SUSAN MATTHEWS PRITCHARD

I discovered this tree in a forest. It appears that the sides are painted white. I can't imagine anyone would have trekked into this for...

All summer these grasses have grown in very uniform lines but recently the wind has blown them every which way. At least I think it was the...

I visited a honey farm yesterday and while I took quite a few photographs, strangely none were of bees.

I celebrated my first birthday by, I am told, walking for the first time. I like to think that I toddled out into a field although in rea...

The neighbourhood market is in full swing now. Produce, food, crafts and live music make it a fun destination every saturday morning. Last...

June 28, 1910 - January 13, 2000 My father would have been 100 years old today. He lived a long and good life, dying just a few months befo...

I keep this bowl on a shelf in my studio, an example of the beauty of imperfection. It is very old and at one time in its long life it was ...

When I looked at this photograph I was surprised to see how the tree trunk blended in with the surrounding rocks, lichen and moss. I can...

The branches are coated with lichen making the trees appear ghostly white although they are very much alive and about to burst into leaf. ...

Late winter is an excellent time to photograph one of my favourite subjects...trees and fences. Recently I have been thinking about why I a...

I have recently been going through some of my old artwork. It is helpful for me to look at what I have done in the past, to see how my draw...

I have been looking up at trees and missing what was at my feet. The pattern of a bracket fungus on a fallen log was right there. All I ha...

An urban tree draped in heavy rope, no idea why. I liked it for the contrasting textures and because it is a mystery. And another tree d...

The relationship between trees and their surroundings is a theme that continues to interest me. As with any relationship, the arrangement be...

My daily walks are usually within a five kilometer radius of home and since I live close to the ocean approximately half of that radius is ...

Here is my interpretation of the Darling Snowdrops of May, done in graphite and watercolour. Drifts of snowdrops line the paths a...

White snowberries floating on delicate stems have an ethereal beauty in the winter months.

The first item on my 2009 list of goals was to begin a blog. My plan was to illustrate and document, with photographs, drawings and waterco...

I visited Goldstream Park this week in search of the bald eagles that arrive each year around this time to feast on dead salmon. Either I w...

I visited the field again recently, it was just as beautiful and as wet as I had remembered. I think the only way I can get closer is to wea...

I haven't always been fond of sprouts but over the years I have grown to enjoy them, to eat and to draw. This drawing was done life siz...

Searching for examples of tree and fence relationships has become a fun part of my daily walks. The search has led me to new areas of explor...

My daily walk often includes a visit to the Oak Bay Marina to watch the resident seals. Resident because they can always be assured of so...

I witnessed an amazing and very emotional sight this week, thousands of pacific salmon swimming upstream to their home pools, to spawn and ...

Ivy framing the trash cans looks like it might eventually  completely engulf them. It can be a problem in gardens and  forests, but dow...

While out on my daily walk I see a variety of items placed on lawns with a free sign but this was the first time I had seen a home owner try...

This perfectly random arrangement of fallen leaves and reflections was on the hood of a blue car.

While my daughter was taking saturday morning swimming lessons I would walk up and down the neighbourhood lanes.  I was new to photography a...

I am always looking for examples of tree and rock arrangements but this was a little bit different. I don't know if the rock was placed ...

A white fence being devoured by a voracious vine. The little cut out in the fence is fun, can you find it?

I am continuing walking down lanes and find myself continually fascinated with the relationships between fences and in this case rocks. It i...

For most of my life I have been focussed on detailed studies of nature, but in the past year I have looked up and through the lens of a came...