Summer Weeds is a collection of nature inspired artwork both modern and antique. Explore nature past and present by mixing eco-friendly and affordable modern handmade colorful plant silhouettes and vintage hundred-year-old prints. Antique prints by artists such as Pratt, Thornton and Sowerby.

I make artwork to remind the viewer of how beautiful the simple details of the world are. By breaking the plant down to the simplest form, the silhouette, the viewer can admire the elegant shape of the plant. I started a series of artworks called "Life Forms" with this idea in mind.

Drawing the plant, then painting the shape has become a sort of meditative practice for me. I have found a calmness in plants.

I've recently started another series of paintings called Clear Existence. Sometimes life gets hard and our choices aren't so easy. I've often admired that plants seem to have a clear plan from start to finish. Their seeds just blow in the wind. They drink when it rains, etc.

I work out of a studio in my house, where I surround myself with plants and natural light. The innocence of nature intrigues me. I find nature to be encouraging and optimistic and I try to convey that through my artwork. I have a particular love for the simplicity of the graceful nature of a silhouette.

While you may not find many of my original artworks here on Etsy, you will find my prints and panels. I've designed my prints and panels to be affordable for home decor and at the same time collectable as they are always archival and limited editions.

Each print edition started from an original painting, and through ultra-high resolution digital photography and imaging, has become its own unique piece of artwork. I individually print and digitally prepare each limited-edition print myself. Each is hand signed and numbered.

I also work at an art gallery that specializes in natural history art, fine art restoration/conservation, framing, digital photography and printmaking. I've worked with world-class museums, such as The Field Museum in Chicago, the New-York Historical Society, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York, to photograph their rare collections and make exclusive limited editions.