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Kate Morozova
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Ecologist. Work for CA Fish and Wildlife. Associate Editor of J. CA Fish and Wildlife. Endangered sp. permits and mammals #2025MMM
Wildlife artist, foodie, dreamer.
Prints: https://geogalleries.com/ek.morozova
Stickers: https://brushesandbiomes.printful.me
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If you see this, post bird art
#sciart #birds
An ink painting of a burrowing owl wearing a pirate hat
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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If you see this, post something toothy!
Blast from the past from the 2025 March Mammal Madness.

#art #sciart #watercolor
A moonrat, showing a toothy smile
July 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The lovely Palestinian Sunbird. This 6x8 #watercolor piece is made for an auction with @gazaaidcollective.bsky.social. More details to come.

#sciart #birds
A watercolor piece of a Palestinian Sunbird sitting on a branch, looking to the right with beak half open. The bird has iridescent blue-green feathers on its head, shoulders and tail, while the rest are a dark brown.
June 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The space bee is complete and ready for framing! #sciart #bombus #nebula #space #insectart #watercolor
A watercolor painting of a bumblebee flying with a purple and orange toned nebula in the background.
June 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Messing around with a new technique to paint nebula. Which version do you think looks better? #sciart #spaceart #watercolorart
Watercolor paintings of nebula in red and orange tones.
May 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Going back to an old project to paint all the #DnD classes as native #California animals. Here is #jackrabbit as a #warlock. The jackrabbit already has the air of a mad desert prophet so the arcane class felt fitting! Which class or animal do you want to see next?

#wildlife #watercolor 🦊
A watercolor of a jackrabbit, a species of rabbit native to California, painted as a Dungeon and Dragons warlock class.
May 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Awesome day at the farm with @norcalresist.bsky.social

Hopefully the strawberries will be happy in their new home!
Wheelbarrow full of strawberry plants, ready to transplant Prepared garden beds at the farm. The bed to the right is full of transplanted strawberry plants. Volunteers plant strawberries into the ground
May 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Such lovely country side. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Will likely keep messing with this some more.
#art #landscape #wip #thailand
Watercolor painting of a mountain village overseen by a blue sky with clouds. Reference photo of the village near Chiang Mai, Thailand
April 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Koh Chang, Thailand
#thailand #watercolor #plainair
Watercolor painting of a cliff by the sea, surrounded by teal blue water and a gray sky. Watercolor painting of a cliff by the sea, surrounded by teal blue water and a gray sky. The subject of the painting is visible behind the paper. Lineart for a painting of cliffs surrounded by sea and sky. The subject of the painting is visible in the background. Rocky cliff in Koh Chang, Thailand is covered with dense green canopy of trees, and surrounded by a deep blue sea and an off blue, clouded sky
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Messing around with my new Manta @supernote.com
Pretty decent functionality and feel. Shot from the #DnD campaign, where our party got invited to dinner at a creepy mansion. #wip #art
Sketch of a creepy gothic mansion. Three adventurers walk through the gate as a tiefling and war forged remain behind with the cart. Two rats sit in the cart with the tiefling. One of them has a mushroom growing out of his shoulder.
March 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The flowers are coming back and with them some cool native #pollinators. Saw a lovely yellow-faced #bumblebee queen and what I think is a caterpillar of the variable checkerspot #butterfly. Super cool. This is Steven's trail. #california #wildlife #flora
A yellow-faced bumble bee queen sits on a white phacelia flower. The variable checkerspot caterpillar crawls along the stem of the blue dicks plant towards the purple flower. The yellow flower of the bush poppy held up by a hand Two hikers explore the stream, surrounded by vegetation. One person in the foreground smiles at the camera.
March 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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It has come to my attention that the Flying Frog, #2025MMM wildcard contestant and very cool #amphibian did not make it onto the sticker store. This has been fixed, and the whole set should be up there. Tell me if I'm wrong. You can get these watercolor stickers here: brushesandbiomes.printful.me
Sticker design for the March Mammal Madness contestant flying frog. The sticker shows the green and yellow frog sitting on a branch, the text around it says MMM 2025 and it's species name.
March 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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#2025MMM
Meme showing an image of the frilled shark and the alligator gar, with the caption "You vs the gar she tells you not to worry about"
March 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Excited to say that the stickers of all #2025MMM contestants are finished and up on the store. Check them out here: brushesandbiomes.printful.me

#mammals #sciart #watercolor #art
Sticker design depicting the Tayra Sticker design depicting the Narwhal Sticker design depicting the Maned Wolf Sticker design depicting the Eurasian Water Shrew
March 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Am I super close to having all the sticker designs finished? Yes. Am I also going to be neurotic about a missed ink line instead of posting them up on the store? Also yes.
#art #wildlifeart #wip
screenshot of a detail of a sticker design for the flying frog that has one ink line missing. The flying frog is part of the March Mammal Madness 2025 event.
March 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Had a lovely time at Jepson Prairie with @dylapodiformes.bsky.social and a couple others! So many cool endemic vernal pool plants (and some critters too)! We'll get that beetle next time.
A diminutive native mint in bloom near a vernal pool Violets native to California, bright yellow in a sea of green vegetation, with more blooming on the horizon White patches of meadowfoam flowers on an expanse of green field, occasionally intermixed with yellow flowers Bright yellow goldfields, a species of aster grow in a large patch. Photographed from above.
March 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The samples for the stickers arrived and I'm so excited! They look great! I'm pushing myself to get all the contestants processed into stickers and on the store by this weekend! #2025mmm #mammals #art #watercolor #sciart
Stickers of three March Mammal Madness contestants: the Malayan tapir, narwhal and puma
March 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#2025MMM Last but not least Tasmanian Devil, the feisty inhabitant of Tasmania and the long-limbed cliff-dwelling Delacour's Langur! 🐡🦊 #watercolor #art
Watercolor art of the Tasmanian Devil and Delacour's Langur. These species are contestants in the 2025 March Mammal Madness event.
March 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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#2025MMM These two have the fanciest of suits! I wonder what the benefit of such coloration might be? The Tamandua also has a pretty cool display posture where they stand on their back legs to intimidate the threat! 🐡🦊 #Watercolor #art
Watercolor art of the ribbon seal, a black and white marine mammal, and the tamandua, a sloth like animal with an elongated face. These species are contestants in the 2025 March Mammal Madness event.
March 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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#2025MMM Capuchin as he opens his eyes
Detail from the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch
March 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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#2025MMM Both of these were so satisfying to paint. Especially the zebra stripes! 🐡🦊 #watercolor #art
Watercolor painting of a mountain zebra, an African equine species, and white-faced capuchin, a black and white monkey with a long tail. These two are part of the March Mammal Madness 2025 event.
March 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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#2025MMM I'm usually #teamfurball but the Narwhal is just so cute! Good luck Eastern Spotted Skunk, hope you can doggy paddle! 🐡🦊 #watercolor #art
Watercolor art of the eastern spotted skunk, with it's black and white tail fluffing out behind it, and the narwhal, a large marine mammal with a long tusk, waving playfully as it swims by. These two are contestants in the March Mammal Madness event.
March 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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#2025MMM I love the moonrat because it has all the lovely derpiness of the possum but also a certain mystique (and a cool name). And they have at least two color morphs that appear regional! Doubt it stands a chance against the imposing cape buffalo though! 🐡🦊 #watercolor #art
Watercolor artwork of the cape buffalo, a large bovine species, and the possum-like moon rat. Both are contestants in the March Mammal Madness 2025 event.
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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#2025MMM I'm a huge fan of polecats, behold it's full fluffy glory as the Zorilla tries its best to be large and intimidating. But can it stand a chance compared to the massive (and fluffy) Yak? 🐡🦊 #watercolor #art
Watercolor art of the zorilla, an African skunk-like animal, and the wild yak, an imposing bovine species from Asia. These species are part of the March Mammal Madness 2025 event.
March 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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#2025MMM Look at these cool tropical friends! 🦊🐡
Watercolor painting of the Malayan Tapir and the Southern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat. These species are contestants in the March Mammal Madness 2025 event.
March 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM