Still life vegetable study in color pencil during a Natural Science Illustration Certificate program at the RISD
My Natural Science Illustrations and Botanical Illustrations have been exhibited in the New York Botanical Gardens, NY , the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY; the Longwood Gardens, PA, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Connecticut along with other exhibitions.
​A selection of my illustrations are now available in print at www.stilegalleryshop.com.
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​I started illustrating flowers onto wooden products such as furniture and shelving while working for a company in the 1980's. Several years later I relocated to the USVI where I resided in an old gardener's cottage and began my studies in illustrating botanicals.

One of my botanical illustrations of a Flamboyant tree painted in the Caribbean in 1988.

Rhode Island School of Design

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In 2000, I decided to enroll in a two year certificate program at the RISD for Natural Science Illustration. It was an intense two year program working late into the night at my drafting desk on many assignments.  My final semester I was fortunate to be under the instruction of the program director. 
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The beetle illustration was completed for a course on bug illustration under a microscope.
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Natural Science Illustration

My illustrations were exhibited in two solo shows called 'Water's Edge' at the Audubon Educational Center, Bristol, RI and at the Audubon Greenwich, Greenwich, CT.  These shows also incorporated paintings from my New England Rock series and plein air paintings of the coastal regions of New England.

Tulip Studies

Onsite Painting Studies of the Natural World