The Natural World, Illustrated
Artist and flower farmer Chandler Strange creates botanical drawings, watercolor illustrations, and fine art inspired by the plants she grows and studies each day. Rooted in a deep respect for the natural world, her work extends from original botanical art to thoughtfully crafted stationery and illustrated children’s books—each piece reflecting a deep love of flowers and a full creative cycle from earth to paper.
Created in Colorado using earth-first materials whenever possible, these works invite you to slow down, notice the beauty of the living world, and bring a little of that wonder into everyday life.
About Chandler
Chandler Strange is an artist, illustrator, and flower grower whose original watercolor paintings and large-scale drawings are held in private collections and various exhibitions throughout the world. Primarily a commissioned artist, she also shares her work more widely through illustrated cards, prints, and stationery—her passion project that makes her art accessible beyond the gallery.
Chandler studied Fine Art and Photography at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and earned her undergraduate degree at Fordham University, majoring in Art History with a minor in Theology. She also trained in old master drawing techniques at the Grand Central Studio. For over a decade, she worked at the Delorenzo Gallery on Madison Avenue, a leading gallery specializing in Art Deco and masterpieces of 20th-century design.
Her work focuses on flowers, nature, portraits, and animal life, primarily in watercolor and pencil. She is also a published children’s book illustrator and photographer. After more than 20 years in New York City’s art and fashion industries, Chandler relocated to Durango, Colorado, where she now lives with her family. There, she balances her fine art practice, illustrated collections, and the rhythms of farm life—threads that together reflect her belief that art belongs in both the extraordinary and the everyday.
