Beauxtanicals are part of a series.  Beaux is beauti~full.  Botanicals are medicines comprised of plants (or substances that come from plants).  The Beautanicals series integrate imagery and iconography from European, African and Indigenous inspirations.  Each piece contains butterflies, the work of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717.)  Considered the Mother of Entomology she was the first European to document the life cycle of insects through her paintings.  Created as a multicultural collaboration Beautanicals create beauty because of the coming together of many origins, many cultures.  If we can create beauty on canvas, with different cultures simultaneously retaining their individuality while connecting with diverse others, we can create these windows infused with multiplicity, beauty and healing in the larger world.

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