| Title: Indigo Bunting and Bluebells
Contact: Dorothia Rohner
Description: Indigo Bunting songbird and Virginia Bluebell spring flowers. Pencil sketch and watercolor painting.
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| Title: Universitty of Michigan Biology Department
Contact: John Megahan
Description: Logo for University of Michigan Biology Department
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| Title: In Madera Canyon
Contact: Rick Wheeler
Description: The children's book, "In Madera Canyon" was recently nominated by ForeWord Book Awards for best "children's picture book," 2010. An educational book focusing on the flora and fauna of Madera Canyon, Arizona. Illustrations are scratchboard/watercolor with additional pencil drawings.
More information available at rickarts.com, bookoftheyearawards, and janeeholt.com. Available for purchase at Amazon.com
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| Title: Lifecycle of Viburnum Leaf Beetle
Contact: Melisa Beveridge
Description: This was created with colored pencil on duralene for a scientist I worked with while at the Com.en.art residency at the Huyck preserve.
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| Title: Eastern Ribbon Snake
Contact: Amelia Hansen
Description: Watercolor and pencil illustration of Thamnophis sauritus sauritus crawling through leaves and partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
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| Title: Greater Rhododendron
Contact: Sarah Drummond
Description: Greater Rhododendron, Rhododendron maximum. Watercolor 5 x 7 inches, 2008
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| Title: Kinnikinnick
Contact: Julie Kulak
Description: Plains Indians used a mixture of various plants to create a tobacco for their pipes called Kinnikinnick. This illustration documents one possible combination along with a late 1800s Sioux Pipe (illustrated with permission from current Sioux Pipe Carriers). It is said that horses could scent their riders over long distances by the scent of their Kinnikinnick mixture. 11" x 14", Watercolor and pastel on watercolor paper.
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| Title: Field violet butterfly bush
Contact: Alison Schroeer
Description: This botanical illustration of carpenter bees - Xylocopa virignica - pollinating a butterfly bush - Buddleja davidii or Buddleia davidii and field violet - Viola arvensis - was drawn by botanical illustrator Alison Schroeer as a scientific illustration.
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| Title: Cycad pollination habitat group
Contact: Michael Rothman
Description: This painting depicts the recently described Weevil-affected pollination cycle of the Mexican/Central American Cycad, Zamia furfuracea. Two other endangered cycad species are also depicted: Ceratozamia latifolia with russet leaf flushes and Dioon spinulosum with an arborescent habit. The work was commissioned by Dr. Dennis Stevenson of the New York Botanical Garden and is painted in acrylics on polyester canvas. It measures 18" x 50" .
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| Title: Begonia cultivar
Contact: MaryBeth Hinrichs
Description: Begonia cultivar study
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| Title: Fernscape
Contact: Chris Sanders
Description: A mutimedia presentation of a traditional illustration. (H.264 encoded QT)
Original art commissioned by Dr. Robbin C. Moran and accessioned into the collection of the New York Botanical Garden.
Cyathea host, Polypodiales, Lomariopsidaceae - Elaphoglossum heliconifolium, Blechnaceae - Blechnum fragile, Terpsicore lehmanniana, Adiantaceae - Vittaria remota Fee, Hymenophyllaceae - Trichomanes capillaceum, Olphersia cervina.
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| Title: Hummingbird on Hibiscus
Contact: Denise Wagner
Description: Computer painting of a hummingbird on a hisbiscus.
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| Title: Teddy Bear Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Contact: Judith Aronow
Description: Teddy Bear Sunflower in Watercolor (30" x24') .Exhibited at the Allied Arts Gallery and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Richland Wa. 1999 The seeds and oil of sunflowers are highly nutritious and healthful.
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| Title: Winter Survival
Contact: Frank Ippolito
Description: This digital rendering was used as an illustration for New York Times / Science Times cover article on survival strategies of various species during the winter months.
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| Title: Polyphemus on Clematis
Contact: Karen Johnson
Description:
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| Title: White-headed Woodpeckers on Ponderosa Pine
Contact: Kathleen McKeehen
Description: A pair of White-headed woodpeckers on a Ponderosa pine tree.
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| Title: Cyanobacteria with inclusions
Contact: Richard Rauh
Description: Illustration for a scientific article, showing all possible inclusions so far identified for a cyanobacteria..
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| Title: Nutrient Cycle - Decomposers and Detritivores
Contact: Marjorie Leggitt
Description: The Nutrient Cycle is a permanent exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Additional interpretive text and specimen mounts provide a self-explanatory story of decomposers and dentritivores.
Traditional and digital. Size: 41"x32"
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| Title: Spring Botanicals
Contact: Dorothia Rohner
Description: Watercolor and pencil painting of spring garden flowers. Tulips, daffodil, crocus & grape hyacinth.
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| Title: Photosynthesis
Contact: Nicolle Rager Fuller
Description: New research suggests that our understanding of photosynthesis needs to expand to include quantum physics. When light hits a plant leaf, the energy seems to be transported as a coherent wave to the reaction center, rather than in the step-wise fashion originally thought. Created for the Science News Magazine.
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| Title: Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
Contact: Ikumi Kayama
Description: Image for an Ornithological Atlas for the general audience.
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| Title: Quaking Aspen leaves
Contact: Sarah Drummond
Description: Quaking Aspen leaves, Populus tremuloides. Watercolor 2007
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| Title: Sarracenia purpurea - Pitcher Plant
Contact: Julie Kulak
Description: Watercolor painting. Observed at Volo Bog in northern Illinois in late August, 2006. These are carnivorous plants - insects are attracted to the rims of the "pitchers" and fall in. They drown in liquid at the bottom of the pitcher. The plant then digests the insect for nourishment.
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| Title: Corn Plant with Fall Armyworm
Contact: Katura Reynolds
Description: The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a notorious pest of corn plants and other grass crops. The larva eats through one side of the leaf, leaving the epidermis of the opposite side intact.
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| Title: Botanicals, Iris xiphium, Tulipa sp.
Contact: Timothy Sullivan
Description: Media: Watercolor and colored pencil
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| Title: Luna Moth on Canna
Contact: Karen Johnson
Description: Watercolor painting
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| Title: flowering mint botanical rendering
Contact: Kate Fady
Description: mint botanical rendering. gouache on paper
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| Title: Brazilian Cerrado Habitat Group (1st detail)
Contact: Michael Rothman
Description: This is a large work depicting the diminishing Brazilian savanna habitat known as the "cerrado". A typical faunal representative is the endangered Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus); typical, fire resistant floral representatives are the cashew (Anacardium occidentale, Salvertia convallariodora, and Solanum lycocarpum.)
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| Title: Pineapple I
Contact: Judith Aronow
Description: Detailed study of pineapple on coquille board with black colored pencil,
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| Title: Brugmansia versicolor
Contact: Kathleen McKeehen
Description: botanical watercolor, flower, leaves, buds of Brugmansia
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| Title: Milkweed Follicles Asclepias syriaca
Contact: Richard Rauh
Description: Gyclee reproductions of paintings in this series are available through Gingertree
Galleries. Check out their website at www.gingertreefinearts.com
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| Title: Symbiotic Organisms - Lactarius deliciosus
Contact: Marjorie Leggitt
Description: Mycorrhizal fungi form relationships with plants that are mutually beneficial. These fungi break down organic matter in the soil so that the host plant can absorb the nutrients through its roots.
Traditional and digital interpretive panel.
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| Title: Nature Sampler with John Muir Quote
Contact: Dorothia Rohner
Description: This watercolor sampler depicts critters and plants living and growing in the woods and garden near my studio. The design includes a native Iowa tree frog, bleeding hearts, blue flax, garden snail and American Goldfinch. Designed as a set of artist trading cards and promotional mailer.
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| Title: Tohono Chul Park grounds map
Contact: Rachel Ivanyi
Description: New grounds map for Tohono Chul Park, a botanical garden in Tucson, Arizona
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| Title: Old Field Habitat
Contact: Amelia Hansen
Description: Pen and ink drawing of old field habitat. This ecosystem occurs when farmland (pastures or cultivated fields) are taken out of production and natural vegetation begins to take hold. This illustration shows two of the most common plant species found in old field habitat, broom-sedge (Andropogon virginicus) and eastern red cedar (juniper) (Juniperus virginiana).
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| Title: Autumn Aspen
Contact: Sarah Drummond
Description: Quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides. Watercolor, 2007
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| Title: Pelargonium peltatum
Contact: MaryBeth Hinrichs
Description: Ivy geranium
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| Title: Coral-root Orchid
Contact: Consie Powell
Description: Corallorhiza is an indirect parasite on nearby plants.
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| Title: Ecuadorian Frog in Fungus Cup
Contact: Brittany Walla
Description: Epipedibates biliguis in Fungus Cup
Pencil on Film
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| Title: Flower anatomy Salvia nemorosa
Contact: Emily Damstra
Description: Salvia flowers, with one cut open to reveal reproductive parts. Gouache and Adobe Photoshop.
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| Title: Sarracenia purpurea - Pitcher Plant
Contact: Julie Kulak
Description: Watercolor painting. Observed at Volo Bog in northern Illinois in late August, 2006. These are carnivorous plants - insects are attracted to the rims of the "pitchers" and fall in. They drown in liquid at the bottom of the pitcher. The plant then digests the insect for nourishment.
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| Title: orange day lily botanical
Contact: Kate Fady
Description: scientific botanical rendering day lily. gouache on paper
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| Title: Bird of Paradise
Contact: Judith Aronow
Description: Pen and ink portrait of this tropical plant. Technique- line and stipple. Exhibited at the New York Horticultural Society with the New York Chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists.(1998)
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| Title: plant2
Contact: Richard Rauh
Description: test
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| Title: Mushroom decomposer - Gypomitra esculenta
Contact: Marjorie Leggitt
Description: Saprotrophic fungi, such as Gypomitra esculenta, feed on dead organic matter. Rotting logs or stumps are just one example of dead organic matter, also known as detritus.
Traditional and digital interpretive panel.
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| Title: Russian Sage and Monarch
Contact: Dorothia Rohner
Description: Monarch butterfly nectaring on Russian Sage flowers. This painting was created with mixed media using watercolor, acrylic inks and pastel. It focuses on the detailed patterns of the butterfly and hints at the light and patterns of the garden. Recently licensed for lace wall hanging.
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| Title: Hummingbirds
Contact: Diana Marques
Description: Hummingbirds Anna (above), Allen (right) and Rufous, the most common species in California
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| Title: North American Beaver habitat in Delaware
Contact: Michael Rothman
Description: The North American Beaver is depicted in a Mid-Atlantic State mixed hardwood forest habitat group. The work was commissioned by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources. Among the important elements in this acrylic painting are the Beaver's lodge and the widespread presence of Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) and River birch (Betula nigra).
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| Title: Tomato Hornworm, Brown Form
Contact: Julie Kulak
Description: Tomato Hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata, Brown Form. 22"Hx10"W. Pastel and graphite on Arches Stonehenge Paper.
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| Title: Venus flytrap
Contact: Katura Reynolds
Description: The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a fascinating carnivorous plant. The glands in the leaves excrete sweet liquid that attracts insects. When insects bump the "trigger hairs," the two sides of the leaves snap shut and the plant digests the soft parts of the insect. The victim's dry husk sometimes remains as a grim warning.
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| Title: Purple-throated Carib hummingbird & Heliconia
Contact: Emily Damstra
Description: Illustration of a Purple-throated Carib hummingbird Eulampis jugularis feeding from Heliconia, with the flower inside the bract dissected to reveal how the beak fits so well into the flower.
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| Title: Eastern Chipmunk
Contact: Consie Powell
Description: Ink and watercolor illustration of an eastern chipmunk (Tamius striatus) climbing a hazel bush to harvest the hazelnuts.
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| Title: Sources of Coastal Pollution
Contact: David Fierstein
Description:
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| Title: Brittle Bush Encelia farinosa
Contact: Anthony Galvan III
Description: Project from a workshop at the Desert Studies Center, Mojave, California. Color pencil.
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| Title: Pollination Life Cycle
Contact: Emil Huston
Description: All flowers have only one goal: fertilization. Before fertilization can occur, pollination must first take place. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistil.
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| Title: wild black cherry
Contact: Kate Fady
Description: wild black cherry botanical rendering
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| Title: Fledgling Common Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Contact: Trudy Nicholson
Description: Medium: Pen & Ink on Scratchboard. The
illustration was based on the artist's photographs
for the artist's collection.
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| Title: Tropical Scene- French Guiana
Contact: Richard Rauh
Description: Entrance gate to a tropical camp near Saul French Guiana
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| Title: Junco and Woodland Phlox
Contact: Dorothia Rohner
Description: Woodland Phlox and Junco. Created with graphite pencil and watercolor. Life study from injured junco that hit the window. Thankfully it recovered and returned to the woods.
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| Title: Carolina Spiderlily Hymenocallis caroliniana
Contact: Ikumi Kayama
Description: Herbarium plate replication for botanists.
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| Title: Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Contact: Erica Beade
Description: An Adobe Illustrator (vector) drawing of flowering dogwood blossoms.
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| Title: Fern Life Cycle
Contact: Elizabeth Morales
Description:
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| Title: Rhus typhina
Contact: MaryBeth Hinrichs
Description:
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| Title: spotted pelidnota with grapes
Contact: Kate Fady
Description: scarab beetle, spotted pelidnota with host plant, grape vine. gouache on paper
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