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Catie Michel

@catiecreating.bsky.social

art | science illustration | murals | platinum prints catiemichel.com pay attention ✹ be astonished

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Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last mo.

North American Pollinators and their host plants: “Carrier Bag Theory of Conservation”. Inspired by Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction. On view at Goggleworks in PA for Creature Conserve. Prints available for preorder! #sciart #pollinators #moths #caterpillars #creatureconserve

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Nature Notes: Sand Creek, a 3,915 sq ft mural featuring five field notebooks celebrating plants and animals of the Sand Creek Greenway. Denver, CO 2025 #mural #sciart #wildlifeart #publicart #naturejournaling #birdart 🪶 #handpainted #muralart #natureart #fieldnotes #scicomm #naturalist #denverart

The artist stands on the ground next to a huge red-winged blackbird flying through blades of grass against a pink background. A notebook is visible behind the artist, showing notes written in both Spanish and English about the blackbird.

A distant view of the large mural along a bike trail and native plants. Notebooks with plants and animals are painted along the mural under a blue and cloudy sky.

The artist poses on the ground next to a large raccoon against a pink background, next to a rabbit, butterfly, and blue grama grass. There is a notebook next to the raccoon with notes about mammal tracks in both Spanish and English.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Nearly 30 organisms persist in a busy Northern CA tide pool, created for the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. A model of collective survival under pressure, free from supremacy and centralized power. Ink on Bristol, 11x17 in. #sciart #marineart #birdart #oceanart 🪶 🐙 #scicomm #tidepool

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A black heron mid-pose in its umbrella/canopy feeding behavior, surrounded by fellow flora and fauna of the Chobe River. Acrylic on birch, 36 x 36 inches. #heron #chobe #wildlifeart #sciart #birdart #wetlands #natureart #acrylicpainting 🪶

A black egret in the midst of its umbrella/canopy feeding behavior, surrounded by a circle of flora and fauna of the Chobe River.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Day 5 for #BirdArtWeek2026 theme #RuleBreakers: the American Dipper. Dippers are the only aquatic songbird! #birdart #dippers #freshwater #pendrawing #wildlifeart #sciart #aquatichabitat #water 🪶 @cornellbirds.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Ballpoint pen and charcoal drawing on grey toned paper of an American dipper standing in splashing flowing river water having just caught a caddisfly.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Day 4 of #BirdArtWeek2026 with a Great Cormorant for #SpectacularSeabirds #birdart #cormorant #seabirds #wildlifeart #ballpoint #charcoal #pendrawing #sciart 🪶 @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

A Great Cormorant perching on rock is drawn in pen and charcoal on grey paper.

Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 7mo ago

An animated graphic showing wingbeats of different birds. This one is so beautiful. Image: Eleanor Lutz tabletopwhale.com/2014/09/29/f...

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Day 2 of @cornellbirds.bsky.social #BirdArtWeek2026 for the prompt #HiddenBirds: a Common squirrel cuckoo. Not a terribly shy bird, but it took me ages to finally spot one amongst the leaves! #cuckoos #birdart #birddrawing #ballpointpen #wildlifeart

A common squirrel cuckoo is drawn perched on a branch with a whorl of leaves.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Day 1 of @cornellbirds.bsky.social #BirdArtWeek2026 with the prompt #BirdsWithWhimsy: the Black-Billed Magpie. #birdart #magpieart #birddrawing #magpies #ballpointpen

A flying black-billed magpie is drawn with ballpoint pen and charcoal on grey-tones paper.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Recent commission of Broad-tailed hummingbirds and Gambel's quail gathering round scarlet hedgehog X fishhook cacti hybrids in celebration of the Sonoran Desert. Acrylic on birch, 36x48 inches. #sonorandesert #hummingbirdart #quails #cacti #acrylicpainting #paintingcommission

Bright red flowers adorn four scarlet hedgehog X fishhook cacti hybrids. A male Broad-tailed hummingbird perches atop one bloom, and a female flies towards one. A female, male, and three Gambel quail chicks trot around the base of the cacti. All is painted on a birch wood panel; the grain of the wood is visible in the background.

The artist stands holding the 4-ft tall wood panel with birds and cacti painted on it. A large saguaro cacti stands tall behind them, and a cholla cacti bursts about behind them as well. The cloud is overcast.

Detail image zoomed in of the painting showing the bright red cacti flowers and numerous needles, the head of the mail Gamble's quail, and both of the Broad-tailed hummingbirds (one perched, one flying).

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

New mural complete in Arvada, CO, created by many hands! It has been a longtime dream to host nature walks, incorporate the community’s observations into the design, and invite volunteers to kick off the mural for community paint days. #publicart #mural #natureart #commission #colorado #painting 🪶

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

Nigh Flight: Blackpoll Warblers Platinum of ink and charcoal 12 x 12 inches #platinumprint #migratorybirds #blackpoll #alternativeprocess #birdart 🪶

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

Details of “Good Warm Light” 💚 #acrylicpainting #pitcherplant #steelhead #pupfish #mushrooms #sciart #fishart 🪶

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

“Good Warm Light” Named after Frida Kahlo’s description of the color green 💚 18 x 24 inches Acrylic on birch #acrylicpainting #hummingbird #birdart #snakeart #sciart #plantart #ferns #frog #serpentine #moths 🪶

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

Preview of a new painting “Good Warm Light” named after Frida Kahlo’s description of the color green from her person writings in 1957. 18x24 acrylic on birch #green #hummingbird #lunamoth #ferns #acrylic #painting #natureart

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

Chambered nautilus, white pens and acrylic on board. 4 ft x 3 ft. #nautilus #oceanart #marinelife #sciart #scientificillustration #cephalopod #marineart

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

A giant Pacific octopus, white pens and acrylic on board. 4 ft x 3 ft. Inspired by 18th century Lord Bodner’s copper plate engraving. #sciart #marineart #octopus #oceanart #marinelife #scienceart #cephalopod

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

Magpies and mule deer mural for Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater and the Museum of Outdoor Arts in Greenwood Village, CO! Acrylic and latex, 15 x 8ft. 🪶 #birdart #deer #mural #publicart #handpainted #colorado #wildlife #magpie #muralartist #acrylic #sciart #conservation

Full view of the mural. Three magpies and a mule deer.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

One of three spreads for Mad! Agriculture Journal issue 12, recently published. Watercolor and ink. #botanicalillustration #sciart #garlic #botany #plants #scientificillustration #agriculture

A full spread depicting garlic and its features in both ink and watercolor.

The same full spread of garlic and its features in ink and watercolor, but labeled with hand-written notes.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

Platinum-palladium of Pacific sardines at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in CA. #sardines #marinelife #platinum #printmaking #fishart #alternativeprocess

Close up of Pacific sardines, some reflecting the sunlight.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

A platinum-palladium artwork of Meca’Ayo and a screech owl for today’s #SuperbOwl 🪶 Part of an ongoing series of portraits/interviews of women+nonbinary individuals. 30x22 in, platinum, graphite, watercolor on paper #platinumpalladium #alternativeprinting #portrait #birdart #owl

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

This mural was such a joy to create for Art Gym Denver’s conference room last spring. It features four local hummingbird species darting across a wall of paint strokes. 22 x 9 ft, latex house paint and acrylic. #birds #mural #hummingbirds #sciart #birdart #painting

I am wearing a grey jumpsuit and am standing on my tiptoes to paint the hummingbird’s gorget (colorful throat feathers).

A full view of the mural and the conference room tables.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · last yr.

A spread from my field notebook detailing snorkel survey sights in Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja CA, MX as a research asst for a marine biology course. All three sea stars on the right were on the same rock! #fieldnotes #sciart #marinelife #fish #naturejournal #addocean #marinebiology

An open notebook laying on the sand with a mechanical pencil resting on top shows sketches from my field notebook of fish, marine algae, and sea stars seen while snorkeling survey sights in Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja CA, MX. I was a research assistant for a college marine biology course and this was my field notebook.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ladder-backed woodpecker perches atop a murex shell. Part of a series of acrylic paintings in which various species curiously resemble one another yet would likely never meet—an exploration of color, pattern, and form. #acrylicpainting #birdart #sciart #birds #woodpecker #shell

A ladder-backed woodpecker perches atop a murex shell. Both painted with acrylic on a raw birch wood panel.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 2y ago

Eurasian hoopoe perches atop a nautilus shell. Part of a series of acrylic paintings in which various species curiously resemble one another yet would likely never meet—an exploration of color, pattern, and form. #acrylicpainting #hoopoe #nautilus #birdart #birds

A Eurasian hoopoe is perched atop a nautilus shell, both painted in acrylic on a raw birch wooden panel.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 2y ago

CA scrub jay on scrub oak ✺ Ballpoint pen, white charcoal, and white gel pen on grey-toned paper #birds #birddrawing #oak

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 2y ago

Western hemlock, Golden-crowned kinglets, Common loons, and Chinook fry; pen and ink on paper! #commonloon #penandink #sciart #chinook

A branch of western hemlock with golden-crowned kinglets hangs over an adult common loon with two chicks riding on its back. Two chinook salmon fry swim below.

Henry Adams, MSc (they/them)@henrysciart.bsky.social · 2y ago

A plate from my upcoming field guide project, Winter Wildlife of Chicago #scientificillustration #procreate #wildlifeart #queerartist #queerscientist

A field guide plate with illustrations of ten wildlife species that can be found in Chicago during the winter, including American Coot, Great Blue Heron, Swamp Rose Mallow seed pods, and more. The illustrations were made using Procreate and have graphite and watercolor components with a muted color pallet.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 2y ago

A Violet-Eared hummingbird perches atop an abalone shell. Part of a series of acrylic paintings in which various species curiously resemble one another yet would likely never meet—an exploration of color, pattern, and form. #hummingbirdart #abalone #acrylicpainting #birdpainting #addbirder

A violet-eared hummingbird is perched atop a large abalone shell. Painted with acrylic on raw birch wood panel. The iridescence of hummingbird as well as its colors resemble the mother-of-pearl shimmer and color of the abalone shell.

Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello! I make murals, scientific illustrations, drawings, paintings, and platinum prints. Here is a recent drawing of a Cactus Wren on grey-toned paper. #birdart #sciart #scienceillustration

A Cactus Wren perched on a cactus is drawn on grey-toned paper with ballpoint pen, white charcoal, and white gel pen.