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Nantucket

I'm so lucky to have called Nantucket a travel destination since meeting my Boston-born husband over a decade ago, whose family has ties to the island. I hail from the west coast but have come to love the quaint ways of this east coast gem. On our most recent trip (summer, 2026) I became positively smitten with rose hip. This collection currently boasts many works capturing the pinks and oranges of the fun botanical. I expect it'll grow to feature shorelines and sand dunes before long.

Rose hips and pink beach rose against the shore

Reference photographs of Nantucket flowers and shoreline

Gathering the Reference

As has become custom with my travel-based painting, I tend to gather inspiration in situ in the form of photography and small sketches. (I'm not yet one for en plein air painting, and frankly - cannot find the necessary window for "flow state" on trips where my young children trail along - ha!)

I mainly work from memory once back in my Denver-based studio, though printing photos helps jog the memory and help ensure I capture certain details (like, a marking on a leaf, or a combination of colors.) Nantucket flower paintings in progress in the studio

From Island Walks to Paint

I am not one for perfect representation. I am interested in the space between a remembered landscape and an imagined one. These rose hip paintings feature distinct markings of rose hip, though allow real details to reach into imagined and exaggerated territory. I had so much fun with these! Four pieces sold the day I released the collection.

Nantucket Collection

Rose Hip / Flowers on the Beach

Explore rose hip works from my Nantucket collection, and stay tuned for beach and dune-inspired works soon! View the full collection →

Radical rose hip paper series

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Flowers by the beach, i & ii

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