Biodiversity Print Series
I am awed by the infinite variations life takes on our small planet. The prints in this growing series explore that biodiversity. After working exclusively in graphite for five years, it is very exciting to celebrate the vivid colors of the natural world. I look forward to releasing additions to this series in 2022.
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My biodiversity drawings were created in Procreate, on a 4th generation iPad Pro with a 12.9 inch screen and Apple Pencil.
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Corvid prints will be released in 2022. Please join my mailing list, and follow me on social media for release details. Scroll to the bottom of the page for links.
18” x 24” Owls prints were sold through my webstore in 2021, and are completely sold out. I may release a smaller print size in 2022.
APs of 18” x 24” Owl prints may be available in the future. I ask that folks do not email me requesting APs. I am not maintaining an AP waitlist.
OWLS OF THE WORLD
About
18 x 24” (46 x 61 cm)
Owls prints are completely sold out. Do not contact me about Owl prints. Thank you.
The haunting call of an unseen owl has long been the stuff of legends. Found on every continent except Antarctica, the world's 200 owl species1 have adapted to thrive not only in forest habitats, but also in deserts,2 on tropical islands,3 and in the frigid Arctic tundra.4 These predatory, primarily nocturnal birds5 vary widely in size. The world's largest owl, the Blakiston’s Fish-Owl, has a wingspan that is just shy of six feet (two meters). (Researchers explain that it is so large that it is "...commonly mistaken for a person...or something out of a dream,"6) The world's smallest owl, the minute Elf Owl, barely weighs 1.6 ounces (45 grams).7 Of the 244 species of owl recognized by the IUCN Red List, four are listed as Critically Endangered, thirteen as Endangered, twenty-eight as Vulnerable, and twenty-six as Near Threatened. Threats to global owl biodiversity are wide ranging, but according to IUCN Red List data* the primary drivers of owl species decline are logging and wood harvesting, and agricultural development. Residential and commercial development, roads and railroads, and the climate crisis also put owls at risk.
*Based on a February 2022 search in the IUCN Red List database for the Order Strigiformes.
Owls Species Key
1 Eurasian Eagle Bubo bubo
2 Blakiston’s Fish Ketupa blakistoni
3 Fearful Nesasio solomonensis
4 Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
5 Arabian Scops Otus pamelae
6 Greater Sooty Tyto tenebricosa
7 Barn Tyto alba
8 Southern White-faced Ptilopsis granti
9 Visayan Scops Otus nigrorum
10 Spectacled Pulsatrix perspicillata
11 Oriental Bay Phodilus badius
12 Northern Hawk Surnia ulula
13 Papaun Hawk-Owl Uroglaux dimorpha
14 Flammulated Psiloscops flammeollus
15 Long Whiskered Owlet
Xenoglaux loweryi
16 Snowy Bubo scandiacus
17 Spotted Owlet Athene brama
18 Brown Fish Bubo zeylonensis
19 Sumba Boobook Ninox rudolfi
20 Elf Micrathene whitneyi
21 Bare-Legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii
22 Palau Pyrroglaux podarginus
23 Buff Fronted Aegolius harrisii
24 White-Fronted Scops Otus sagittatus
25 Moheli Scops Otus moheliensis
26 Jamaican Pseudoscops grammicus
27 Crested Lophostrix cristata
28 Northern Spotted
Strix occidentalis caurina
29 Great Grey Strix nebulosa
30 Long-Tufted Screech-Owl
Megascops sanctaecatarinae
31 Red Chested Owlet
Glaucidium tephronotum
32 Madagascar Long-eared
Asio madagascariensis
33 Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium costaricanum
34 Great Horned Bubo virginianus
Moth: Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia
CORVIDS OF THE WORLD
About
18 x 24” (46 x 61 cm)
18 x 24” Corvid prints are sold out. Due to the volume of messages I receive I am requesting that folks do not email or message me about these prints. I am not maintaining a wait list for APs. A smaller edition may be available in the future. Sign up for my mailing list and follow me on social media for updates. (Links below.)
There are over 100 species belonging to the family Corvidae.1 Commonly called corvids, these notoriously intelligent birds can be found on every continent except Antarctica.2 Although most readers may only be familiar with crows, jays and ravens, the family Corvidae encompasses a much wider variety of birds, including nutcrackers, magpies, treepies and choughs.3 Corvids vary greatly in both size and color, from the tiny blue Dwarf Jay4 to the largest of the passerine5 birds, the inky black Thick-billed6 and Common Ravens,7 to the brilliantly colored Javan Green Magpie. Across their many forms, all corvids share sturdy legs and feet, straight bills, and a single annual molt. Many have varied vocalizations, and can mimic sounds, including the calls of other birds.8 You can browse the vocalizations of sixteen North American corvids on The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds website. Corvids are perhaps most well known for their brainpower. Studies of ravens and crows have proven their ability to make and use tools, to solve puzzles,9 and to plan for the future.10 Of the 131 species of Corvids included in the IUCN Red List database*, three are listed as Critically Endangered, four as Endangered, and nine as Vulnerable. Logging and timber harvesting, disease, and the varied impacts of the climate crisis are numbered among their greatest threats.
Further Suggested Reading The engaging work of Kaeli Swift, Ph. D is an excellent resource for the corvid curious! Visit her website, and play her weekly “#CroworNo” game on Instagram.
*Based on a August 2022 search in the IUCN Red List database for the Order Corvidae.
Corvids Species Key
1 Green Jay Cyanocorax luxuosus
2 Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus
3 Plush Crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops
4 Dwarf Jay Cyanolyca nanus
5 White-throated Magpie Jay Calocitta formosa
6 Red-billed Cough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
7 Little Raven Corvus mellori
8 Hooded Treepie Crypsirina cucullata
9 Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleii
10 Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
11 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
12 Lidth’s Jay Garrulus lidthi
13 Xinjiang Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi
14 Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
15 Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
16 White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus
17 Javan Green Magpie Cissa thalassina
18 Stresemann’s Bush Crow Zavattariornis stresemanni
19 Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra
20 Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus
21 Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens
22 Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
23 Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans
24 Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
25 Common Raven Corvus corax
26 Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
27 Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata
28 Tufted Jay Cyanocorax dickeyi
29 White-throated Jay Cyanolyca mirabilis
30 Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
31 Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
32 Asir Magpie Pica asirensis
33 White-winged Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi
34 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
35 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
WIDOW SPIDERS
This drawing features nine species of the genus Latrodectus, commonly known as widow spiders.
Prints are currently available in my webstore.
Widow Spiders Species Key
1 South American Black Widow Latrodectus curacaviensis
2 Southern Black Widow Latrodectus mactans
3 Inland Black Button Latrodectus renivulvatus
4 Phinda Button Spider Latrodectus umbukwane
5 Red Widow Latrodectus bishopi
6 Western Black Widow Latrodectus Hesperus
7 Northern Black Widow Latrodectus variolus
8 Katipō Latrodectus katipo
9 European Black Widow Latrodectus tredecimguttatus