Spring has started!
Spring quarter (my final quarter of classes!) has started. My first exercise was a botanical reconstruction from a dried specimen. This is Toxicodendron radicans, or for those in the eastern and southern United States–poison ivy! My dad didn’t recognize it at first, but I’m hoping that’s because it’s just so beautiful. Okay, let’s be honest, ...
New works coming soon!
To say that I’ve been busy is nothing short of an understatement. I’ve got an interpretive panel on bioluminescent ocean creatures, a trompe l’œil full of shells and crab molts, and a large gouache painting of a yellow longhorn beetle all in progress! It’s wonderful, but busy as anything. I’ll post pictures as I get ...
Visit to PG Natural History Museum
Last Friday I made a visit to the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum to look at their educational collection of spiders for an assignment I was working on. It was great and I had so much fun! I saw this black widow as well as a golden orb weaver–the first time I’ve seen one in ...
Grad School is Busy
Well, I have to say that if anyone ever tells you that grad school is a breeze they are clearly doing it wrong. So far in the second term we’ve had multiple weeks with four or five projects due. The good news? It’s been a very productive four weeks of school! The bad news? It’s ...