During her life, Maryrose Wampler (1937-2017) was an acclaimed botanical artist. She began her career as a landscape painter, working largely in oil paint. Over time she transitioned to watercolor where she created a technique that allowed her to achieve saturated colors and lifelike detail. Maryrose? talent earned her a position with Nature House Inc. in 1974. She worked with the company until the early 1980s. During that time, she embarked on a journey to complete thirty collector lithographs based on original watercolor paintings featuring America? flora and fauna. The limited collection was printed 5,000 times. Good