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Kierstin Keller
@gsstudios907.bsky.social
🌲🌊 Alpine to Ocean Alaska Artist | Art & Science | Science Illustration | BS Marine Bio | West Coast Ecosystems

www.goldenspiralstudios.com
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Hello from Juneau, Alaska! Here you will find alpine-to-ocean illustrations and art by me (Kierstin). I hope to spark interest in the natural world around us, and make science approachable for all ages 🏔️🌲🐋🦀

You can also follow me here:
X @gsstudios907
IG @golden.spiral.studios
Reposted by Kierstin Keller
Huggies and Snackies!
Wellllll look who has some associates! Got these adorable brittle stars onto the sponge this week, besties at the bottom just hugging and snacking! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge
October 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Reposted by Kierstin Keller
We had a lovely write up in Issue 25 of the Deep-Sea Life newsletter! You can check out the whole issue here: www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/u...
#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Deep-sea housing complex of sponges varieties, offering crustaceans refuge and a place to snack.

"There Grows the Neighborhood" — 16x20”

Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team @unseenocean.bsky.social!

#sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On this fine fall day, we have some little baby deep-sea octopus 🐙

#deepseaoctopus #babyoctopus #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective #deepseacreatures #🐙
October 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Reposted by Kierstin Keller
Working away on this #deepsea carnivorous sponge, crinoid and brittle star painting. It’s getting there, probably 75% done now, adding all the details and rainbow colors is my fav part! #deepseacreatures #coldwatersponges 🐡🦑 #invertebrates #acrylicpainting #marinebiology #art #painting #artist
October 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Phantom of the Sea Lilies — deep-sea Antimora fish swims among golden sea lilies (stalked crinoids, animals related to sea stars and urchins) and spindly stalks of orange coral

#deep-sea #sciart #natureillustration #deepseaart #deepseacreatures
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some of the best tide-pool viewing here in southeast Alaska is during our chilly winter days. The Christmas Anemone in particular is an exciting find!

Winter Anemone — 9x16 acrylic on canvas

#christmasanemone #tidepool #sciart #marinelife #marinebioart
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Study of some favored food of the North Pacific humpback whale: krill, salmon smolt, capelin, sand lance, and herring 🐟
#sketch #fishes #whalechow #sciart #foodweb
September 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by Kierstin Keller
Mushroom coral, mushroom coral, you are sooooo beautiful 😍 almost done this painting and I love the details phase- especially when it’s a mushroom coral! Beauty. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In the darkness there is light (aurora over Juneau, Alaska mountains) — 18x24 Acrylic on canvas

#northernlights #aurora #alaska #beautyinthedark #acrylicpainting #landscapeart
September 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sea stars feast on a tree of deep-sea coral, leaving behind a delicate golden skeleton.

“The Slow Death” — 16x20” Gouache

Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team of artists @unseenocean.bsky.social!

#sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A nod to a local terrestrial inhabitant of the Tongass National Forest, the Mountain Goat.

#sciart #coloredpencilart #naturestudy #tongassnationalforest #alaskawildlife #mountaingoat
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It doesn’t quite feel like a true Southeast Alaska day without a little rain and mist amongst the Tongass forest trees.

Lone Seawolf — 9x16” watercolor/gouache

#orca #tongassnationalforest #marinemammalconservation #sciart #alaska #northpacific #natureart
September 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hello from Juneau, Alaska! Here you will find alpine-to-ocean illustrations and art by me (Kierstin). I hope to spark interest in the natural world around us, and make science approachable for all ages 🏔️🌲🐋🦀

You can also follow me here:
X @gsstudios907
IG @golden.spiral.studios
September 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM