Flax linseed oil, a product used as a nutritional supplement and as an ingredient in many wood-finishing products. Flax is also grown as an ornamental plant in gardens. Moreover, flax fibers are used to make linen. The Latin name of the species, "usitatissimum," means "most useful". Flax fibers taken from the stem of the plant are two to three times as strong as cotton fibers. Additionally, flax fibers are naturally smooth and straight. Europe and North America both depended on flax for plant-based cloth until the 19th century, when cotton overtook flax as the most common plant for making rag-based paper.
Carol Flax of searching for the colors and textures she needs for each landscape. Flax is an Elected Member of Audubon Artists, Inc. (at the Salmagundi Club, NYC); and artist member of: Fuller Craft Museum, the Cotuit Center for the Arts, the Sandwich Arts Alliance and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. Most notably, Flax received the Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor in 2016 for her painting "Mayflower Beach iii." Additionally, she won the Work on Paper Prize for her painting "Gray’s Beach Low Tide" in the 2014 National Prize Show, juried by James Welu. Carol Flax Carol Flax is an