Art inspired by biology, created by a biologist
This is a recent pet portrait commissioned as a birthday present. 14″ x 11″ (20″ x 16″ matted) drawn with Gioconda pastel pencils on Pastelmat. See the “making of” timelapse below and on youtube.
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“Zoe,” a recent pet portrait commission. 14″ x 11″ Gioconda pastel pencils on Pastelmat
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A recent commission of this wonderful labrador/pitt bull mix named “Kaimana” or just “Kai.” He’s also my neighbor.
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I must say, I put more work into this piece than any other I’ve ever done. I literally spent months working on it in short bursts, followed by a couple of weeks of more intense work. I lost count of how many dozens of hours went into it. The reference photo I used was taken by the excellent breast cancer scientist (and my colleague) Dr. Ryan Hartmaier at the Pittsburgh zoo. You can buy prints of this piece HERE.
This is a commission I recently completed. This was my first attempt at a pet commission with pastel pencils instead of graphite, and I’m incredibly happy with how he turned out.
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