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Erin Lynn Welsh shares the unexpected results from her investigation into the history of sexual botany, which influenced her latest series Carnal Botany. Her discovery that women were barred from studying botany, despite gardening being a traditionally feminine domain, inspired the series of riotous colors and decisively textured still life paintings.

The practice was associated with human sexuality, and thus belonged in the control of men, considered adjacent to witchcraft in the hands of women.

Erin Lynn Welsh

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Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Photo by Michael Marquez
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Photo by Michael Marquez
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Photo by Michael Marquez
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery
Journal: Erin on "Carnal Botany": Gallery