Author: edamstra

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 …