Maritime woods

An experiment in linoleum block printing, loosely inspired by the thickly mossed—and spruced and lichened—landscape of Deer Isle, ME. (More accurately an island off an island off Deer Isle.)

Back in Maine

Just in time for spring…

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Maritime sunburst lichen

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Xanthoria parietina ON GLACIER-SCOURED BEDROCK BY MACHIAS BAY

Micromanagement

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Who’s in charge, an animal or the bacteria in its gut? According to an @oikosjournal paper that I illustrated (by Macke et al.), gut microbes can drive the ecology and evolution of their hosts—like these lichen-eating reindeer. More at http://www.oikosjournal.org/forum. #ecology #art #illustration #drawing #wildlife #bacteria #animal #mammal #nature #cartoon #science #research #scientistsofinstagram #painting #oikosforum #scienceinpictures

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Return of the Penguins?

The fourth and final installment of Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin.

Photo by John Ayers

Yellow-eyed penguins on a subantarctic island! One of the most endangered penguin species in the world.

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