Exhibited at the Alberta Art Gallery for the Feminine Landscape Exhibition (Edmonton, AB).

34” x 58 1/2” (Framed)

Graphite (pencil) and coloured pencils on bristol paper.

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Exhibited at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, USA, for the American Society of Botanical artists 27th Annual International Exhibition. Also shown at the Art Gallery of Alberta, 2025, for the Feminine Landscape Exhibition. Shown in the catalogue and online exhibition, "Pearl" celebrating the American Society of Botanical Illustrators 30th year.

12 x 15" - Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper

Framed is 21 x 23.75” oak professional gallery style, frame, acid-free, double mat , ready to hang.

Crystal created this image for Antisana Seeds, an heirloom seed company in the USA.

Tropea onions, or Cipolla rossa di Tropea, area sweet, red, and crunchy onion variety from the Tropea area in Calabria, Italy, known for their mild, delicate flavor

7 x 11" - Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper

*unframed

Not yet available for sale.

Created during my botanical artist residency at Oak Spring Garden, this piece reflects weeks of careful observation and study. Over three weeks, I selected a specimen from the Oak Spring property, meticulously drawing, color-matching, measuring, and collecting fragments to capture its essence. I worked with natural lighting and photography to document its details before translating it into a final artwork. Now, this piece is part of the foundation’s permanent collection, preserving its beauty for years to come.

I found the specimen growing along a rock-wall near the pony barn. I was initially attracted to it because it was alive with hummingbirds, bees and other pollinators. Then, when I saw the beautiful seed pods hanging I had to draw it!

It has been exhibited at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State, Boone, NC, USA, 2025.

Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper

Exhibited at Marin Art and Garden Center, California, USA for the American Society of Botanical Artists 26th international exhibition (sold during exhibition).

Jimmy Red corn is a Southern heirloom, open-pollinated, red field corn variety known for its sweet flavor and use in making grits, cornmeal, and bourbon. Crystal created this image for Antisana Seeds, an heirloom seed company in the USA.

Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper.

Exhibited at Marin Art and Garden Center, California, USA for the American Society of Botanical Artists 26th international exhibition (sold during exhibition).

Black turtle beans, also known as black beans are native to Central and South America and a staple in Latin American cuisine, with a history dating back over 7,000 years. Crystal created this image for Antisana Seeds, an heirloom seed company in the USA.

Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper.

Exhibited at Wave Hill, New York, NY, USA for the American Society of Botanical Artists 25th international exhibition (sold at exhibition).

These beans were grown in the artists garden and drawn from the live specimen, where they were meticulously coloured matched and measured during various stages of development. These were originally created for packaging for Antisana Seeds, an Heirloom seed company in the USA.

Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper.

Exhibited on Granville Island, BC, Canada for "success", an exhibition celebrating artists achieving Signature Status at the Federation of Canadian Artists, April, 2024.

Glass Gem corn isa unique, multi-colored heirloom variety of flint corn, known for its vibrant, translucent, gem-like kernels that are often used for ornamental purposes, but can also be popped or ground into flour. The corn was developed by Carl Barnes, a part-Cherokee farmer from Oklahoma, who selectively bred and saved seeds from cobs with vivid colors.

16 x 14" - Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper

Frame: Oak professional gallery style, frame, acid-free, double mat , ready to hang.

Exhibited on Granville Island, BC, Canada for "success", an exhibition celebrating artists achieving Signature Status at the Federation of Canadian Artists, April, 2024.

Green Zebra tomatoes area unique, heirloom tomato variety known for their striking green and yellow stripes and a tangy, citrusy flavor, developed by Tom Wagner in 1983.

Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper.
9 x 11" (Drawing size)

Frame: Oak professional gallery style, frame, acid-free, double mat , ready to hang.

Exhibited on Granville Island, BC, Canada for "success", an exhibition celebrating artists achieving Signature Status at the Federation of Canadian Artists, April, 2024.

These peas were grown in the artists garden and drawn from the live specimen, where they were meticulously coloured matched and measured during various stages of development. These were originally created for packaging for Antisana Seeds, an Heirloom seed company in the USA.

Coloured Pencil on Bristol Paper.
9 x 11" (Drawing size)

Frame: Oak professional gallery style, frame, acid-free, double mat , ready to hang.

Exhibited at the Alberta Art Gallery for the Feminine Landscape Exhibition, Edmonton AB, Canada, Jan-March 2025.

These poppies were grown in the artists garden and drawn from the dried specimen, where they were meticulously coloured matched and measured during various stages of development.

This piece is coloured pencil and graphite (pencil).

Exhibited at the Strathcona County Acquisitions Exhibition, purchased for their permanent collection.

The Mayflower bean, also known as the Amish Knuttle or Cornhill bean, is an heirloom pole bean variety believed to have arrived in North America on the Mayflower in 1620, prized for its flavor and versatility as both a fresh snap bean and a dry bean.

Coloured pencil and graphite (pencil).

A popular heirloom variety, the early fortune cucumber makes a great pickle or slicing cucumber. Discovered by George Starr in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1906, and introduced around 1910 by the Jerome B. Rice Seed Company, it was initially described as "the earliest and best white spine cucumber ever offered".

These cucumbers were grown in the artists garden and drawn from the live specimen, where they were meticulously coloured matched and measured during various stages of development. These were originally created for packaging for Antisana Seeds, an Heirloom seed company in the USA.

14 x 13" (currently unframed).

Coloured pencil and graphite (pencil).

The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), the state flower of California, is native tothe Pacific slope of North America, specifically from western Oregon to Baja California but can be grown in gardens to reseed itself in gardens as northern as Canada.

14 x 13" (currently unframed).

Coloured pencil on bristol paper.

Commissioned by the Telus World of Science for the Arctic Journey's exhibit to showcase the difference between Fescue grass roots and Arctic Willow roots (a plant that grows in the permafrost, where the ground is frozen all year long only a few inches under the soil).

You can view this in the gallery in Edmonton AB.

*Original is Sold to private collector.

Acrylic Wash on Cradled wood panel.

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Found in the Italian Center in Sherwood Park, these peppers were far too interesting not to paint!

Coloured Pencil on Paper.

This was created for a study as part of a botanical mentorship program (dark subjects). I found this degrading eggplant in the supermarket and loved it's marks and wrinkles and wanted to sketch it. In the middle of winter, in Edmonton, there are often only very sad looking specimens in our grocery stores for months at a time!

The eggplant in drawing measures 2 x 4" on 5 x 9" paper.

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Exhibited during an outdoor art show featuring Edmonton Illustrators at Borden Park.

This was created for a study as part of a botanical mentorship program (light subjects). I loved the sweeping lines and delicate stripes on this garlic and how beautiful it looked when it was peeled open. I feel people tend to overlook mundane, everyday subjects because we handle them often. With the right lighting and composition, however, you can really make a subject like garlic sing.

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