Linda Lorraine Wolfe
She is a contemporary botanical illustrator whose main focuses are flowers or flowering plants. She received her training on botanical illustration at the Denver Botanic Gardens' School of Botanical Illustration. Wolfe believes that each individual flower is unique and can form relations among other living organisms symbolically.
Thursday Sketches
I decided on sketching out the picture of a crane on top of some pine branches. After reading the description of the picture in the gallery, I realized that these two object both symbolizes longevity. However, out of curiosity, I googled why crane equals longevity and it showed up that "it wasthought to have a life span of a thousand year." (That explains the one wish after folding 1,000 cranes.) In another website, it talked about the meaning of what it meant when an object is paired up with a crane. "Crane: There are four types of cranes in Chinese myth: White, yellow, blue and black. The black crane is thought to live the longest - up to 600 years. When a crane is shown among clouds it stands for longevity, widsom and nobility. When shown among pine trees, the crane symbolizes determination, wealth and power. When two cranes are shown together, it is the ultimate depiction of longevity."
Links:
http://asianlifestyledesign.com/2012/05/asian-symbolism-crane/
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/chinese-symbol-for-longevity.html
Dayna 😄