Liza Boffi
My practice is an act of persistent attention to living systems and the limits of our ability to understand them.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 18 × 24 in
Status: Framed
Price: $1,200.00 USD*
Note
This original watercolor painting studies the layered growth structure of turkey tail fungi, which grows on decaying wood. These mushrooms help the wood to decompose, making fresh rich soil for new life. With every phase of their growth, the relationship between the nutrients they are collecting from the wood, the weather, and the seasonal fluctuations they encounter, are apparent in the thickness and color of each subsequent layer.
Painted on wood panel, this original artwork represents a relationship between wood and fungus, decay and new growth, representation and interpretation. A faint archeological grid underlay seeks to draw a non-hierarchical attention to the many processes that unfold within nature.
Other Paintings in the Series
Turkey Tail Blue | Turkey Tail Orange
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Original Art
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 18 × 24 in
Status: Framed
Price: $1,200.00 USD*
Note
This piece studies the layered growth structure of turkey tail fungi, which grows on decaying wood. These mushrooms help the wood to decompose, making fresh rich soil for new life. With every phase of their growth, the relationship between the nutrients they are collecting from the wood, the weather, and the seasonal fluctuations they encounter, are apparent in the thickness and color of each subsequent layer.
Painted on wood panel, this original artwork represents a relationship between wood and fungus, decay and new growth, representation and interpretation. A faint archeological grid underlay seeks to draw a non-hierarchical attention to the many processes that unfold within nature.
Other Paintings in the Series
Turkey Tail Green | Turkey Tail Magenta
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 18 × 24 in
Status: Framed
Price: $1,200.00 USD*
Note
This original watercolor painting studies the layered growth structure of turkey tail fungi, which grows on decaying wood. These mushrooms help the wood to decompose, making fresh rich soil for new life. With every phase of their growth, the relationship between the nutrients they are collecting from the wood, the weather, and the seasonal fluctuations they encounter, are apparent in the thickness and color of each subsequent layer.
Painted on wood panel, this original artwork represents a relationship between wood and fungus, decay and new growth, representation and interpretation. A faint archeological grid underlay seeks to draw a non-hierarchical attention to the many processes that unfold within nature.
Other Paintings in the Series
Turkey Tail Blue | Turkey Tail Ultraviolet
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 18 × 24 in
Status: Framed
Price: $1,800.00 USD*
Note
This piece studies the layered growth structure of turkey tail fungi, which grows on decaying wood. These mushrooms help the wood to decompose, making fresh rich soil for new life. With every phase of their growth, the relationship between the nutrients they are collecting from the wood, the weather, and the seasonal fluctuations they encounter, are apparent in the thickness and color of each subsequent layer.
Painted on wood panel, this original artwork represents a relationship between wood and fungus, decay and new growth, representation and interpretation. A faint archeological grid underlay seeks to draw a non-hierarchical attention to the many processes that unfold within nature.
Other Paintings in the Series
Turkey Tail Orange | Turkey Tail Magenta
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 6 × 12 in
Status: Framed
Price: $400.00 USD*
Note
A lichen is not a single organism. It is a symbiosis, sometimes centuries old, between a fungus and one or more photosynthetic partners, typically green algae, cyanobacteria, or both. The fungus provides structure and protection. The photosynthetic partners provide food. Neither can form a lichen alone. What grows on the stone surface is the architecture of this collaboration, built outward at a rate of millimeters per year.
This painting maps that multi-species landscape in close-up. The blue washes are the stone itself, its mineral surface rendered through watercolor. The pale areas left as bare panel are a crustose lichen. The darker patches are other lichen species sharing the same stone face, each with its own chemistry and growth rate. A single rock can host a dozen species in overlapping territories, competing and coexisting over decades. The entire composition is a portrait of a community.
Other Paintings in the Series
Lichen on Stone Green | Lichen on Stone Yellow
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 18 × 24 in
Status: Framed
Price: $1,200.00 USD*
Note
This original artwork depicts the layered growth structure of turkey tail fungi, which grows on decaying wood. These mushrooms help the wood to decompose, making fresh rich soil for new life. With every phase of their growth, the relationship between the nutrients they are collecting from the wood, the weather, and the seasonal fluctuations they encounter, are apparent in the thickness and color of each subsequent layer.
Painted on wood panel, this original artwork represents a relationship between wood and fungus, decay and new growth, representation and interpretation. A faint archeological grid underlay seeks to draw a non-hierarchical attention to the many processes that unfold within nature.
Other Paintings in the Series
Turkey Tail Ultraviolet | Turkey Tail Orange
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 18 × 24 in
Status: Framed
Price: $1,200.00 USD*
Note
This piece studies the layered growth structure of turkey tail fungi, which grows on decaying wood. These mushrooms help the wood to decompose, making fresh rich soil for new life. With every phase of their growth, the relationship between the nutrients they are collecting from the wood, the weather, and the seasonal fluctuations they encounter, are apparent in the thickness and color of each subsequent layer.
Painted on wood panel, this original artwork represents a relationship between wood and fungus, decay and new growth, representation and interpretation. A faint archeological grid underlay seeks to draw a non-hierarchical attention to the many processes that unfold within nature.
Other Paintings in the Series
Turkey Tail Orange | Turkey Tail Green
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 6 × 12 in
Status: Framed
Price: $400.00 USD*
Note
A lichen is not a single organism. It is a symbiosis, sometimes centuries old, between a fungus and one or more photosynthetic partners, typically green algae, cyanobacteria, or both. The fungus provides structure and protection.
The photosynthetic partners provide food, together they form together, resulting in unique pigments that are lichen acids, secondary metabolites produced by the fungal partner that serve as UV protection, water regulation, and chemical defense against grazing. The color of a lichen is its immune system. The ochre and amber washes in this painting represent the stone surface.
Other Paintings in the Series
Lichen on Stone Blue | Lichen on Stone Green
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 16 × 12 in
Status: Framed
Price: $400.00 USD*
Note
The Mantis Shrimp has over 17 photoreceptors. For context, humans only have three. It was once believed that they saw the world with extreme resolution, but now it is understood that due to the highly specialized nature of each type of receptor, they are likely to see in three ‘zones’. The dorsal and ventral zones (at the top and bottom of their vision) are primarily used for low resolution motion detection, specialized in the blue-green wavelength range. In the midband, they have more varied individualized receptor types that can see many types and wavelengths of light that we are incapable of seeing.
This painting is a depiction of that vision, from the perspective of a mantis shrimp. Each cell is an interpretation of a photoreceptor type, ranging from polarization to color specialization.
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on panel
Size: 6 × 12 in
Status: Framed
Price: $400.00 USD*
Note
A lichen is not a single organism. It is a symbiosis, sometimes centuries old, between a fungus and one or more photosynthetic partners, typically green algae, cyanobacteria, or both. The fungus provides structure and protection. The photosynthetic partners provide food. Neither can form a lichen alone. What grows on the stone surface is the architecture of this collaboration, built outward at a rate of millimeters per year.
This painting maps that multi-species landscape in close-up. The green washes are the stone itself, its mineral surface rendered through watercolor. The pale areas left as bare panel are a crustose lichen, its body so flat against the rock that it appears to be part of the surface. The darker veining and the yellow-green patches are other lichen species sharing the same stone face, each with its own chemistry and growth rate. A single rock can host a dozen species in overlapping territories, competing and coexisting over decades. The entire composition is a portrait of a community.
Other Paintings in the Series
Lichen on Stone Blue | Lichen on Stone Yellow
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
San Francisco Parks - Botanical Prints
Original Watercolor paintings of fallen leaves from San Francisco Public Parks. Read More about them in Free San Francisco
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 9 × 12 in (Vertical)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $65.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts a fallen magnolia leaf that was collected in Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 27th (67 degrees F, Partly cloudy). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 9×12". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 9 × 12 in (Vertical)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $65.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts a fallen tulip tree leaf that was collected in Duboce Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 13th (74 degrees F, Cloudy). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees. Every painting is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 9×12". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer, and my thoughts about the value of nature and public land, as I visit public parks in the city: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 6 × 8 in (Vertical)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $35.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts a fallen cherry tree leaf collected in Lafayette Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 28th (70 degrees F, Mostly sunny). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 6×8". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 9 × 12 in (Horizontal)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $65.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts a fallen spruce branch collected in Buena Vista Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 22nd (67 degrees F, Sunny). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 9×12". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 9 × 12 in (Horizontal)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $65.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts a fallen Brisbane Box branch that was collected in Jefferson Square Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 28th (68 degrees F, Sunny). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 9×12". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 9 × 12 in (Vertical)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $65.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts fallen ginkgo leaves that were collected in Victoria Manalo Draves Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 17th (64 degrees F, Sunny). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 9×12". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 6 × 8 in (Vertical)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $35.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts fallen Blackwood Acacia leaves that were collected in Alioto Mini Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 31st (70 degrees F, Bright, Cloudy). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 6×8". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 6 × 8 in (Vertical)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $35.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts a fallen Poplar leaf that was collected in Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on August 7th (68 degrees F, Sunny). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 6×8". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 9 × 12 in (Horizontal)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $65.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts two sides of one fallen leaf collected in The Panhandle Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 11th (60 degrees F, Breezy). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 9×12". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 9 × 12 in (Horizontal)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $65.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts fallen eucalyptus leaves that were collected in Alamo Square Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 8th (62 degrees F, Foggy). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 9×12". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.
Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Watercolor on paper - Print
Size: 6 × 8 in (Vertical)
Status: Shipped in a clear sleeve with backing board
Price: $35.00 USD*
Note
This watercolor print depicts a fallen elm leaf collected in Alta Plaza Park in San Francisco, CA. The specimen that is represented in this painting was collected on July 16th (64 degrees F, Windy). It is part of an ongoing, yearlong series documenting San Francisco's public parks through the leaves that drop from city trees.
Every painting in this series is recorded with the date, weather condition, and park in which the corresponding specimen was found. All paintings are in scale (1:1). Together, they represent a small archive of free and fleeting things in the city.
Archival giclée print, 6×8". Signed and numbered, edition of 50.
About the Series
If you would like to learn more about the series, please visit the Field Notes page and read along as I share my impressions of San Francisco as a newcomer: Free San Francisco
My Promise
10% of proceeds from every purchase are donated to the World Wildlife Fund to support the protection of endangered species. Thank you for supporting my work and the ecosystems that inspire it.
*If you love this work but the price is out of reach, please feel free to contact me.