Art and Life Inspired by Nature!
Welcome to Les Chic Herbs, where art, gardens, and good food come together to celebrate the beauty of nature. Inspired by decades of growing lavender and culinary herbs, as well as a lifelong love of color, photography, and design, this site is a place to explore wearable and functional art, discover practical tips for growing thriving herb gardens, and find delicious recipes that bring fresh flavors from garden to table. Whether you’re looking for unique artwork, advice on cultivating lavender and herbs, or creative ways to cook with your harvest, you’ll find inspiration here to add more beauty, fragrance, and flavor to everyday life.
It’s fun to wear lots of colors! Or have unique coffee cups or bags.
- Sparkle in a new way
- Colorful art bags to carry your treasures
- Prints to decorate your place
Articles and News
- Starting Lavender Plants
This video captures an important part of my life as a lavender farmer and herbal grower, offering both a look back at the farm and a… Read more: Starting Lavender Plants - Eagle Gliding Over Rocky Coastline
The bald eagle is a success story of efforts to protect endangered species. They are now all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond. This is an… Read more: Eagle Gliding Over Rocky Coastline - Sunflowers and Peaches Still Life
This is a still life photo I made a my friend’s house in Hood River, OR. We bought the fruit and the flowers that day as… Read more: Sunflowers and Peaches Still Life - Lavender Painter
When I had the lavender farm on Whidbey Island many groups of painters would come and set up their easels and spend an afternoon painting. I… Read more: Lavender Painter - Seagull and Trees
This is a compilation of a seagull I photographed one day, combined with a row of trees that I took in the fog and that I… Read more: Seagull and Trees - Food Chain
I finally was getting back into painting. But, I had an old contour map which I crumpled up and brushed over with paint. Then I cut… Read more: Food Chain - South Beach, Martha’s Vineyard
The endless horizon of the south side of the island is mesmerizing. The relatively small footprints on the beach in the foreground show the vast difference… Read more: South Beach, Martha’s Vineyard - Duarte Pond Martha’s Vineyard
Martha’s Vineyard has a robust system of protecting land and making it available to the public for hiking and looking at views, and even sitting on… Read more: Duarte Pond Martha’s Vineyard