Scientific Illustration

hartleart:

Sold my first print on Etsy, so I put up three new ones!

High quality, watercolor giclee prints of my insect watercolor paintings!

Check them out~

nyctopterus:

A very Doug-Henderson-y Coelophysis eating temnospondyls.

First upload in a while, I’ve been very busy finishing up the All Yesterdays book. Whoda thunk a book would be so much work, huh?

(via paleoillustration)

muirgilsdream:

Carl Spitzweg, Scholar of Natural Sciences.

muirgilsdream:

Carl Spitzweg, Butterfly Hunter.

umzoology:

An Aesthetic Taxonomy

Congrats to my follower  newfriendly for being the first to identify Friday’s Freak of the Week as fish otoliths!  Otoliths, also called statoconium, are calcium carbonate accumulations drawn from the surrounding water.  Otoliths are found in the vestibular labyrinth of vertebrates, aka a canal in the inner ear.  Their main function serves as an equilibrium mechanism to help the animal sense things like gravity and linear acceleration.  To learn more about otoliths, check out the Wiki page!  The otoliths I photographed on Friday belong to a variety of sea bass (family Serranidae) and barracuda (Sphyraena)species.  We all agree here that they would also make some great earrings.  

In other news, our art show is HUNG AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!  These photographs are from the installation on Saturday.  This has been a work in progress since February when Sam, Dave and I discussed the possibility of raising money for the museum collections by having a group art show.  We gathered eight artists ranging from professional artists, to current students, BFA and BA graduates, staff members, archaeologists, and hobbyists to come together and contribute work to this show.  I am so proud to have worked with this talented group of people and am forever grateful for their dedication and hard work with helping me put this show together.  Also, a huge thank-you to the UC Gallery staff, students, and interns who worked so hard all day Saturday to help us organize and hang the work!  

For those of you in Missoula, the show is in the UC Gallery (second floor of the University Center) and will be on display through November 30th.  Our opening reception is this Thursday, November 1st, from 4-6 p.m.  Around 5 that day I will have a short discussion about our museum and its role on the UM campus, and share with those in attendance a bit of my experience coming to volunteer here at the UMZM.  

The UCG is open Monday - Friday, 10a.m. - 4p.m. and is free and open to the public.  The profits from sold work by myself, Hannah, Louis, Sam, and Kadie will be donated to the UMZM, as well as two of Dave’s pieces.  Louis is also selling individual lithograph prints for $10.  Be sure to stop by and leave us a note!  See you at the opening!

paleoillustration:

nyctopterus:

Jinfengopteryx elegans is no longer a dirty birdy.

As prehistoric-birds and I said before, everybody should be following John Conway’s tumblr

hartleart:

Which of these would you rather have as a print? Thinking of selling these (or some variation) in an Etsy shop. : )

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jenrichardsart:

‘Entourage’
Whale shark with juvenile golden trevallies
Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 30

Finally done! I’ve been documenting the progress of this piece, as well as gushing about how awesome whale sharks are, on my blog.

You can see some detail shots of some of the trevallies here, too!

www.jenrichardsart.com

kerenhasson:

Megaloceros Project study

Acrylic and Pencil

2011

jenrichardsart:

Maui’s dolphins - Acrylic on canvas (16 x 18)

A subspecies of the Hector’s dolphin, the Maui’s dolphin is found only off the northwest coast of New Zealand’s North Island and is one of the smallest cetaceans. It is also the world’s rarest: In early 2012, an updated survey determined that the entire population consists of only 55 individuals - a decrease of over 50% since the previous estimate in 2005. The main contributing factor to the Maui’s dolphin’s decline is believed to be commercial fishing methods, particularly gillnets, that result in a significant number of dolphins taken as bycatch.

The New Zealand government is proposing to extend the current protected area for Maui’s dolphins and is looking for submissions from people like you to guide their decision. You can help this critically endangered species by clicking here and signing the petition. The deadline is April 11th.

• Hector’s and Maui’s Dolphin SOS
• New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Trust
• New Zealand Department of Conservation: Dolphins

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