The Garden Archive is a collection of botanical watercolors inspired by the pleasure of looking closely. Orchids and other flowering plants reveal graceful shapes, unexpected colors, and wonderfully peculiar details. These paintings gather those small discoveries into an ongoing record of growing things—an invitation to pause and notice what’s blooming.

About the Artist

Ali Mageehon is a watercolor and mixed-media artist based in Coos Bay, on Oregon’s southern coast. Through The Curious Archivist, she explores the natural world with curiosity, close observation, and a sense of play. Her botanical work returns to a fascination with orchids that began in her teens and continues today in the plants she grows and paints. Across her practice, she approaches art as a way of paying attention and preserving something of the things we love.

Interested in licensing artwork from The Garden Archive? Please contact Ali Mageehon at thecuriousarchivist@gmail.com to discuss licensing and publishing opportunities.