Colored pencil and watercolor of Doto greenamyeri nudibranch with large ballon-like cerata

Nudibranch du jour for #nudivember. This one,doto greenamyeri, is the weirdest yet. The giant balloon things are their cert and used for breathing and maybe digestion? Weird! And they can be cast off and regenerated. Weirder!
#nudibranch #sciart #dotogreenamyeri #weirdmarineorganisms #oceanart

Dendrodoris behrensii nudibranch colored pencil drawing of semi-transparent White Sea slug with brown spots

Dendrodoris behrensi, nudibranch du jour. I used colored pencil but watercolor might have worked better. Next time!
#nudivember #nudibranch #dendrodorisbehrensi #seaslug #oceanart #waterart #marinebiology

Purple and yellow watercolor painting g of chromodoris luteosea nudibranch

Today’s nudi:Chromodoris luterosea. Lovely purple and yellow blob. I used mostly watercolor with a little colored pencil and a little gouache.
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology

Next nudibranch : Hypselodoris obscura from Australia. So much better than doomscrolling!#nudivember #nudibranch #seaslug #hypselodoris #oceanart #ocean #sciart

Next nudibranch, diaphorodoris mission in chalk and colored pencil. Weirdly, this one was harder to draw. Maybe a dark background would help.
#nudivember #nudibranch #sciart #oceanart #ocean

Tambja affinis nudibranch colored pencil drawing

Nudievember! I did a colored pencil drawing of Tambja affinis, today’s nudibranch. My favorite part is that I have to spend 20 minutes looking up nudibranch anatomy to understand what I’m drawing. #nudievember #sciart #nudibranch #coloredpencil #ocean #oceanart

Thank you Governor!

Are you growing them in Seattle?

Seriously! Pike Place Fish is selling a whole chinook for $359.99!! That’s some expensive fin!

Wow, those are FABULOUS sundew photos! What is the background? Are they in a dish of water, or ??

Finished painting Licorice Creek. It’s oil on canvas and biggish, 40” x52”. Loosely inspired by the Licorice Fern Trail at Cougar Mountain. If you’re in Seattle on June 5, I’ll have it on the wall at our open studios at 57 Biscayne in Pioneer Square, Seattle.

Trump executive order raises alarm over women's financial independence A new executive order from the White House targets the Equal Credit Opportunity Act which was written to prevent sex-based credit discrimination.

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Banan slugs are us! I’ve been renaming Puget Sound waterways after myself 😉 and I added some local wildlife. I can talk slug romance like nobody’s business!

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

WIP of a large waterfall painting I’m working on. I’m hoping to capture the feeling of being in the waterfall and the power of rushing water. It’s getting there! #waterfall #waterart #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #wip

Not normal at all. How can we stop it?

DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.

The dismantling of NOAA is the dismantling of the United States
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Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.

Here’s a good look at this: buff.ly/qX1pW5d

It's time for every TV meteorologist to say #IStandWithNOAA and tell their audiences to call Congress and demand a restoration of the agency. And start a #WeatherStrike.

How many times do you look at the temperature on your phone?

Most of those temperatures are from weather stations NOAA/NWS helps maintain…or they are a model interpolation from a model NOAA/NWS helped develop.

The radar data, satellite data, every single watch and warning…that’s NOAA/NWS.

YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER APP IS JUST A PRETTY DISPLAY OF NOAA DATA

Ppl seem to think that "NOAA weather forecasts" means climate-, boat-, or "in addition to my app"-weather. But the weather forecasts *we all use* are made from the NOAA data *we all paid for*

Make that part clear when you ⬇️

‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa Employees received emails saying their jobs would be cut off at end of day in move called ‘wrong all around’

These aren't "faceless bureaucrats," they're friends and colleagues -- more like family, really. I worked on NASCO with Andy Rosenburg while a Knauss Fellow at NOAA.

Hell doesn't have enough levels for the jerks doing this, not only to family, but by extension, to all of us who benefit from NOAA.

Thank you!

Abstract image of #phytoplankton screen print with watercolor on watercolor paper. This one is little, 4”x4” image on 9”x12”paper. #sciart #oceanart #oceanography #printmaking #mixedmedia

FYI, if you’re in the area

Protests are being scheduled in state capitals which are often not the biggest buries in the state. For example, this one is scheduled for Olympia rather than Seattle.

I have no idea whether I joined or not. If not, I would love to!

Most recent version of this waterfall painting. I’m hoping for a vigorous explosive effect. I think it needs to be bigger. This one is 24”x30”