Blue Acropora and Brain
Mermaid Scientist Interview at Art After Dark
Artist Interview for Art After Dark by Highlight Media (from the last show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEi_w3MPdJc
Mermaid Scientist Art Show
Come join us for a night of art, wine and chocolate!
There will be juice for the younger mermaids
Friday June 6th, 2014
Mama Ganache Artisan Chocolates
1445 Monterey Street,
San Luis Obispo
RSVP at our Face Book Event Page:
Mermaid Scientist Lecture in the Bahamas, March 11th at the Leon Levy Preserve
All are welcome!
The Mermaid Scientist Art Show
The Mermaid Scientist Show at Art After Dark was a success!
Watch reporter Jason Reed from Highlight Media interview the artist here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEi_w3MPdJc
the butter cream sea creature cupcakes were a hit with the little mermaids in training
Thank you to Green Goods for their help in hand crafting
the beautiful frames out of reclaimed red wood and sustainably grown bamboo.
Thank you to all my friends and family for coming to the show
Art Show February 7th, 2014
Art After Dark in a monthly Art Show Event in San Luis Obispo
Illustrations from The Mermaid Scientist Alphabet Book will be showcased at Anaya Acupuncture
Address: 1264 Higuera Street Suite 102D
(Next to Vintage Wine Bar on Monterey Street & Johnson Ave)
Come peruse some fish art and enjoy!
U is for Urchin – part deux – in color
Pyllacanthus imperialis – Imperial Pencil Urchin
Echinometra mathaei – Matha’s Sea Urchin
Mesplia globula – Jewel Case Sea Urchin
Tagalog/Tagbanua: Tayong
There is a lovely variety of colorful sea urchins with all lengths and sizes of spines in the Coral Triangle. The Imperial Pencil Urchin is a dramatic orange maroon, Matha’s Sea Urchin has brown white tipped spines like a hedgehog and the Jewel case urchin has a vibrant royal blue that shines within the sea grass beds.
Z is for Zooxanthellae
Z is for Zooxanthellae
Scientific name/Genus: Symbiodinium
Tagalog word for green: Berde
The teeny green Zooxanthellae,
Lives like a freckle in an anemone tentacle.
They sway together in the sun,
Sharing and growing until the day is done.
W is for Whale Shark
Scientific name: Rhincodon typus
Tagbanua/Tagologue: Butanding
The biggest fish in the entire ocean.
A gentle giant, a ‘’whale of a shark ‘’.
She cruises the ocean and eats pink clouds of krill,
She does not have teeth like other sharks,
so no need to worry if you meet in the warm tropical seas of the Coral Triangle.
U is for Urchin
Pyllacanthus imperialis – Imperial Pencil Urchin
Diadema spp. – Long Spined Urchin
Echinometra mathaei – Matha’s Sea Urchin
Mesplia globula – Jewel Case Sea Urchin
Tagalog/Tagbanua: Tayong
There is a lovely variety of colorful sea urchins with all lengths and sizes of spines in the Coral Triangle. The Imperial Pencil Urchin is a dramatic orange maroon, Diadema is a dramatic black with electric blue highlights, Matha’s Sea Urchin has brown white tipped spines like a hedgehog and the Jewel case urchin has a vibrant royal blue that shines within the sea grass beds.
(this is a pencil sketch pre watercolor)
T is for Turtle
T is for The Green Sea Turtle
Scientific name: Chelonia mydas
Pawikan
I am a Green Sea Turtle and turtles are reptiles.
I munch on tasty sea grass shoots.
I glide through the ocean hunting delicious jellyfish.
I can hold my breath for 7200 seconds, That is 2 whole hours.
Unlike land turtles, I am super fast!
With a flick of my fins away I go
Away to the places only sea turtles know.
S is for Sea Snake Secret
Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina
Common Name: Banded Sea Krait
Tagalog: Walo Walo
I am shy, slender and graceful.
I swim gently along the sunny reef looking for tiny fish to eat.
I float on the surface to fill my lungs
I float to warm up in the sun.
Once in a blue moon I go ashore, to a sea cave hidden from the world.
There is a dry sandy beach where my secret is safe.
The secret is my dear little sea snake babies.
The sea cave is where my babies are born from their eggs.
Being born in a safe cave will protect them from hungry sea monsters.
R is for Reef
R is for Reef Realestate
Native Name: Bahura
The Reef is an underwater ocean city
Made of the colors & creatures also found in the depths of your imagination.
Brilliant blue angels & purple porcupines
Tangerine sponges & lemon sharks
Dolphin queens & dugong kings
Creepy crawlers, poisonous spines, silky pearls & polka dots
of every shape and size.
Some eat plants, some eat each other.
Forever living, forever breathing, watching, building, swimming and eating.
They dance, enchant and take your breath away.
Forever & ever & ever
Mermaid Scientist in Chalk
Mermaid Scientist at the San Luis Obispo Mission de Tolosa 2013 I’Madonnari. Artists Claudia Makeyev and Jonathan Haile sketched, spritzed and smeared bright colors into pavement under a HOT September sun. This work was sponsored by the delicious local favorite Farb’s Bakery. Proceeds went to The Children’s Creative Project, which enhances the arts education programs in the San Luis Obispo County schools and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Central Coast Chapter.
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