Painted Pansy

Description: Hand-painted holiday cactus species in gouache, arranged digitally. Includes 3 varieties that I own and adore, traditional christmas cactus, thanksgiving cactus, and easter cactus.

Description: 30 species of Isopod in a repeating pattern! Hand-painted in watercolor and pen.

Description: 30 species of Isopod in a repeating pattern! Hand-painted in watercolor and pen.

Description: A stag beetle made up of wild roses, with brambles becoming legs and pincers, and flowers and leaves becoming its body.

Description: Triops longicaudatus, an amazing fossil-like invertebrate, hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Lucimormetica verrucosa, the warty glowspot roach, hand-painted in watercolor! In the wild, their head spots glow in the dark, while in captivity, they glow under blacklight.

Description: A currently unidentified species of isopod from Vietnam currently called Merulanella sp. "Scarlet." It may be a morph of Merulanella sp. "Tricolor," as Tricolor individuals appear in captive Scarlet colonies, implying that "Scarlet" coloration may be caused by a recessive gene. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Porcellio scaber "Lava" is a beautiful morph caused by a mix of complex phenotypes that cause a wide variety of patterns in a mottled red/orange and black/dark gray color. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: A beautifully shaped isopod that reminds me of a dinosaur, Stigmops howensis. The colors on this isopod are an educated guess as there are no live photos of this species available. They are based on description and other related species in its genus. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: A collection of five hand-painted North American ducks! Including a mallard duck, bufflehead duck, common goldeneye, American wigeon, and a wood duck.

Description: An Armadillidium vulgare isopod infected with iridovirus, which causes crystals to form underneath their exoskeleton and thus, turns them blue. This phenomenon is tragically beautiful and lethal to the isopod, but harmless to humans. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: A currently unidentified species of isopod labeled in the invertebrate hobby as Cubaris sp. "Rubber Ducky." This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Watercolor anemone flowers and several kinds of eucalyptus arranged in a repeating pattern!

Description: A repeating pattern of a vintage greenhouse. Nothing can be more of a status symbol than an Orangerie in Victorian times!

Description: Porcellio scaber "Orange Embers" has a lovely gradient from light yellow/cream to orange. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Porcellionides pruinosus "powder blue," the wild type coloration of p. pruinosus. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Armadillidium vulgare isopod with the "magic potion" patterning, with orange spots instead of black! This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: 5 species of North American waterbirds, specifically ducks, layered in a repeating pattern! Includes wood ducks, American wigeons, common goldeneyes, mallard ducks, and bufflehead ducks. Hand-painted in acrylic paint and layered digitally.

Description: 5 species of North American waterbirds, specifically ducks, layered in a repeating pattern! Includes wood ducks, American wigeons, common goldeneyes, mallard ducks, and bufflehead ducks. Hand-painted in acrylic paint and layered digitally.

Description: Cubaris sp. "Lemon Blue," a beautiful unidentified species of isopod. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Porcellio werneri, a giant Spanish isopod species. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Hand-painted amphibians in mixed media, turned into a repeating pattern!

Description: Trachelipus caucasus, a beautiful and under-rated isopod. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: The 5 types of Pacific Salmon (Coho, Chinook, Sockeye, Chum, and Pink) layered in a repeating pattern! Hand-painted in acrylic paint and layered digitally.

Description: Porcellio bolivari, a giant Spanish isopod. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: Porcellio expansus orange, an orange locality of a giant Spanish isopod species. This isopod is hand-painted in watercolor!

Description: The diversity of moths never fails to astound me. Wasp moth in watercolor, species cosmosoma thia?

Description: Hand-painted watercolor California Quail, assembled into a repeating pattern digitally.

Description: A digital painting and repeating pattern featuring the Pantone 2022 color of the year, Veri Peri!

Description: A digital drawing of 3 separate tiles emulating linoleum block prints, telling the story of a kayaker and an orca whale pod! Inspired by boating in the San Juan Islands of Washington State.

Description: Digital variegated monstera deliciosa in a repeating pattern and soft, pastel limited color palette!

Description: The 5 species of Pacific salmon painted in acrylic! Top to bottom, there are the pink salmon, coho salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, and chinook (king) salmon.

Description: One of the 5 species of Pacific salmon painted in acrylic! This is the Coho Salmon, the other 4 are also available individually, as well as all together.

Description: One of the 5 species of Pacific salmon painted in acrylic! This is the Pink Salmon, the other 4 are also available individually, as well as all together.

Description: One of the 5 species of Pacific salmon painted in acrylic! This is the Chinook (AKA King) Salmon, the other 4 are also available individually, as well as all together.

Description: One of the 5 species of Pacific salmon painted in acrylic! This is the Chum Salmon, the other 4 are also available individually, as well as all together.