Author: edamstra
A Congressional Gold Medal design
Art of the Plant exhibit
This May, botanical artists from 25 different countries are showcasing their country’s native plant species through simultaneous exhibitions of botanical art in a unique event called Botanical Art Worldwide. The “groundbreaking …
Breast Cancer Awareness coin designs
Invitation to my presentation about science illustration and my goldenrod project
Next month, on Thursday January 11, I’m giving a presentation about the field of science illustration and about a project I’ve been working on for the last couple years. I’ll be …
Atlantic salmon infographic: Tracking Smolt – Emily S. Damstra
The autumn 2017 issue of Atlantic Salmon Journal included a complex two-page illustration I created to help explain the life cycle of Atlantic salmon and how Atlantic Salmon Federation biologists catch smolt …
New prints available
I’ve added over a dozen new illustrations to my Fine Art America site, so these are now available as prints (and on other merchandise). There is also a link to …
Garden Activity Sign illustrations
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of working with Shelagh Smith, a horticultural therapist, to bring her vision of illustrated garden activity signs to life. It was a challenge …
Please, enough with the dead butterflies!
A great read (and a few fish illustrations)
Last year, journalist Dan Egan contacted me to ask about licensing some of my fish illustrations for a book he was writing about the Great Lakes. This spring, the product …
2017 Boys Town commemorative silver dollar
The United States Mint has recently begun selling the Boys Town coins that I wrote about earlier. There are two different versions available; proof (pictured in this post) and uncirculated. …
Syndicated on Science Borealis
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