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A quick Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) sketch. Colored pencils, ~8 x 10 in.
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Colored pencil drawing of the head and neck of a large heron, seen in profile.
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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A redo of yesterday's Great Blue Heron sketch (Ardea herodias), this time in mixed pencils and gouache. ~8 x 10 in.
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Pencil and opaque watercolor drawing of the head and neck of a Great Blue Heron, drawn on blue pastel paper.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum), East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven #maples #NativeTrees
A photo of a branch of bright orange and red Red Maple leaves, as they appear in autumn.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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An autumn evening on the Mill River, East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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A warm, orange-dominated river scene at dusk, with sunset clouds overhead, and autumn forests along the riverbanks.
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Yale University Press: "PONDS: An Illustrated Guide." The unique acidic pocosin environments of the Carolinas, home to the severely threatened Red Wolf (Canis rufus).
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #pocosins
Book page spread on the unique pocosin environments of North and South Carolina in the U.S., including a large illustration of the head of a Red Wolf.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Good morning from the Quinnipiac River Gorge, Connecticut, USA. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #geology #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
Photo of the Quinnipiac River in Meriden, Connecticut, USA, as it passes through the Quinnipiac Gorge area, with the surrounding trees in autumn foliage. The gorge is a narrow glacially-created valley between two taller bedrock formations.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
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Four-part diagram on how ponds in the eastern U.S. evolve over time, from open water, to emergent marsh, and later to shrub swamps and tree-dominated swamps.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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On the vital role of biofilms in pond environments. For a new book, PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, coming from Yale University Press in early 2026.
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A book page spread illustrating the important role that biofilms of microorganisms play in breaking down leaves and other plant and organic matter, at the base of pond and lake food chains.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Harlequin drake sketch (Histrionicus histrionicus). Pen & colored pencils on gray Strathmore board, ~7 x 9 in.
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A small color drawing of a resting Harlequin duck drake.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Stream profiles and topography. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
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A multi-part diagram page spread on how river valleys change shape from upland headwaters to mature lowland rivers.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The physical structure of streams. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
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A photo-diagram illustrating how typical streams both erode stream banks and build new structures as the stream flows through a riparian landscape.
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The riverscape: Physical zones in streams and smaller rivers. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
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A complex page spread diagram illustrating the various life zones in and around smaller rivers and streams. The diagrams shows a smaller river flowing through a forested landscape typical of the northeastern U.S.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Streams, climate change, and #whiplash events. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
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A book page spread on climate change, whiplash events, and other climate indicators that are driving change in all freshwater systems and riparian environments. Photo of a forest on fire; plus a graph on CO2 levels increasing over time.
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Freshwater microbial loop, for a new book, "STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide," coming from Yale University Press in 2026.
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A complex multi-part page spread diagram on how the Microbial Loop works in stream environments. The microbial breakdown of forest leaves is the base of the food chain in streams of the eastern U.S.
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Common Eider drakes off Nantucket (Somateria mollissima). Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.
🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #eiders #OilPainting #Seabirds
Painting of two eider males swimming in low ocean waves off the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Happy November. Here's a bit of July: Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), North Haven, CT, USA.
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #WildlifePhoto #MacroPhoto #scientificphotography #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insect #butterflies #Lepidoptera #macro #insects #flowers #InsectApocalyse
Close photo of a small orange-and-brown butterfly on bright yellow black-eyed Susan flowers.
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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An experiment: Colored pencils on black drawing board. Next up: Sad clowns and a Fat Elvis in Vegas...
🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #BarnOwl #owls #ColoredPencil
Colored pencil drawing of the face of a Barn Owl (Tyto alba), looking directly at the viewer.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Harlequin drake (Histrionicus histrionicus). Pencils on gray board, ~ 8 x 10 in.
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Colored pencil drawing of a male Harlequin duck in a resting pose.
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my forthcoming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
Four-part diagram on how ponds in the eastern U.S. evolve, from open water, to emergent marsh, and later to shrub swamps and tree-dominated swamps.
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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A page spread on the unique pocosin ponds of the U.S. Carolinas. From my book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~Jan 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #pocosins #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #pocosin #freshwater #RedWolf
A book page spread on the unique acid-dominated pocosin ponds and swamps of North Carolina and South Carolina, USA. In addition to temperate-climate specialists like Venus Flytraps and Yellow Pitcher plants, the dense and barely-accessible pocosin are the last refuge of the severely-endangered Red Wolf of the Carolina coastal plains.
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 29.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #bees #SweatBees
Close photo of a tiny, bright green bee on the center of a coneflower.
October 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Rock Beauty (Holocanthus tricolor), of the western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, and U.S. southeastern coast from the Florida Keys north to South Carolina.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #MedicalIllustration #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
A detailed side-view illustration of a black and yellow tropical fish. Done in Photoshop using a Wacom drawing tablet.
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Queens of the Reef. Favorite fish from the Florida Key's endangered offshore coral reefs. For a new potential project...
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Page spread illustration of four colorful tropical fish species of the Florida Keys: Rock Beauty, Queen Triggerfish, Queen Angelfish, and the Four-eye Butterflyfish.
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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An iconic keystone species of the U.S. Atlantic Coast, the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus), or "beautiful, savory swimmer." For a new project.
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A very detailed top-view illustration of a female Blue Crab. Drawn with Photoshop and a Wacom drawing tablet.
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Foureye Butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus). Illustration for a new book project.
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #fish #CoralReefs #TropicalFish
Illustration of a colorful Caribbean reef fish, drawn in Photoshop with a Wacom tablet.
October 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM