Author: edamstra
The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Quarter
Native plants and the insects they support are subjects I’m passionate about, so when the opportunity arose for me to submit a design for the America the Beautiful quarter featuring Tallgrass …
American Innovation: The Telephone
A fossil worm new to science, but half a billion years old
About a year ago I was finalizing an illustration of a very special fossil invertebrate that hadn’t yet been officially named or described….It is exciting to see that Dr. Nanglu’s and Dr. Caron’s research about the fossil, named Gyaltsenglossus senis, is now published, along with my illustration….I’m so thrilled to have played a role in bringing this Burgess Shale animal to life.
Interview and Virtual Exhibit of book illustrations
CreatedHere Magazine is a publication and website showcasing New Brunswick artists, and despite my Ontario address my work appears in the magazine’s latest feature. It’s a virtual exhibit of the …
An Early Jurassic ammonoid
This past April I completed a commission for amateur paleontologist W.C. (Cory) Brimblecombe, who asked me to create a painting of an Early Jurassic ammonoid fossil. (Ammonoids are extinct relatives …
Illustrating grassland birds in their habitat
The Coin World Podcast
Ocean sunfish tattoo tribute
Once in awhile, people seek my permission to use one of my illustrations as the basis for their tattoo. Most recently, Shumpei Maruyama asked about using my illustration of the …
Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider
As someone who enjoys any compelling story that’s well told, I’m a fan of Stephen B. Heard‘s new book Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider; How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, …
The Mottled Duskywing life cycle, revised
Back in 2014, I wrote about a commission by a local scientist to illustrate the life cycle of the Mottled Duskywing butterfly. At the time, the pupa stage (chrysalis) was …
Syndicated on Science Borealis
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