Welcome to my site and pages highlighting a botanical art study of the wild heathers of the Scottish Highlands. I began this as an independent study project for the Minnesota School of Botanical Art in the autumn of 2007.

Soon after beginning I received the Ann Ophelia-Dowden grant from the American Society of Botanical Artists. I would like to thank the ASBA and it’s members for this gracious help and what it has done to help me pursue this project.

My original proposal and what I had hoped to accomplish seems to have personally expanded into something I will want to study and pursue for some time. This is a very special part of the world for me, one full of beauty, history, and wonder.

I truly hope these pages will help to illuminate in some way the grandeur of the Scottish Highlands and enlighten those interested in the botanical aspects and preservation of the uplands and moors where the heather grows.

It has been fascinating for me to be able to spend the time and energy towards this study. It is by no means complete, for I plan to continue to illustrate and paint the botanical specimens for some time and to add to this web site information I gather for anyone interested to see.

Please email any comments or suggestions. I appreciate the feedback and welcome any corrections or challenges.

Current and future exhibits the artwork will participate in:

ASBA / Horticultural Society of New York International

     Juried Botanical Exhibit.                               

     Sept. / Nov. 2008. New York, New York.

American Society of Botanical Art Annual Conference 2008.

     Hunt Institute. Pasadena, California. October 2008.

GRC Chapter of the ASBA Exhibit. Bloomington Center For the Arts

    Winter 2009. Bloomington, Minnesota.

Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. BISCOT Exhibit.