Sunflowers for Blanche mandala, part of a tribute to modernist artist Blanche Lazzell, is digitally printed using pigment inks on silky, bright white, acid-free paper. Folded card is 5.25" by 5.25" and comes with a beautifully made, bright white envelope. Perfect for an everyday note or birthday card for just about anyone. The photograph I used to create the mandala is printed on the back of the card with the photo location and a little story about Blanche Lazzell and her use of floral motifs, including sunflowers, in her artwork. Interior of the card is blank or choose a message (choices are below). The paper is super smooth, not slick, and takes gel, ballpoint, and other inks well. The card and envelope are packaged together in a plastic sleeve and mailed in a stiffened mailer.

Interior Message Choices: Blank, Happy Birthday

Framing. This card is created using high-quality materials, such as might be used in a museum. The print is sharp, bright, and frameable. To protect the vibrancy of the artwork, I frame using UV glass or acrylic, and I recommend it. If you use plain glass or acrylic, make sure you hang this sweet, little piece and all your beautiful art away from direct sunlight.

About the art. The digital collage on this card, titled Sunflowers for Blanche, was created from a photo taken at the West Virginia Botanic Garden in Morgantown. As part of a summer 2026 exhibition of Blanche Lazzelle’s white-line woodblock prints, sunflowers joined other bold annual plants in a recreation of the artist’s iconic Provincetown, Massachusetts, studio garden.

A native of Maidsville, West Virginia, Blanche Lazzelle (1878-1956) was one of the state’s most influential artists. Best known for her modernist woodblock prints, Lazzelle produced both abstract and two-dimensional figurative works composed of simple lines and blocks of color outlined in unprinted write. She included sunflowers in many of her still life prints, and also incorporated them in her landscapes and street scenes. Roofs (1918), for example, features a jumble of overlapping angular rooflines with a row of bright yellow sunflowers anchoring the foreground.