datura brought from home
fading fast
death does not diminish
Photo: Sean Jerd
Louesa Roebuck is a printmaker, painter, floral artist, and author of Foraged Flora. After studying printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, she moved to California in 1997. Soon after, she began working at the internationally famed Chez Panisse and eventually opened her own community hub, August, which served as an intersection of luxury apparel, environmentally and socially responsible textile practices, art curation, and too many "happenings".
Roebuck has created floral installations for Vivienne Westwood, John Baldessari, Todd Selby, Michael Pollan, Michelle Obama, Alice Waters, Izakaya Rintaro, abc Carpet & Home, Healdsburg SHED (alongside Dan Barber), the MAK Center for Art and Architecture with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, GOOP, Vogue, and Nowness.
Her floral and monotype work have been featured in a number of national and international magazines and media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Wired, Cabana, Architectural Digest, C Magazine, Edible Selby, Remodelista, Bare Journal, Carolyn Murphy for Vogue, Sunset, Martha Stewart Living, Beekman 1802 Almanac, and more. Roebuck's monotypes have been featured in Architectural Digest and C Magazine.
Roebuck considers all of California her home and resides in Ojai.
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