The Florist's Daughter

​Is an ongoing series combining dried floral matter with encaustic paint. 

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Growing up in the floral industry, my education was built through intergenerational exchange of knowledge from my grandmother, to my mother, to me. I grew up in the backroom of my family's flower shop that has now been open in our small Eastern Oregon town for almost 80 years. I learned to draw, to paint, to be curious here. It will always feel like home. These works are a reflection of that upbringing by placing together encaustic wax, dried flowers collected on my family's property, and the use of silver/copper foil. They are playful in nature to capture that essence of the young girl who once made watercolors and small bouquets into the late afternoon hours.