Opthomological Illustration

This piece had been completed for a while, but has not made its way to the website yet.  I need to update my website!  :)

The plate shows the main step for the scleral buckle procedure in order to correct a retinal tear.  Instead of going into the interior of the eye, the problem is fixed from the exterior of the eyeball.  

This piece was rendered in traditional transparent watercolor and finished in Photoshop.  

Cicada shells!

Couple of weeks ago, I went exploring in Wyman Park near JHU Homewood campus for some cicada nymph shells.  

I had pretty good luck; about 20 minutes of meandering around near the big trees yielded 4 nymph shells.  Most of them had all their legs.  

They all seem to be the same species -- dog-day cicada or Tibicen canicularis.  

 

Tomorrow I'll go look for some adult specimen.  

Here's a really neat link to pictures of cicadas, their identification and habitat!

I am an Insect

A wonderful puppet production titled "I am an Insect" had showings in UNC campus in Chapel Hill.  The production was performed by a group named Paperhand Puppet Intervention.   The theatre was a very nice amphitheatre near the botanical garden on campus.  I really liked the atmosphere. 

The production included giant puppets created from found objects.  There were actors on giant stilts.  It was really neat!  The final section, which was my favorite, was composed entirely of shadow puppets.  Here are some snippets:

If you are interested in entomology and puppets, I definitely recommend it!  They did a really good job of recreating complex insect anatomy!  

Sutrea Beetle

This piece is new!  I completed this illustration with the Smithsonian Institute!  As soon as I update my website, this piece will be in my website.  Until then, it will live here. 

New York City

I have been invited to work in American Museum of Natural History from October to December of this year in New York City!  

The project I will be working on with Frank, the illustrator there, will be restoration of fossilized turtle skull specimen.  Neat!  

New York is the ultimate big city for me.  I thought Washington DC was a big city, but now I am familiar with the mall area by working at the Smithsonian Institution and working for the Orphan Works Opposition Headquarters.  I know that is a small section of the big town, but I feel confortable in DC now.  

Who knows what sort of adventure awaits!  Yaaaay!

2008 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Exhibit

The opening reception for Annual Exhibit for Guild of Natural Science Illustrators was held in Hartell Gallery at Cornell University on July 21,2008. The gallery was beautiful and we had a wonderful time.

My chameleon piece was displayed in the digital illustration section of the exhibit.

Award of Excellence in AMI salon

My surgical illustration plate titled "Submuscular ulnar nerve transposition" received an award of excellence from the Association of Medical Illustrators! The pen and ink illustration describes the main steps to correct a compressed ulnar nerve.