This afternoon I spent a few hours making some sketches in the Biodiversity exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum. I overheard some interesting comments from visitors while quietly drawing this caribou. …
Two newly completed paintings are shown here. These are juvenile asian carp, the color of which is described as “silvery.” I’ve always found it a challenge to paint a subject …
I’m excited to report that two of my entries to the Botanical Artists of Canada 2010 exhibit received awards by the jury. This drawing of a Cortland apple received 3rd prize …
In the subdivision where I grew up, all of the streets are named after apple varieties. I could never understand how “Oldenburg Ct.” fit in until I saw this variety …
Plucked from the University of Guelph’s Vineland Heritage Orchard last week, a beautiful deep red Baldwin apple served as the model for this colored pencil illustration. Soon after it became …
The 2nd Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition by the Botanical Artists of Canada takes place October 27 to November 7, 2010 at the Todmorden Mills Papermill Gallery. A few of my …
This is my most recent illustration – a watercolor and gouache painting of a newly described Indonesian fish. It is based upon the detailed descriptions, measurements, and (with permission) color photographs found …
From August 8 to September 17, there will be approximately 40 of my natural science illustrations on display at a really neat – albeit unusual – exhibit space: The Kuntz …
A few months ago, The University of Michigan Press and Michigan Sea Grant published a book to which I contributed over 50 illustrations of fishes: Guide to Great Lakes Fishes …
The 2010 conference of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is in Raleigh, North Carolina. GNSI members around the world have entered their natural science illustrations for the annual juried …
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