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Oct 26, 20162 min read

Sketchbook Snapshot: illustrating tortoises and hares

“Too much importance cannot be given to drawing, as it is not only an excellent device for securing close observation, but it is also a...

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Jun 22, 20164 min read

Sketchbook Snapshot: Tortoises & Hares in Tanzania

“There’s so much of everything! All of it inextricably tangled together […] To describe is to select – and to select only a microscopic...

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Feb 2, 20161 min read

Sketchbook Snapshot: Tortoises & Hares

Sketching Antelope Jackrabbits and Black-tailed Jackrabbits – yes jackrabbits = hares – at the U of A Natural History Museum. (c)...

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Aug 17, 20153 min read

Could #sketchyourscience be key to increasing appreciation of SciArt among ecologists?

Cross-posted on ESA SciComm Section blog #sketchyourscience at #ESA100 settled it. This will be an #ESASciComm tradition for years to...

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Jul 26, 20152 min read

A quick sketch, because National Moth Week isn’t quite over

Moths to the left, butterflies on the right It’s National Moth Week! Since moths outnumber butterflies 11-to-1 in North America, there’s...

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Jul 10, 20153 min read

Drawn to the West: An “impossible” insect observation?

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com There aren’t supposed to be any fireflies in Montana. At least not the type that blink and flash...

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Jul 5, 20151 min read

MT Outdoors published 2 of my water monitoring photographs!

The photos Montana Outdoors published in their July-August issue are some of my favorites. My photographs are of children collecting...

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Jun 26, 20152 min read

Drawn to the West: Squirrelly Notions

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com There weren’t any squirrels in the town where I grew up. I didn’t know to remark on that fact when...

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Jun 16, 20151 min read

A quick sketch for World Sea Turtle Day!

World Sea Turtle Day, and I just happen to have a sketch of a sea turtle hatchling! I sketched this wee turtle, along with a handful of...

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Jun 13, 20152 min read

A quick look at insects during National Pollinator Week

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com For the past decade, I’ve taken special delight in looking at, and drawing, insects. It all...

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May 30, 20154 min read

How wondering “What’s wrong with that sagebrush?” led to drawing and researching i

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com The other weekend, I was out hiking in an area of southwest Wyoming resplendent with big...

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May 20, 20154 min read

Should we be feeding wild birds? How a desire to sketch birds led to a romp through the bird-feeding

Cross-posted on www.drawntothewest.com A lot of those articles relate closely to the two-part series I just wrapped up about attracting...

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Aug 11, 20143 min read

Illustrating Ecology…conferences, that is

*Images are from the ‘drawing for scientists’ section I led in a scicomm workshop at ESA’s 2014 annual meeting. Sketching in the field to...

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Aug 8, 20142 min read

Sketchbook Snapshot: Sketches from “Drawn to Quebec”

I’ve been penning the Drawn to Quebec illustrated column for over a month now, and the majority of my articles have been nature-inspired,...

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Apr 4, 20141 min read

Field Note Friday: Crow Mob & "the Grand Duke"

Sometimes, it takes a screeching mob of crows to remind me to look up. #lifelessons #makingsciencematter #photography #Canada #ecocomm...

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Jun 16, 20131 min read

Spring Prescribed Burns: Prince Albert National Park

Here are a few shots from two spring prescribed burns I recently documented for Prince Albert National Park’s fire management team. Read...

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