Artist: Savanah Bytheway
Titles:
Sacred Datura (Datura Wrightii) (0150) - Native to the American Southwest and Mexico, this plant holds a special significance for the native tribes that use it for medicine and ceremony.
Saskatoon Serviceberry (Amelanchier Alnifolia) (0151) - “When we speak of these not as things or natural resources or commodities, but as gifts, our whole relationship to the natural world changes.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World.
Scarlet Paintbrush (Castilleja Coccinea) (0152) - Its “petals” are actually leaves! This native plant requires a grassy host plant in order to obtain water and nutrients.
Silvery Lupine (Lupinus Argenteus) (0153) - A hardy, drought-tolerant nitrogen fixer, this native plant serves our pollinators well and shares a genus with the wild lupine that first recolonized Mount St. Helens after it erupted.
Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L. var. occidentalis) (0154) - Also known as Soldier’s Woundwort due to its use in the American Civil War, this native plant is mentioned in Greek mythology as responsible for healing the wounds of Achilles’ soldiers in the Trojan War.
Scarlet Globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) (0155) - This native plant was historically prepared as a hunger suppressant or treatment for burns, bites, or rashes.
Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) (0156) - Indigenous tribes have long used its stalks for fiber. This native plant is essential food for monarch caterpillars.
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 2 x 3 ½ inches
Price: $80
Artist Bio: Savanah Bytheway is a painter living in Spanish Fork. Her recent work is inspired by folklore, fairytales, and the natural world. Each painting in this series is a wildflower or plant native to Utah and surrounding areas.
