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Alena ♥ Owl & Bear Studio (she/they)
@owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
190 followers 39 following 44 posts
🌈 Wildlife Artist/Scientist with ADHD💖💜💙
🐻 Supporting Conservation+Social Justice
🙌 $71K Raised
📍 Unceded W̱SÁNEĆ + Lək̓ʷəŋən Territories
➡️ OwlAndBearStudio.com
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Valentines for gastropod lovers 💕 (5/5)
February 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Valentines for gastropod lovers 💕 (4/5)
February 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Valentines for gastropod lovers 💕 (3/5)
February 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Valentines for gastropod lovers 💕 (2/5)
February 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Valentines for gastropod lovers 💕 (1/5)
February 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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A dozen banana slugs for you today 🤗💛 Which one is your favourite??

This is part of a much larger passion project I’m working on, to illustrate as many colour variations of the Pacific Banana Slug as I can!! (within reason, obviously)
February 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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15. I love the little galaxies that appear when you look at Barnacle-Eating Dorids up close 🥹

(PS - see my IG for a new video about these cuties, too!)
January 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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14. I love wildflower season!!!! 🥹
January 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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13. I love all the nudibranchs I saw this week 🥹 (this is just a few of them… aren’t they good??)
January 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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12. I love making little shell mosaics. These are both from when visited Cuba earlier this month 🤩
January 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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11. I love looking at/photographing the inside of tulips. Seriously, I can’t get enough of it 😂
January 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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10. I love a good orchid!

These are all species that are indigenous to the land I call home (Unceded W̱SÁNEĆ + Lək̓ʷəŋən Territories, a.k.a. Southern Vancouver Island).

Aren’t they precious?? 🥹
January 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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7, 8, & 9.

I LOVE my fur family: Ella (doggy) and Nia + Máux̌va (kitties). They keep me grounded and make my heart so much lighter, every day!
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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6. I love sweat bees. Look how good and green 🥹
January 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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5. Bears. I love love love bears 🥹
January 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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4. I LOVE A GOOD LICHEN
January 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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3. Dopamine dressing 🌈
January 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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2. Hermissenda crassicornis

I usually call them Opalescent Nudibranchs - but since several species share that name, they are also known as Thick-Horned Nudibranchs.

Aren’t they lovely 🥹🥹🥹
January 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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1. BANANA SLUGS, OF COURSE 🤩
January 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Do people watch videos on here? Let’s try it!

LOOK WHO I SAW TODAY!

I can’t wait to go back in a few days with my good camera!
January 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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When the politics fail us, community is what saves us. Gender is a rainbow 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 and the possibilities are infinite. Shine on! ✨
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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A big thing that drives me in my business, is being able to give back. I wanted to share our impact report for 2024!

These numbers make me so proud. I can’t wait to pass the $75K mark this year!!

💗 $14,102.15 CAD donated to charity & mutual aid in 2024
💙 $71,838.11 CAD donated to date!
The background shows an illustration of a Great Blue Heron, sitting at a rock at the water’s edge at sunset. The image looks sparkly, with the water reflecting the pink glow of the sky. Text boxes overlaid on the image read: 2024 In Review, Owl And Bear Studio $14,102.15 CAD donated to charity and mutual aid! 53 causes supported! 167 trees planted at checkout! 105 carbon credits added at checkout! $71,838.11 CAD donated to charity and mutual aid to date! Thank you all so much for helping make this happen. See story highlight for more details!
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Hello, BlueSky! I’m Alena, I like slugs! I make slug art and sell sluggy nifty-gifties! That’s the elevator pitch 😂
An illustrated poster of 10 different sea slugs from the west coast of North America, in different shapes and rainbow colours, over a blue background. A photo of green socks with pink hearts and yellow banana slugs with black spots A photo of two stickers. The top one shows a yellow banana slug with text that reads “Weird Is Wonderful.” The bottom one shows a green pacific chorus frog with text that reads “This Frog Is Proud of You.” 8 different enamel pins are displayed on Alena’s hand. The pins are of a Belted Kingfisher, Bull Kelp, Leaf Sheep Sea Slug, Pacific Banana Slug, Pacific Sideband Snail, Sea Bunny Nudibranch, California Banana Slug, and an Opalescent Nudibranch.
January 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM