Irene Hardwicke Olivieri
Her biography: “She paints, writes, arranges tiny bones she dissects from owl pellets into mosaic nude figures (her ‘PaleoGirls’), raises caterpillars, waterlilies, succulents, keeps a dermestid (I had to look this up) beetle colony and is endlessly fascinated with the mysterious workshop of nature and exploring the western wilderness.” <- What I want to be when I grow up. 

irenehardwickeolivieri.com

Irene Hardwicke Olivieri

Her biography: “She paints, writes, arranges tiny bones she dissects from owl pellets into mosaic nude figures (her ‘PaleoGirls’), raises caterpillars, waterlilies, succulents, keeps a dermestid (I had to look this up) beetle colony and is endlessly fascinated with the mysterious workshop of nature and exploring the western wilderness.” <- What I want to be when I grow up. 

irenehardwickeolivieri.com

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Curran 1888 Monet 1916

The Lotus

Symbolic in art, the Lotus represents the progress of the soul rising above the mud of materialism into the glow of enlightenment. Above, a tapestry by San Francisco artist Mark Adams.

It is no wonder we wish to bring the beauty of the Lotus into our gardens, a romantic desire that can easily be traced back to the period of the French Impressionists.