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We had a lovely write up in Issue 25 of the Deep-Sea Life newsletter! You can check out the whole issue here: www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/u...
#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑

Deep-sea housing complex of sponges varieties, offering crustaceans refuge and a place to snack.

"There Grows the Neighborhood" — 16x20”

Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team @unseenocean.bsky.social!

#sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective

On this fine fall day, we have some little baby deep-sea octopus 🐙

#deepseaoctopus #babyoctopus #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective #deepseacreatures #🐙

Working away on this #deepsea carnivorous sponge, crinoid and brittle star painting. It’s getting there, probably 75% done now, adding all the details and rainbow colors is my fav part! #deepseacreatures #coldwatersponges 🐡🦑 #invertebrates #acrylicpainting #marinebiology #art #painting #artist

Phantom of the Sea Lilies — deep-sea Antimora fish swims among golden sea lilies (stalked crinoids, animals related to sea stars and urchins) and spindly stalks of orange coral

#deep-sea #sciart #natureillustration #deepseaart #deepseacreatures

Christmas anemone tide pool during winter in Juneau AK

Some of the best tide-pool viewing here in southeast Alaska is during our chilly winter days. The Christmas Anemone in particular is an exciting find!

Winter Anemone — 9x16 acrylic on canvas

#christmasanemone #tidepool #sciart #marinelife #marinebioart

Wow, thank you!! Happy to be here and contribute 🌲🌊

Humpback whale food

Study of some favored food of the North Pacific humpback whale: krill, salmon smolt, capelin, sand lance, and herring 🐟
#sketch #fishes #whalechow #sciart #foodweb

An acrylic on canvas, painting of an orange mushroom coral with shrimp hiding between the polyps. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social

Mushroom coral, mushroom coral, you are sooooo beautiful 😍 almost done this painting and I love the details phase- especially when it’s a mushroom coral! Beauty. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social

That is very kind of you, thank you! New to these platforms, I think I follow the SciArt feed? Your octo’s are pretty spectacular too! 🐙

Northern lights dancing over Juneau Alaska mountains

In the darkness there is light (aurora over Juneau, Alaska mountains) — 18x24 Acrylic on canvas

#northernlights #aurora #alaska #beautyinthedark #acrylicpainting #landscapeart

Sea stars eating deep-sea coral

Sea stars feast on a tree of deep-sea coral, leaving behind a delicate golden skeleton.

“The Slow Death” — 16x20” Gouache

Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team of artists @unseenocean.bsky.social!

#sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective

Colored pencil study of mountain goat

Mountain goat female in Juneau’s mountains

Mountain goat female in Juneau’s mountains

A nod to a local terrestrial inhabitant of the Tongass National Forest, the Mountain Goat.

#sciart #coloredpencilart #naturestudy #tongassnationalforest #alaskawildlife #mountaingoat

Male orca surfacing in cold southeast Alaska waters with a backdrop of misty forest

It doesn’t quite feel like a true Southeast Alaska day without a little rain and mist amongst the Tongass forest trees.

Lone Seawolf — 9x16” watercolor/gouache

#orca #tongassnationalforest #marinemammalconservation #sciart #alaska #northpacific #natureart

Seastar on rocky beach in southeast Alaska

Christmas anemone under the water with green urchins near rocky beach in southeast Alaska during winter

Hello from Juneau, Alaska! Here you will find alpine-to-ocean illustrations and art by me (Kierstin). I hope to spark interest in the natural world around us, and make science approachable for all ages 🏔️🌲🐋🦀

You can also follow me here:
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IG @golden.spiral.studios