Oil on canvas, 48” x 60”, 2021 

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The Siskiyou Mariposa Lily (the single pink flower) is being endangered by another plant, the Dyer’s Woad (the tall yellow blossomed plants) which is a non-native plant encroaching on its habitat. Dyer’s Woad was cultivated in Europe and is thought to have made its way here in a shipment of alfalfa seed. All the other plants in this painting are native to southern Oregon and Northern California where the lily grows, they are: Western Thistle, Ranger’s Buttons, Snowbrush, Horse’s Mint and Brown’s Peony.