My illustration of a pair of perched grosbeaks on a blossoming apple branch.
It's spring! Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus). 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #songbirds #birdart
My illustration of the head of a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus, male, detail). 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #songbirds #birdart
My illustration of a Song Sparrow, perched on a barren early-spring shrub branch.
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #birds #BirdArt #CapeCod
Oil painting of two male eider ducks swimming in moderate ocean chop off Nantucket, USA.
Common Eider drakes off Nantucket (Somateria mollissima). Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.
🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #eiders #OilPainting #Seabirds
Why I'm a lousy birder, and why I'm OK with that.
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #ForestBathing #shinrin-yoku #scicomm #sciviz #visualscicomm #sciviz
A colorful poster collage of over 100 of my illustrations (about 25% of the total illustrations) from my book.
Marine Life of the Southeastern and Gulf Coasts. Illustrations from my book A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico a.co/d/daiKZ2O
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #MarineLife #oceans #MarineEcology
My illustration of a Tree Swallow, shown in flying position.
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) in flight. From my book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #ctriver #swallows #Connecticut
My illustration of two colorful blue-and-white Tree Swallows, shown in perched positions.
Tree Swallows of the Connecticut River in autumn (detail). From my book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #ctriver #swallows #Connecticut
My illustration of two colorful blue-and-white Tree Swallows, shown in perched positions.
Tree Swallows of the Connecticut River in autumn. From my book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #ctriver #swallows #Connecticut
Five warm-water flyingfish species, shown in identical flight poses, with pectoral fins extended.
Atlantic flyingfish species, digital illustrations. From my book A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife, Yale Univ. Press, yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #scicomm #fish #flyingfish
What it means to draw.
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #drawing
A side view of a colorful yellow, red, and black angelfish.
Rock Beauty (Holocanthus tricolor), of the western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, and U.S. southeastern coast from the Florida Keys north to South Carolina.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #bioillustration #scicomm #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #fishart #angelfish
My new book, PONDS: An Illustrated Guide.
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🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #freshwater #ponds #lakes
Bruno Liljefors: The Visionary Who Transformed Wildlife Art open.substack.com/pub/alwaysso...
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #art #painting #WildlifeArt
My thoughts on animals in art.
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #art #painting #WildlifeArt
An appreciation of "the most important fish in the sea." Off the U.S. Atlantic Coast, anyway...
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡#wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #menhaden #ospreys
Drawing of one of North America's smallest dragonfly species, as seen from the top, with wings outspread.
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera). From my book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River, Yale University Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #dragonflies
Detailed side-view illustration of an adult Great White Shark, with markings typical of those seen off Cape Cod and the U.S. East Coast.
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias). From my book A Field Guide to Cape Cod, Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #sharks #greatwhiteshark #CapeCod
Three head studies of the Least Sandpiper, a small shorebird.
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) head studies. Drawn in Photoshop, using a Wacom-Intuos tablet, 2015. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #MarineLife #birds #Shorebirds #Calidris #OBX #JerseyShore #DelMarVA
A top-view illustration of a female Blue Crab, done in Photoshop using a Wacom-Intuos drawing tablet. Background is an old 19th-Century chart of Chesapeake Bay.
One of the iconic keystone species of the U.S. Atlantic Coast, the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus, female). See ALT text for details.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #crabs #BlueCrab
Illustration of a sitting Bobcat pair— female and one of her older kits.
Bobcat pair. A Field Guide to the Connecticut River, Yale University Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater #bobcats #WildCats
A bright yellow-green parakeet, shown in flight with wings spread.
The extinct Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), from my book A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #extinct
Detailed side-view illustration of a colorful tropical Atlantic triggerfish species.
A favorite warm-water fish of the Western Atlantic: Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula).
🧪🐡🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #fish #triggerfish
Detailed side-view illustration of a colorful tropical Atlantic butterflyfish species, bright yellow with black markings.
Foureye Butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus). Illustration for a new book project.
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #fish #CoralReefs #TropicalFish
The recent problems with Sargassum in Florida and the Caribbean have huge implications for marine life and seabirds throughout the Atlantic Ocean.
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #Sargassum #Oceans #MarineLife #birds #Seabirds #beaches
My new book: PONDS: An Illustrated Guide
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #lakes #freshwater
Page spread diagram of the inhabitants of a typical vernal pool in the eastern U.S. and southern Canada.
'Tis the season: Vernal pool season! Available now: PONDS: An Illustrated Guide.
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #freshwater #ponds #wetlands #lakes
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #freshwater #Ponds
Painting of the head and neck of an adult Wood Stork, an American species found largely in the southeastern U.S. coastal region.
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), oil on board, 8 x 10 in.
🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #birdart #WoodStork
A side-view illustration of the extinct Labrador Duck, shown in a swimming pose.
Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius, extinct). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrado...
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #ducks #extinct
