Huggies and Snackies!

Meghan Jones@studio-mbj.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Wellllll look who has some associates! Got these adorable brittle stars onto the sponge this week, besties at the bottom just hugging and snacking! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

We had a lovely write up in Issue 25 of the Deep-Sea Life newsletter! You can check out the whole issue here: www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/u... #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑

Deep-sea housing complex of sponges varieties, offering crustaceans refuge and a place to snack. "There Grows the Neighborhood" — 16x20” Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team @unseenocean.bsky.social! #sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective

On this fine fall day, we have some little baby deep-sea octopus 🐙 #deepseaoctopus #babyoctopus #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective #deepseacreatures #🐙

Working away on this #deepsea carnivorous sponge, crinoid and brittle star painting. It’s getting there, probably 75% done now, adding all the details and rainbow colors is my fav part! #deepseacreatures #coldwatersponges 🐡🦑 #invertebrates #acrylicpainting #marinebiology #art #painting #artist

Phantom of the Sea Lilies — deep-sea Antimora fish swims among golden sea lilies (stalked crinoids, animals related to sea stars and urchins) and spindly stalks of orange coral #deep-sea #sciart #natureillustration #deepseaart #deepseacreatures

Some of the best tide-pool viewing here in southeast Alaska is during our chilly winter days. The Christmas Anemone in particular is an exciting find! Winter Anemone — 9x16 acrylic on canvas #christmasanemone #tidepool #sciart #marinelife #marinebioart

Study of some favored food of the North Pacific humpback whale: krill, salmon smolt, capelin, sand lance, and herring 🐟 #sketch #fishes #whalechow #sciart #foodweb

Mushroom coral, mushroom coral, you are sooooo beautiful 😍 almost done this painting and I love the details phase- especially when it’s a mushroom coral! Beauty. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social

In the darkness there is light (aurora over Juneau, Alaska mountains) — 18x24 Acrylic on canvas #northernlights #aurora #alaska #beautyinthedark #acrylicpainting #landscapeart

Sea stars feast on a tree of deep-sea coral, leaving behind a delicate golden skeleton. “The Slow Death” — 16x20” Gouache Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team of artists @unseenocean.bsky.social! #sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective

A nod to a local terrestrial inhabitant of the Tongass National Forest, the Mountain Goat. #sciart #coloredpencilart #naturestudy #tongassnationalforest #alaskawildlife #mountaingoat

It doesn’t quite feel like a true Southeast Alaska day without a little rain and mist amongst the Tongass forest trees. Lone Seawolf — 9x16” watercolor/gouache #orca #tongassnationalforest #marinemammalconservation #sciart #alaska #northpacific #natureart

Hello from Juneau, Alaska! Here you will find alpine-to-ocean illustrations and art by me (Kierstin). I hope to spark interest in the natural world around us, and make science approachable for all ages 🏔️🌲🐋🦀 You can also follow me here: X @gsstudios907 IG @golden.spiral.studios