they’ve bloomed for the goldfinches.
#plantnatives #wildflowers #botanicalart #pollinators #portrait #iowaart #newcontemporary #newcontemporaryart #ecoart #artoninstagram #acrylicpainting #sacredfeminine #floralillustration #floral
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Seed Bearer ~Not all pollinators are bees. The grace and glinting beauty of the great black wasp captivated me since I first saw one as a child. I loved to watch them, hoping for the moments when their wings shown iridescent blue. These large wasps are pollinators, feeding on nectar, and rarely stinging. With our current culture’s focus on bees it’s good to remember that all creatures have an intrinsic value beyond what is normally considered beneficial to us.
Seed Bearer reminds us that our wilderness, our wildness, and our lives are connected. Anyone can bear a seed, and anyone can be a seed.
Part of my series Prairie Seed Dreaming. 16"x20" on wood panel.
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#prairieart #prairie #pollinators #newcontemporaryart #gardenart #faerieart #faerie #faeriesofinstagram #wasp #naturelovers #desmoinesart #iowaart #iowaartist
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5n_ip2Agxs/?igshid=1uan48admuxox

Hanging the new art show! I’ll be sharing the paintings soon They’re all up at the Waukee public library gallery for my show Of Roots and Wildness.
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#artshow #waukeeiowa #waukeepubliclibrary #iowaart #iowaartist
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The rest of my seed labels came from the printer! Now I just have to cut them all out and glue them to the packets. #blackeyedsusan are some of my favorite prairie flowers. The seeds are from my garden and will be given away at my native plant workshop. I’ll have more seeds to plant from @prairiemoonnursery nursery.
Painting is Black -Eyed -Susan 11x14 on birch panel #choosenativeplants
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#pollinatorgarden #prairieflowers #PrairieSeedDreaming #botanicalart #gardenart #gardenlove #iowaart #illustration #nature
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Prairie Smoke ~To embrace wildness is to humble yourself. Nature has a way of roots and decay. A way of floating seed floss, and sticky seed burs. Seeds swallowed by blackbirds, seeds gathered by others. Seeds called by sunlight and cradled by moss. The prairie smoke, though tiny, sends her seeds far upon the breeze. You do not grow a prairie, but open your land to her wild hand, and a prairie may gather itself to you.
Prairie Smoke is one of my favorite prairie flowers. I love its enchanting wispy seeds and lacy leaves. This painting was shown at the Octagon as part of Prairie Seed Dreaming. It is now available. Link in bio.
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#prairiesmoke #prairieart #wildflowers #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #iowaart #iowaartist #choisenativeplants #portrait #newcontemporary #newcontemporaryart #faeriesofinstagram #fairiesofinstagram #fantasyart #fairyart #natureloversgallery
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I’m working on cold stratifying my #milkweed. I will have seeds for the workshop in March and started plants for the workshop in May! Milkweed is the host plant for monarch caterpillars and provides food for many pollinators. I have butterfly, common, and rose milkweed.

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#choosenativeplants #monarchbutterfly #pollinators #portrait #newcontemporaryart #acrylicpainting #iowaart #ecoart
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