#MarshMadness today I painted a marsh imp, Pyractomena lucifera, which can be found in two distinct sub populations in the northeast and southeast US. Like most fireflies, they are threatened by wetland habitat loss and light pollution.
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For #BrainAwarenessWeek I’m sharing my brainiest #SciArt #embroidery pieces. Here’s woman in skull (2016), not a brain per se, but the part of the skull where the brain sits, imagined as an architectural space.
Happy birthday to botanist & photography trailblazer Anna Atkins (1799-1871), née Children!
Atkins’ mother died when she was still an infant, but she was close with her naturalist father & received a much more scientific education than was common for women in her time. Her 250 detailed engravings of shells were used to illustrate her father’s translation of Lamarck’s ‘Genera of Shells’; 
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Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant, & purposely stood in the way of her learning French, or music,
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Aujourd'hui le Méloé printanier ! Un insecte de la famille des coléoptères, dont les larves se développent en parasitant les colonies d' hyménoptères... Ici il s'agit d'une femelle, avec l'abdomen plus gros que celui du mâle ! Connaissez-vous cet insecte ? 
Vous pouvez retrouver toutes mes illustrations disponibles ici : https://clairemotzart.etsy.com
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#coleoptera #insects #insecte #coléoptère #macro #photonature #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #natureendeuil #EspècesMenacées #entomology #entomologie #sciencesnaturelles #sciart #MastoArt #smallartist #naturaliste #pnr #parcnaturel #reservenaturelle
Born of fire, veiled in night,
Holding echoes, stars ignite.
Embers dance in spectral hues,
A vessel where the cosmos brews.
Hello Mastodon!
I'm Diane, an illustrator specializing in the medical and scientific fields 
I draw anatomical pictures for doctors, diagrams for biomed companies, animals and plants for museums, and lots of other things...
But I also have my own little universe, somewhere between fantasy and science fiction, and a desire to experiment with traditional techniques.
Lots of things I can't wait to share with you! Here's just a sample...
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Some zooms into my "Denizens of the Beach and Copse" painting (2022), showing the Severn Estuary in the Late Devonian. Featured are a group of Elginerpeton, an Ichthyostega, fungi, slime moulds, algae, rhyniophytes, zosterophylls, lycopsids, & equisetids.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The third and final Severn Estuary painting (2022), this time showing the Late Devonian. "Denizens of the Beach and Copse" features a group of Elginerpeton, an Ichthyostega, fungi, slime moulds, algae, rhyniophytes, lycopsids, equisetids, & others.
I think all the organs and such in the cephalothorax are done. Still working on the abdomen. (Spider internal organs 3d model. Hopefully will eventually be 3d printed.)
Spider people, how's it looking?
PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/press-release/seti-institute-announces-recipient-beyond-silos-steam-education-residency
The SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence (AIR) program announced Dominica Mediati as the recipient of its Beyond Silos #STEAM residency. The residency supports STEAM educators in developing more inclusive, interdisciplinary teaching approaches integrating #art and #science. Mediati is an intermedia artist and a sessional instructor in the Faculty of Education and School of Creative Arts at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Some zooms into my "Primeval Clevedon Bay" painting (2022), depicting fish, crinoids, othrocones, corals, gastropods, and brachiopods in an Early Carboniferous shallow sea. This painting was the first winner of the Marsh Palaeoart Award.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's a second painting of the Severn Estuary, this time during the Early Carboniferous. Called "Primeval Clevedon Bay," it features fish, crinoids, othrocones, corals, gastropods, and brachiopods. This painting was the first winner of the Marsh Palaeoart Award.
For #BrainAwarenessWeek I’m sharing my brainiest #SciArt #embroidery pieces. Here’s a detail from the wandering ghost (2024), my piece about the vagus nerve and my experiences with polyvagal theory.
You can read more about this piece here: https://liapas.com/2024/10/15/the-wandering-ghost/
This #MarshMadness critter is a crimson marsh glider (Trithemis aurora). Dragonflies are some of the most effective predators on the planet, snatching prey right out of the air with an up to 97% success rate. Each of their four wings can operate independently, making them strong, agile fliers. They also utilize a trick called "motion camouflage." Instead of flying straight towards their target, they keep in line with its path (even anticipating future moves), making them appear stationary even as they approach.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Some zooms into my "The Salt Lake Severn" painting (2022) of the Severn Estuary during the Middle Triassic, featuring Thecodontosaurus, cycads, and ferns. Commissioned by the Clevedon Pier Trust.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Into 2022 with a painting of the Severn Estuary during the Middle Triassic, called "The Salt Lake Severn," featuring Thecodontosaurus, cycads (Dioonitocarpidium), ferns (Thaumatopteris), and dust devils.
