Luther Burbank, American Botanist

Lauretta Crites

50 x 30 inches

2019

ARTIST STATEMENT

If you like to eat or putter around the garden you may well have Luther Burbank to thank. An American Botanist, Burbank developed more than 800 varieties of plants in his career, many of which are still widely grown today, including the Shasta Daisy and Santa Rosa Plum. His most famous, the Russet Potato, was a direct response to the Irish potato famine and developed for extreme disease resistance. Burbank loved humanity and worked joyfully in partnership with nature for the benefit of us all. His legacy continues at the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens in Santa Rosa, California.

MATERIALS

Quilting cottons, Tyvek, bleach pen, fabric paints and inks, permanent pen, thread

Raw-edge appliqué, bleach discharge, painting, drawing, machine quilting