Grasping at Flowers is a mixed media analog collage by North Carolina artist Natalie Schorr.

© Natalie Schorr, 2026

Collage of drawing, wood engravings, colored pencil, marker, ink on Twinrocker handmade paper
Framed: 15.5” x 21”

Sources for select collage elements:

Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly
Various editions from 1861-1892
Wood engravings

Other books with engravings of similar vintage

About this piece: Reaching for that beautiful thing that you can touch but never draw unto yourself. There is a controlled access to the sweetness; it’s not here for you.