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Occasional news related to my natural science illustrations
Etymology and Stippling
Since last summer, I’ve been working on a series of 21 black and white line and stipple illustrations for a book about scientific names as tributes to people. This month, …
Honoring the contributions of Native Americans to the U.S. Space Program
Since 2009, The United States Mint has annually minted a new one dollar coin honouring a Native American or group of Native Americans. The reverse of the 2019 Native American …
Colorful new coins; shark, grizzly, wolf, and maples
In the last month or so, the Royal Canadian Mint has released four different nature-themed coins that I designed. This Great White shark swimming through a school of Atlantic mackerel …
On the radio!
Swallowtails and counted scales
This fall, Kloepfer Gallery right here in my city of residence—Guelph, Ontario—hosts an exhibit of my work from October 2 through 30. The show will include about 15 of my …
2018 Exhibit of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
The 2018 Conference of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
During the week of July 15 to 22, I was in Washington DC for the 2018 Conference of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. It happened to be the 50th …
A 50 mm Canadian Canopy coin
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 …
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