Linda has invested countless hours tending her gardens. “The unfolding of a bud,” Linda says, “the unfurling of a leaf, its veining; the blossom, with its texture and shading; the pod and the seeds; the withering and subsequent alteration in the form and tonal values; the final dropping of the petals—all compose the portrait, the full manifestation of the flowering plant.”
Text Melissa Lester
Photography Kate Sears
For more insight into Linda Funk’s artistic process, see “Poetry in Bloom: Perspectives from Botanical Artist Linda Funk.” To discover more botanical beauty, see “To Capture the Radiant Bloom” on page 101 of the May/June 2017 issue of Victoria.
Love the gorgeous work that Linda Funk created from observation of her lovely garden specimens!