Donnett Vanek

Botanical Artist Observing Nature ThroughArt

Common Milkweed
Drybrush Watercolor and Graphite
14″x10″
Sarcodes sanguinea
Snow Plant
California Native Plant
Drybrush Watercolor and Graphite
20″x14″
Exhibition: The Fifth New York Botanical Garden Triennial
Private Collection

After the bloom ; dried California sunflower leaves.
Graphite 12″x12″
Paracotalpa ursina & Salvia carduacea
Little Bear Beetle & Thistle Sage
Carrizo Plain National Monument
Drybrush Watercolor and Graphite
10″x14″
Monotropa uniflora
Ghost Pipe
Silverpoint
10″x10″
Garden Plants
Dry Hollyhock Blossom
Alcea Rosea
20″x14″
Exhibition: Curious Allies:Mutualism In Fungi,Parasites and Carnivores - The Fifth New York Botanical Gardens Triennial Private collection
Darlingtonia califonica
Cobra Lily
Graphite
14″x10″
Exhibition: The Fifth New York Botanical Garden Triennial
Private Collection
Exhibition: American Society of Botanical Artists 27th International Exhibition Private Collection
Argemone munita
Prickly Poppy
California Native Plant
Medium: Silverpoint and shell gold
12″x12″ Exhibition: American Society of Botanical Artists 27th Annual International Exhibition
Private Collection
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Lacy Phacelia
California native plant
Drybrush Watercolor 12″x12″

Darlingtonia californica in bloom
Native to northern California and Western Oregon
Silverpoint and Drybrush Watercolor
8″x8″
Garden plants – Dried artichoke blossom
Silverpoint and Drybrush Watercolor
7″ x 6.5″
Exhibition: American Society of Botanical Artists 28th Annual International Exhibition
Thigmonastic Stamen -Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei & an Agapostemon texanus Silverpoint, drybrush watercolor and shell gold
8″x8″
Exhibition:American Society of Botanical Artists 28th Annual International Exhibition
Peritoma arborea Bladderpod
California Native Plant
Drybrush Watercolor and Graphite
18″x24″ Exhibition: American Society of Botanical Artists 26th Annual International Exhibition
Private Collection

Xylocopa californica
California carpenter bee
Drybrush watercolor
Private Collection
Darlingtonia californica
Cobra Lily – Time for Dinner
Graphite 12″x12″
Opuntia basilaris var.treleasei
Bakersfield Cactus
Endangered cactus endemic to Kern County, California
Wind Wolves Preserve
Graphite and Drybrush Watercolor 18″x 24″
Garden plants- Artichoke blossom
Drybrush Water color
18″ x 24″
Datura wrightii Jimsonweed dried seedpod
Graphite 10″x14″
Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei Bakersfield Cactus; Endangered and endemic to Kern County, California Drybrush Watercolor 12″x12″
Opuntia basilaris var.treleasei Bakersfield Cactus; Endangered and endemic to Kern County,California Drybrush Watercolor 12″x12″
Salvia carduacea
Thistle Sage
California native plant
Silverpoint and drybrush watercolor
16″x12″
Iris missouriensis Western
Blue Flag Iris
After the bloom – winter
20″x14″
Magnolia Blossom
Graphite
12″ x 16″
Clarkia unguiculata
Elegant Clarkia
California Native Plant
Graphite 12″x16″
In the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Exhibition: 17th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
Iris missouriensis
Western Blue Flag Iris
Drybrush Watercolor 12″x12″.
Private collection
Side walk tree
Fig tree roots; Redondo Beach
Graphite 10″x 14″
Side walk trees 2
Fig tree roots; Redondo Beach
Graphite 14″x10″
Salvia carduacea
Thistle Sage
California native plant
Carrizo Plain National Monument
Drybrush Watecolor
14″x 20″
Garden plants- Dried Hollyhock Schizocarp
Alcea rosea
Graphite
10″x7″
Private Collection