Christopher Kovacs

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This painting features a 4 x 4 inch post of pressure-treated wood that has probably escaped from a wharf, and is now fighting a losing battle against nature in a rocky intertidal zone. Its rotting surface has created multiple contrasts of textures, colors, and other elements. The wood is now home to a multitude of periwinkle sea snails or winkles (Littorina littorea) that are clinging to its surface. To the left, jutting out of a split in the post, is a cluster of golden spindles fungus (Clavulinopsis fusiformis), a jelly fungus that thrives on decaying hardwood. To the right is a multicolored (yellow, orange, blue, purple, and green) mass of seaweed, despite its name being common brown seaweed (Fucus vesiculosus). This seaweed is also called bladderwrack or sea grapes to acknowledge the air-filled bladders or spheres that keep it afloat. When drying out on a shoreline like this, the seaweed provides a canopy that protects other smaller organisms.

My newest watercolour painting "Shore Life" depicts a 4x4 post of pressure treated wood that is losing a battle against the elements. It's become a home for abundant sea life along a rocky shore in #Newfoundland

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The January 2026 issue of the journal Diabetes Care features my painting “Calm Reflection” on the cover and has a one page biography that details my parallel careers in endocrinology and art…

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A watercolor painting featuring a white boathouse surrounded by green trees, colorful rocks, blue water, and the weather wood remnants of a multilevel wharf. A wood staircase ascends to the unseen roadway above.

My newest watercolor painting "Wreckage of Memories" depicts an iconic boathouse and wharf in Coley's Point #Newfoundland, which were important to my wife and her family until hurricane Fiona caused irreparable damage and the wharf was swept away.

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This watercolor painting shows waterfall split in two by a large rock. The waterfall is flanked on either side by lush greenery. At the bottom, the water spills, splashes, and foams around the surrounding rocks. The sky is bright blue with white clouds.

My newest watercolour painting “Twin Falls” features a spectacular waterfall encountered along a walking trail in Gros Morne National Park, #Newfoundland.

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The cover of the textbook shows four paintings of mine, including a pregnant woman contemplating her baby in the womb; a toddler enjoying a book about what to expect during the toddler years; a newborn having her first bath; and a breastfeeding woman with her baby.

I'm delighted to announce publication of the 2nd edition of a textbook I conceived and edited. Some 120 authors, 55 chapters, and 2 essays examine endocrine physiology and diseases during pregnancy, lactation, and fetal development. My 4 paintings adorn the cover.

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This figure, a graphical abstract summary of the paper, depicts a human fetus with a focus on the roles of the placenta, intestines, kidneys, and bones in the flow of calcium. The evidence concerning calcitriol's role is summarized in the bulleted text.

This just-published review article of mine examines human and animal data about the role of calcitriol (active vitamin D) in the regulation of fetal mineral and bone metabolism. The article is open access (freely available) at the link.

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This is mine…

A colorful watercolor painting Stevie Nicks with arms raised, tambourine in the crook of her elbow, bright colors streaming behind her and also from the tambourine.

My latest watercolor painting "One-Winged Dove" isn’t a #Newfoundland scene but depicts the incomparable Stevie Nicks performing live with Fleetwood Mac. The title is explained on my website at the link:
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This is a watercolor painting of Aspen in her element: traipsing through cold snow near sunset in the backyard on Three Island Pond, abruptly halting as she spots bunnies to be stalked and chased. There’s a colorful red-orange-blue sky with a fiery white-and-yellow sunset at the waterline, tall evergreens in silhouette, a frozen lake reflecting the sunset, and three rabbits near the shore on alert as the husky-like dog Aspen has just paused, assessing the scene before beginning to stalk her prey. I like to think this is Aspen in dog heaven, unleashed in snow, and now possessing a top speed to reach the bunnies at last. You go, girl!

My new watercolor painting "Aspen, Stalking Bunnies" depicts a beloved dog in an idealized #Newfoundland scene where she might be able to catch those bunnies at last. Full story in the description of the painting on my website.

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Journal of the Endocrine Society | Oxford Academic Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES), an open access publication, provides rapid peer review and publication of research and other contributions that advance basic science, clinical science, and cli...

Delighted to report that Journal of the Endocrine Society
(@endocrinesociety.bsky.social) selected my recent review article (about osteoporosis associated with pregnancy and lactation) as article of the week, highlighted on their main page. Also it's a free read (open access).

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This painting shows a natural rock formation that looks like a large chair, upon which two young cousins site and gaze out at the Atlantic Ocean. The sky above them is multicolored from recent rain and clearing of clouds.

My latest watercolor painting "Kindred" depicts two cousins upon the infamous Devil’s Rocking Chair on Fogo Island in #Newfoundland. Apparently the devil sits there at night and lights up a smoke...

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A view of Ten Mile Pond in Gros Morne National Park. Deep blue waters pass by cliffs that were carved by glaciers.

My newest watercolor painting "Glacial Carving" features a scene from Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of the island of #Newfoundland. Home to moose, caribou, black bears, and much more wildlife.

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Just before midnight on July 29, 2025, this historic and colorful fishing stage, plus the smaller pair to the left, and the accompanying wharves, all burned down to the water. Firefighters had no access to these structures by road, and no ability to fight the fire from the water.

A profile shot in which the photographer managed to make me look good!

This university newspaper article discusses my ongoing fascination with and research into adaptations in calcium and bone metabolism that occur during fetal development, pregnancy, and lactation.

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Multiple large rocks of varied colors and textures line the shoreline of Georges Bay. A small red and white buoy signals the presence of a lobster trap, which is submerged nearby.

My new watercolor painting "Rocky Hues" depicts the colorful rocky shoreline of Georges Bay in Holyrood, Newfoundland. A small red-and-white buoy signals the presence of a lobster trap, submerged to the right.

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A two-story orange-brown wooden home perched on ocean waters in the harbor of Quidi Vidi Gut, with a colorful rocky cliff face behind it.

My latest watercolour painting “Haven in the Gut” features a delightful home precariously poised on the water in Quidi Vidi Gut, part of St. John’s, #Newfoundland.

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#NewfoundlandLabrador

Isn't that correctly a trade paperback? I don't think this was ever released in hardcover by that publisher (I read and collect all books by Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social)

A watercolor painting featuring Bruce Springsteen in the center flanked by Clarence Clemons on the left and Steve Van Zandt on the right. They are brightly colored spotlit figures with a dark stage behind them.

For a change of pace from the usual #Newfoundland scenes that I do, my latest watercolor painting “Born to Run” features Bruce Springsteen (@officialbruce.bsky.social), Clarence Clemons, and Little Steven as they were at the Glastonbury Festival in 2009.

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A watercolor painting showing vibrant blue and turquoise waters surrounding a dark cliff face, upon which are a white and red lighthouse and support buildings, and dilapidated WWII concrete bunkers. The snow is white in the sunlit areas and bright blue in the shadows.

My new watercolour painting “Winter at Fort Amherst” shows the lighthouse and old WWII bunkers that guard the harbour of St. John’s, #Newfoundland. The dark cliffside is etched in white and bright blue lines from the snow.

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#NewfoundlandLabrador

Thank you!

A watercolor painting of a spectacular, multi-colored aurora borealis as seen in the sky over Nunavut, but depicted here as it might have been over the harbor in St. John's, Newfoundland.

My latest watercolour painting “Dancing Aurora” borrows an image of the aurora borealis over #Nunavat to depict what it might have looked like over the harbour in St. John’s, #Newfoundland.

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I’ve received another 5-year research grant, this one totalling >$1M, from CIHR. Together with its predecessor MRC of Canada, this means my lab will have been funded from 1999 through 2030 at least… Thanks also to my students and collaborators!

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A watercolor painting showing colorful and sharply contrasted stones among the trickling water at Middle Cove Beach

My first watercolour painting of 2025 is “Stonescape,” featuring a close-up view of colorful stones and trickling water on Middle Cove Beach in #Newfoundland. The stones look almost surrealistic but they’re all natural.

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Las Vegas 1993 for me! And every one since then!

A colourful watercolour painting of a white boat in deep blue waters of the harbour of Bay Roberts in Newfoundland, Canada

My final watercolour painting for 2024 is “Bob’n Around,” a colorful scene in the harbour of Bay Roberts, #Newfoundland.

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I think it was the first science fiction novel I ever read. It’s what got me started!

I was wondering when you would continue this! Here is my day four choice…

Red Knight!

A colorful watercolour painting of the rocky coastline of Newfoundland with the mist rolling over the ocean as the weather clears from recent rain. A solitary person looks out from atop the high cliff.

My latest watercolour painting “Rolling Mist” depicts a colourful scene of the Atlantic Ocean, the rocky #Newfoundland coastline from the #SkerwinkTrail, and a solitary person atop the cliff.

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