A Pacific Coast native, Antoinette has lived the majority of her life in the Pacific Northwest. Her current focus is on native plants of the Pacific Northwest with an emphasis in 3-D paper botanical renditions, graphite pencil drawing, and pen and ink illustrations.

The inspiration for Antoinette’s first foray into 3-D paper botanicals was explorers’ sketchbooks and herbarium pages of native plants.  Following in the footsteps of Mary Delany, her work is paper centered.  She begins working flat, using watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencils on a variety of papers.  From there she manipulates the paper into realistic shapes and adds elements as needed (wool, wire, thread, etc.)  to further develop her botanicals.  Her work is faithful to botanical representation but offers a unique interpretation.  Collecting specimens from the North Cascades to the Salish Sea, Antoinette gathers native plants, lichens, and seaweeds to study and recreate in paper.  Her paper botanicals capture the essence of the living plants, reflecting their colors and capturing their shadows.