from: Black Dahlias, 2004

These prints by Paul Morrison are part of his 2004 portfolio Black Dahlias, a striking exploration of landscape and botanical imagery rendered entirely in black and white. Morrison fuses references from scientific illustration, art history, and popular culture to create surreal, dreamlike compositions where scale and space are deliberately distorted. Giant ferns, dandelions, and stylized trees dominate the foreground, while delicate silhouettes and bold contrasts evoke a theatrical, almost cinematic atmosphere. The absence of color heightens the graphic tension, encouraging viewers to project their own associations onto these enigmatic, symbol-laden scenes.