Evolution, extinction, and tropical biology are among the areas of interest that inform my work. I am drawn to the immediacy of watercolor and sketchbooks and use these as my primary means of expression, while my repertoire also includes highly technical specimen illustration, digital art, iconography, and design. Trained as a field ecologist, evolutionary biologist, and artist, I combine in my art an understanding of scientific processes, a fascination with the complexities and beauty of the natural world, and a keen desire to observe, document, and educate, in an era in which many of the world's ecosystems and species are threatened.

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Education
Certificate in Science Illustration, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 2002
BS Biology with Honors and Visual Art, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1999

Additional Coursework & Training
Apprenticeship with Isabella Kirkland, Sausalito, CA, 2003 - 2006
Intensive instruction in watercolor, Atelier Demonte, Brazil, August 2005
UC Berkeley Conservation Biology Graduate Seminar, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2003
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship, Panama, 2000
Boston University Tropical Ecology Program, Ecuador, Fall 1997
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Spring/Fall 1996 & Fall 1998

Seminars
Formes et Forces, Fondation de Treilles, Tourtour, France, September 2007

Clients
Action Caucus, San Francisco, CA
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
.......Paleontology Department
Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
.......Anthropology Department
.......Botany Department
.......Education
.......Entomology Department
.......Invertebrate Zoology & Geology Department
.......Special Events
Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS), Santa Cruz, CA
Central Natural Resources, Inc, Kansas City, MO
Conservation International, Washington, DC
Current TV, San Francisco, CA
Exploratorium: Nano Drawing Experiment, San Francisco, CA
Moxie, San Francisco, CA
New Progressive Coalition, Redwood City, CA
Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ
Scientific American Magazine, New York, NY
UC Berkeley Essig Museum of Entomology, Berkeley, CA
UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA
University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

Publications
The Afrotropical Species of Tachysphex Kohl (Pulawski, in press)
Animals of San Francisco Bay: A Field Guide (Mooi et al.)
Annual Review of Anthropology
Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera (Fisher & Cover)
Berkeley Science Review
Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium
The Cultivar (CASFS)
Current TV Online Gear Guide
Discovery Guide to the Common Benthic Animals of San Francisco Bay
Environmental News Network
Evolution of the Side-Necked Turtles (Gaffney, Tong, & Meylan)
Journal of Experimental Biology
Scientific American
Skin: A Natural History (Jablonski)
Vertebrate Life

Shows
2006 GNSI Annual Exhibition, The Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2006 The Art of Seeing, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2006 GNSI-CA Recent Works, Brisbane Public Library, Brisbane, CA
2005 GNSI-CA Recent Works, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
2004 GNSI Annual Exhibition, Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, VA
2003 GNSI Annual Exhibition, Denver Musuem of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
2003 The Horseshoe Crab: Art & Science, Higgins Art Gallery, W. Barnstable, MA
2003 Celebrating California's Coastline, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 UC Santa Cruz Illustrating Nature Exhibit, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 GNSI/Strybing Arboretum Pests & Pollinators Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
1999 Solo student show, Brown University, Providence, RI

Professional Associations
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI)
Society for Conservation Biology