Florilegium Artist_Diane Inman

Diane Inman

After a career in the private and non-profit environmental sectors, Diane looked around for what might come next.  She became interested in botanical art after taking a continuing education class at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque near where she lives.  Her ongoing interest led her to the Denver Botanic Gardens where she continued her botanical art education.  She commuted to Denver from New Mexico, and received a certificate at the School of Botanical Art and Illustration in 2015. 

She is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) and the pandemic allowed her to attend the  Arizona-based Southwest ASBA chapter meetings when they moved to zoom.  Here she learned about the Florilegium project from guest speaker, Tanya Quist who heads the project.  Tanya was kind to allow her to participate in the project.  Only after this approval did they find out the plants Diane chose do not grow in northern New Mexico.  Tanya was very helpful and provided her with ample photos of the plants, including bisected flowers and seeds and pods and spines.  Diane made two trips to Tucson and passed off each of her botanical plates to Tanya.  Once in a parking lot, and once in a parking garage.   Unconventional, but what fun!