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Garden Magic, 2023, archival pigment print, 27.75” x 24.75” Peaches and Perfume, 2023, archival pigment print, 20” x 23” Peaches in Heavy Syrup, 2023, archival pigment print, 22” x 17” Still Life with Candy Lobster, 2023, archival pigment print, 22” x 17” Peaches and Perfume (detail), 2023, archival pigment print, 15” x 15” Peaches and Perfume (detail), 2023, archival pigment print, 17” x 15” Still Life with Skull, 2023, archival pigment print, 27” x 20” If I had a flower for every time I think of you (15 pigment prints on wallpaper, approx 15"x20" each, $50 each Still Life with Roses, 2023, archival pigment print, 27” x 20” My Secret Garden, 2023, archival pigment print, 16.28” x 22.5” Botanical Specimens, 2023, archival pigment print, 27” x 20” Peaches and Perfume (detail), 2023, archival pigment print, 15” x 20” Another Sting Altogether, 2023, archival pigment print, 27” x 20” Thank You, 2022, archival pigment print, 17” x 20” Still Life with Oranges, 2023, archival pigment print, 20" x 27” You're special, 2022, archival pigment print, 22” x 17” I dream of deer in an enchanted forest, 2023, archival pigment print, 20” x 27” Still Life with Scoria, 2023, archival pigment print, 27” x 20” Deep Inside the Bushes with the Bones of the Dead, 2023, archival pigment print, 20” x 27” Beneath an ordinary glance dwells an explosive, 2022, archival pigment print, 30”x40” and 15”x20” As slowly as it takes to dig a pit to hold a sleeping giant, 2022, archival pigment print, 8”x10” Untitled (purple fern), 2022, archival pigment print, 16"x21" And I became the snail I always was, crossing the field in my helmet, 2022, archival pigment print, 20”x17” It is dangerous to unmask images, 2022, archival pigment print, 14”x21.5” This means my mind can never be abandoned in the woods, 2022, archival pigment print, 11”x14” Stimulant for exotic fantasy, 2021, archival pigment print, 31”x46” and 17”x22” This demands too much, 2021, archival pigment print, 26”x23” and 22”x17” The jungle in the parlour, 2021, archival pigment print, 40”x30” and 20”x15” Plumy, beading of warm dew, 2021, archival pigment print, 45”x34” and 22”x17” The secret lies in selecting the right plant for the right spot, 2021, archival pigment print, 40”x40” and 20”x20” Domestic inhabitant glistening with health, 2021, archival pigment print, 45”x34” and 22”x17” You are all of these: Tasteful, mysterious, tropical, and graceful, 2021, archival pigment print, 36”x43” and 17”x22” Infatuation, 2021, archival pigment print, 31”x43” and 17”x22” Tamed, 2021, archival pigment print, 30”x20” and 22”x17” The sadness of naps and hand sanitizer (Yellow, after Mary Ruefle), 2021, archival pigment print, 22”x17” Emerald green pet (better than a welcome mat), 2021, archival pigment print, 31”x41” and 17”x22” Never do they cease to be in flower and in fruit, 2021, archival pigment print, 30”x39” and 15”x19.5” More elegantly muscular than delicate, 2021, archival pigment print, 36”x40” and 15”x17” Detail from Never do they cease..., 2021, archival pigment print, 15"x15" Detail from More elegantly muscular than delicate, 2021, archival pigment print, 15"x15" Untitled (avocado screenshot), 2021, archival pigment print, 10"x14" Untitled (lemons), 2021, archival pigment print, 17"x20" Untitled (ear screenshot), 2021, archival pigment print, 10"x14" Untitled (still Life sketch), 2021, archival pigment print, 6"x6" Human organs, words with too many meanings, and insomnia, 2021, archival pigment print, 30”x37” and 15”x18.5” The table laid before a party, 2021, archival pigment print, 30”x30” and 15”x15” Untitled (marching ants), 2021, archival pigment print, 16"x22" Untitled (fruit), 2021, archival pigment print, 17"x20" The tulips should be behind bars like dangerous animals (after Sylvia Plath), 2020, archival pigment print, 20”x30” Untitled (lavender carnation with invisible dots), 2021, archival pigment print, 14"x10" Fruit of the Loom / Womb, 2020, archival pigment print, 30”x40” and 15”x20” She never utters precisely the nature, 2020, archival pigment print, 30”x40” and 15”x20” Pleasing but unnecessary, 2020, archival pigment print, 30”x40” and 15”x20” Untitled (tulip), 2021, archival pigment print, 10”x11” This pineapple wants to eat me, 2020, archival pigment print, 24”x19” Dangerous Animal, 2020, archival pigment print, 11”x10” Untitled (strawberry), 2021, archival pigment print, 11”x10” Detail from Really Red by Revlon, 2020, archival pigment print, 10”x11” Leave the cherries alone, 2020, archival pigment print, 11”x11” What fragments of her history live in my body? (after Rebecca Solnit), 2020, archival pigment print, 22”x29” Untitled (lemon), 2020, archival pigment print, 11”x10” Really Red by Revlon, 2020, archival pigment print, 29”x22” Stop the Sag, 2020, archival pigment print, 29"x22" Untitled (still life with smart phone), 2020, archival pigment print, 17"x22" Detail from What fragments of her history live in my body? 2020, archival pigment print, 17”x22”