About the Artist
Mary Ellen Carsley is a scientific and botanical illustrator, as well as an art educator. A former practicing architect, she has illustrated eight books and numerous articles for national and international journals. She has a passion of watercolor, graphite, silk painting, calligraphy and printmaking. Her works have been included in the collections of the National Building Museum and the Library of Congress.
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Artist's Statement
For me, the natural world has always grounded and inspired me, particularly the small universes within the natural world occupied by insects and plants. In the world of small things, I find comfort, balance, and clarity. That is what I hope to do with my art. Provide a lens into the small, intricate beauties of the tiny universes within the natural world around us. Like the weed breaking through the parking lot pavement that provides food for a tiny butterfly, there is reassurance and inspiration that amidst all human endeavors, that tiny nature not only perseveres, but thrives.
