In the world of contemporary botanical portraiture, Jean’s in-depth understanding of color and its application mesmerizes the eye and
excites the mind. The artist’s intentional cropping and placement of
the specimen with the negative space below was carefully choreographed for the viewer to feel like they are looking up at the tree with nature hovering overhead.

Jean Emmons
Sorbus-Mountain Ash
Watercolor on Kelmscott vellum
14 x 17 inches