Lamyropsis cynaroides dry flower head .    Eight years ago, in summer 2004, I found this beautiful thistle drifted on a remote rocky...

Carduus thoermeri dry flower head.   Carduus thoermeri, also known as Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus, is a biennial thistle of Ea...

Stream of golden light.       You ask me how I became a madman.       Here's how it happened: One day, long before many gods were bo...

Picnomon acarna golden thistles. Watercolor and color pencils on paper (21x30). The most beautiful, and deepest, experience a man c...

  Picnomon acarna is an annual plant that grows in arid areas of the Mediterranean region. This beautiful plant is covered with yellow, s...

Salicornia europaea dry plants.   Salicornia is a genus of, nearly 60, succulent, halophyte (salt tolerant) plants that grow in salt m...

Hyoscyamus albus seed pods.   Hyoscyamus albus is one of the enigmatic, dark members of the Solanaceae family. It is both a toxic and very...