Jay Rasgorshek
@jrasgorshek.bsky.social
Scientific Illustrator/muralist contributor. https://jayrasgorshek.com/
The first mural of the season has wrapped up! I’m stoked to showcase this riverside scene of local birds and birds found in and around the Boise River Area. Super proud for how it turned out for such a quick turnaround project. #scientificillustration #mural
One of my smoky quartz illustrated. Dug from the bitterroot mountains. The reason smoky quartz is so dark is that it gets radiated from the earth. The more dark and opaque a smoky gets, the less it’s been exposed. #sciart #specimenillustration #geology
With all the absolute insanity in the world, I continue to paint and contribute to the city of Boise. This was sponsored by PFCU and created for Idaho River Sports. I had a blast and met several organizers like Idaho Rivers United. . #sciart #murals #scientificillustration
Hire me if you want to combat climate change. Whenever I install a mural, a storm inevitably rolls in whether we are in a dry season or not. #murals #artprocess
Some progress updates from my newest mural near White Water Park.
Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general. If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.
Three years ago, I stood outside three hours in frigid conditions for the gift of a 30-second view of this magnificent bird. The genus of the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus, comes from the Greek "ixos," or mistletoe.
Here’s some cool new hematite amethyst material coming out of a brand new spot in NA. The geodes themselves are a couple hundred pounds and are lined with lemon yellow agate and are incased in limestone. They are from a very remote corner of main land America, one that has few visitors. #geology
Table No. 43 - Nudibranchia Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel 🦑 🐡 #art #SciArt #MarineBiology 💙📚 #Booksky 📚👀
These guys just live rent free running through my head. There's nothing like stumbling across a whole herd of them in winter. #sciart
One of the illustrations created for an interpretive panel for the USFS. (I did a bunch of native bush florals as well) This was commissioned to show the non native Spruce root system compared to the native Larch's system at a camp ground where several old growth spruces were felled. #sciart
Terrific new mural in Sand City CA - created last month at the 5th Sand City Mural Festival. By SF Bay Area muralist Liv Losee-Unger (orluarts on insta). #mural
Some photos taken from my most recent mural up along the Idaho/Washington Border celebrating the Camas Lily, an important flower to the Nez Peirce and the Palouse Prairie.
I miss doing en plein air painting so much but I just don’t have the time to dedicate to it anymore. These were some of my last sketchbook paintings that I’ve done circa 2018 or so at the boise zoo.
『君にプレゼント』 自宅の庭で時々みかけるニホントカゲ。尻尾が青くてちょっと宝物を見つけた感がありますね😊 #渡辺孝夫デジタル作品集 In Japan, there is a lizard with a beautiful blue tail named “Nihon-tokage” (Japanese Lizard). I see them in my garden, and when I see them, I feel very lucky. #Illustration
