Antherium Canvas Print

The Antherium is a striking heart shaped flower that grows only in tropical climates. It originated in South and Central America, and also grows naturally in Hawaii. The Antherium goes by the name Painters Palette, due to its one large flat veined petal and tall spike, resembling the painting plate and brush. The Antherium comes in shades of red, purple, pink, white, brown and green.

I've lived in Hawaii since 2002, 1200 feet above sea level, on the small rural island of Moloka'i. It is very quiet here, with only about 7,400 residents. I appreciate the quiet life after spending 35 years as a commercial illustrator, senior art director and design director for major advertising agencies and design studios in Chicago, San Francisco and Palo Alto California. I've always loved cooking. In 2002 that love led me to a degree in the Culinary Arts just before moving to Hawaii. Since then I designed and built a house, worked in local restaurants, self-published three cookbooks, and took up photography as a hobby. Now retired, I spend most of my time developing recipes and photographing them, plus researching and writing...