Purchase Herb Dengler Wildflower Prints
The paintings in this collection of wildflower watercolors were done by Herb Dengler in the 1980s and 1990s from specimens gathered on Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. They are printed on an Iris printer in a limited edition of 250, each numbered and containing an engraved authentication. The giclee reproductions, printed on acid free paper, are available for purchase for $90 each for 1-3 prints, $75 each for 4-23 prints, and $1,500 for a complete set of all 24 prints in an attractive acid-free portfolio. Each print measures 8 ½ by 16 ¾ inches. Prices include sales tax.
Money from the sale of the prints benefits Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. To order prints, contact Tor Lund, (650) 851-1072 or thelunds@ix.netcom.com
01 - Aquilegia formosaWestern Crimson Columbine |
02 - Aster chilensisCommon California aster |
03 - Calochortus albusWhite globe lily |
04 - Calochortus luteusYellow mariposa lily |
05 - Calochortus venustusWhite mariposa lily |
06 - Castilleja affinisIndian paintbrush |
07 - Clarkia purpurea var vimineaLarge godetia
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08 - Clarkia rubicundaFarewell-to-spring |
09 - Clarkia unguiculataElegant clarkia
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10 - Cynoglossum grandeHound's tongue |
11 - Delphinium patensSpreading larkspur |
12 - Delphinium variegatumRoyal larkspur |
13 - Dodecatheon hendersoniiMosquito bills |
14 - Eriophyllum lanatumWoolly sunflower |
15 - Fritillaria lanceolataChecker lily |
16 - Helianthella californicaCalifornia helianthella |
17 - Iris douglasianaDouglas' iris |
18 - Lilium pardalinumLeopard / Tiger lily |
19 - Lupinus nanusValley sky lupine |
20 - Mimulus aurantiacusSticky monkeyflower |
21 - Mimulus cardinalisScarlet monkeyflower |
22 - Monardella villosaCoyote-mint
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23 - Silene californicaCalifornia Indian pink |
24 - Trillium chloropetalumGiant trillium |
About Herb Dengler
photograph at left: "Herb Dengler: Searsville 1997" by Leo Holub
For many, Herb Dengler was a link to the time before the dawn of Silicon Valley, when people marked their travel by the shape of the hills, not by freeway signs. A true native, he spent his ninety years walking the Santa Cruz Mountains, particularly Jasper Ridge and Portola Valley, coming to know all its inhabitants–butterflies, fishes, birds, trees, flowers, and people. He loved sharing his knowledge with family, friends, Stanford students, Jasper Ridge docents and visitors. He persistently sought to protect the wildlands while leaving a place for people within it.
He taught the first class of Jasper Ridge docents, helped found the Portola Valley Conservation Committee, and built many trails throughout the area, allowing easy access to the beauty around us. In 1997, the Palo Alto Senior Coordinating Council honored him as having lived a "Lifetime of Achievement." In 1999, he was the honoree at Portola Valley's annual celebration of community and open space, "Blues and Barbecue."
Herb's other great love was art. From an early age, he drew and painted butterflies, fish, birds, and wildflowers. This was during an era when biologists were expected to be competent artists. For many decades, Herb ran a framing and art gallery in Burlingame, later in Palo Alto. He was a well-known restorer of paintings and an expert in Western art.
Herb combined these two great loves in his home and in his own art and writings. For more than fifty years, he and his family lived among the redwoods along Sausal Creek in Portola Valley in a house full of beautiful paintings and prints. His articles and drawings on natural and local history were published in local papers, the Stanford magazine and Peninsula Open Space Trust's Landscapes.
