Microscopic photos by Rob Kesseler

Extending the long and illustrious history of artists working with flowers and plants, Phytopia reveals a hidden world lying beyond the scope of the human eye. Working in the liminal territory between Art and Science, this extensive collection of images is derived from plant samples; pollen, seeds, fruit and leaves, creating images that lie somewhere between science and symbolism, in which the many complexities of representing plants are concentrated into mesmeric visual statements.

'scutellaria galericulata'

 'acacia pollen'

 'rumia crithmifolia (apiaceae)'

 'commelinaceae'

 'larch pollen'

 'hackelia'

 'hippocrepis unisiliquosa'

 'castilleja flava'

 'krameri erecta'

 malva sylvestris'

 'nemesia versicolor'

 'tolmiea menziesii'

microscopic seed

 'cardiospermum'

Strawberry

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