BOTANICA: Contemporary Voices in Nature

Exhibition Overview

Featuring:
Julie England | Gustavo Novoa | Arthur Fields | Andrea Guay | Deborah Hartigan | Emily Herrera | Brian David Kerr | Janak Narayan | Alicia Parham

DHV ARTWORKS is pleased to present BOTANICA: Contemporary Voices in Nature, a group exhibition exploring the enduring influence of the natural world on contemporary artistic practice.

Bringing together seven artists working across painting, mixed media, installation, and process-based approaches, BOTANICA examines nature not merely as subject matter, but as a dynamic system of growth, transformation, resilience, and exchange. Throughout the exhibition, botanical forms, landscapes, gardens, and organic structures emerge through abstraction, gesture, materiality, and layered narratives that move beyond direct observation.

The artists draw inspiration from cycles of emergence and decay, the tension between cultivation and wildness, and the interconnected relationships that exist between humans and their environments. Leaves, blooms, branches, shifting terrains, and atmospheric phenomena become visual languages through which memory, identity, time, and place are explored.

Julie England's paintings celebrate the quiet beauty, complexity, and structure of the natural world through richly observed botanical forms, layered compositions, and vibrant color.

Arthur Field’s floral series features archival pigment prints on Photo Rag paper that transform botanical subjects into richly layered abstract compositions, celebrating the beauty, texture, and ephemeral nature of the natural world through a contemporary photographic lens.

Andrea Guay’s luminous abstract landscapes evoke the quiet rhythms of nature through layered color, atmospheric light, and expressive mark-making that capture the emotional essence of place rather than its literal form.

Deborah Hartigan's abstract landscapes and botanically inspired works explore movement, geology, and the elemental forces that shape both land and living systems, translating nature's energy into dynamic fields of color and texture.

Emily Herrera's practice investigates perception, memory, and the experience of nature through layered acrylic substrates that create depth, distortion, and shifting visual revelations, inviting viewers to engage with the work from multiple perspectives.

Brian David Kerr contributes works that reveal the beauty of the natural world through meticulous observation, technical mastery, and a deep appreciation for light, form, and detail.

Janak Narayan engages organic form, materiality, and transformation through a contemporary lens that bridges cultural memory, personal narrative, and environmental awareness.

Gustavo Novoa presents lush botanical and environmental compositions that reflect a lifelong fascination with nature's beauty and fragility. His richly detailed works invite viewers into immersive worlds where flora, fauna, and landscape become reminders of both wonder and stewardship.

Alicia Parham brings a conceptual and process-driven approach to her practice, examining emotion, cognition, and the patterns that connect internal experiences with the natural systems that surround us.