June No.1

This picture was made in the first summer after I'd moved to America when I was still exploring the new landscape around me.  Each day l'd cycle to work past a gorgeously gnarly old Sycamore tree, so one morning I decided to stop to take a closer look at its seedpods. They felt both familiar and different - chunkier and much more furry — to those I was used to seeing back home in England. A few found their way into this picture.  Out on the flower farm, my favourite Rose had started to flower. I love Rosa 'Lark Ascending' for its soft apricot blooms in an elegant, open shape, which glow when caught by sunlight. I gathered a few stems and walked the gardens, cutting more roses as well as lilies and poppies; there's the still-crumpled petals of Icelandic poppies and the silky champagne Californian poppies. Out in the orchard the young, still unripe fruits of blueberries were beginning to form, so I picked a pocketful and cut stems of a special raspberry vine with silvery leaves.  A new friend took me to favourite places along the coast, where we photographed the scenery and I gathered these seed heads and grasses. The palette for this arrangement was complete and it felt grounding and calming to make and photograph. This one looks beautiful in a natural wooden frame, which picks up on the colours of the roses.

* Giclée print, professionally produced on the highest quality Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper with a smooth matt finish.  

* Hand-signed on the reverse.

* Each print is made to order, hand cut, and supplied unframed. 

* Carbon neutral printing with an archival life of 80+ years. 

* Names of the plants in this picture: Rosa ‘Lark Ascending’, Rosa ‘Honey Dijon’, Rosa ‘French Lace’, Lilium regale, Lilium martagon, Reseda alba, Eschscholzia californica ‘Thai Silk Pink Champagne’, Nicotiana, Papaver somniferum ‘Pink Paeony’, Vaccinium corymbosum (Blueberry) fruit, Rubus idaeus (Raspberry) foliage, Acer samaras and various grasses and seed heads.