Day 6 #SciArtSeptember prompt is prairie. I thought I would share a throwback: My print of Manitoba with its provincial animal the bison and flower the prairie crocus (Anemone patens) in this linocut. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours, pale violet, umber and brown, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

It’s no mystery how the bison 🧵1/

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #Manitoba #prarie #bison #prairieCrocus #Canada #mapArt

After more than a foot of snow in the last 24hours, I'm just gonna leave this here to remind #MotherNature of the direction we're supposed to be going...

#Bloomscrolling #Spring #Crocus #PrairieCrocus #AlbertaPhotographer #CanadianPhotographer #NaturePhotography

Prairie crocus as a suggested flower for today. The flower of Manitoba. Fun flower but even more interesting stem.

#hobonichitecho #hobonichi #ink #micron #doodle #prairiecrocus #purple #flowers #watercolor #drawing #sketchoftheday #sotd #botanicalillustration #kuretake #waterbrush #manitoba #mastoart

Since it is Solstice, I am posting a picture of the first flowers of spring here on the northern prairies - the Prairie Crocus, Pulsatilla patens. We have some spectacular blooming sites right here in the city.

Happy Solstice!

#Solstice #crocus #prairiecrocus #wildflowers #prairieflowers #Saskatchewan #saskatoon #life