Botanical Tyranny or “The Evil of Flowers”

Botanical Tyranny or “The Evil of Flowers” http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny.html © Jane Rainwater, all rights reserved. Use by permission only. Drawings, ink on Lenox 100, 12.5” x 18” “Thanks to voracious Irony Who gnaws on me and shakes me hard She’s in my voice, in all I Do! Her poison flows in all my veins!” – Charles Baudelaire, “The Flowers of Evil,” 1855 Hellianthus grenadea 2008, 12.5” x 18” Ink on paper http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny.html#0 41bd054d-cea9-4711-ae58-dfdf5cfebed5 http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/Grenade-fleur/thumb.jpg http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/Grenade-fleur/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Hellianthus grenadea<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_1">2008, 12.5” x 18”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Ink on paper</p></div></div> Ipomoea Violencea 2008, 12.5” x 18” Ink on paper http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny.html#1 7ddb9d25-3c58-4550-aea4-224c8b8d4d1f http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/morn-glory/thumb.jpg http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/morn-glory/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Ipomoea Violencea<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_1">2008, 12.5” x 18”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Ink on paper</p></div></div> Hellanthius Ammos 2008, 12.5” x 18” Ink on paper http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny.html#2 0fdcc38a-7654-4dd8-b7b3-cc13e48d157d http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/unflowerdraw/thumb.jpg http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/unflowerdraw/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Hellanthius Ammos<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_1">2008, 12.5” x 18”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Ink on paper</p></div></div> Chrysanthemum AK XLVII 2008, 12.5” x 18” Ink on paper http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny.html#3 b4596a9a-6c04-49d1-8c93-ee16a5b77070 http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/crysanthguns/thumb.jpg http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/crysanthguns/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Chrysanthemum AK XLVII<br/></p><p class="Caption">2008, 12.5” x 18”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ink on paper</p></div></div> Townsendia Sworde 2008, 12.5” x 18” Ink on paper http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny.html#4 5e7056f4-34dd-472f-aab6-2f0116810a37 http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/Aster/thumb.jpg http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/Aster/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Townsendia Sworde<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_1">2008, 12.5” x 18”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Ink on paper</p></div></div> Malacothrix Arrowata 2008, 12.5” x 18” Ink on paper http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny.html#5 74f414dc-45d0-459f-950e-d24cbaf5e909 http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/dandelion/thumb.jpg http://rainwaterdesign.com/Jane_Site/Artwork_Portfolio/Pages/Botanical_Tyranny_files/Media/dandelion/micro.jpg

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