My illustration of a large blackbird, emphasizing the bright iridescent colors of adult blackbirds.
A study in iridescence: Boat-Tailed Grackle on Carolina Jessamine vine. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
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My illustration of the head and neck of a female Common Merganser.
Common Merganser head study. From my book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River, Yale University Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
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My illustration of the head and neck of an adult Great Blue Heron, seen in side view.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
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My illustration of the chicken-like Heath Hen. The Heath Hen was a subspecies of the Greater Prairie-Chicken that inhabited scrubland and grasslands across New England. Once abundant, habitat loss and hunting drove steep population decline. The last surviving population lived on Martha's Vineyard until 1932, when the final male, "Booming Ben," died, marking the subspecies' extinction.
Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido, extinct). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
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My illustration of a standing American Oystercatcher.
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
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My illustration of the Monarch Butterfly, and the Black Saddlebags and Green Darner Dragonflies.
Three of the more common autumn migratory insect species along the U.S. Atlantic Coast.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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What it means to draw.
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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 #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #art #painting #WildlifeArt
My thoughts on animals in art.
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An appreciation of "the most important fish in the sea." Off the U.S. Atlantic Coast, anyway...
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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
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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
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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
