Art
I enjoy wood burning, and often create pieces for those who inspire me, as thank yous, for fun, and yearly for the auction at the annual American Arachnological Society meetings as my way of giving back to the community.
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Pieces marked with TOL refer to a larger "Tree of Life" project. I aim to wood burn an individual from each major group of animals, tracking significant evolutionary changes.
2018 - Neogea nocticolor
For the American Arachnological Society Meeting Auction
2019 - Leucauge venusta
For the American Arachnological Society Meeting Auction
2018 - Flatworm - TOL #4
Platyhelminthes exhibit bilateral symmetry, but no respiratory or circulatory systems. This one is a work in progress.
2017 - Jellyfish - TOL #3
Radial symmetry marks the next phase in the evolution of animal life.
2015 - Sponge Cross Section - TOL #2
The cross section of a sponge reveals cooperative choanocytes similar to the choanoflagellate of the previous piece.
2014 - Choanoflagellate - TOL #1
Choanoflagellates are single-celled, free-living or colonial organisms considered to be the closest living relatives of animals.
2014 - Dictyna voltaris
2013 - Spider on a Dandelion
For the American Arachnological Society Meeting Auction
2011 - Salticidae
For the American Arachnological Society Meeting Auction
2011 - Dolomedes tenebrosus
2011 - Latrodectus hesperus
2011 - termite head, unknown sp.
2011 - Prosimulium mixtum feeding on a human
2011 - Hypochilus pococki fang 14" x 20"
2011 - Hyptiotes cavatus
2010 - Tibicen sp.
2010 - Nephila clavipes
2010 - Aliatypus sp.
2010 - Sabacon occidentalis
2010 - Double-sided Hypochilis pococki eating a tipulid and web.