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Lara Maleen Beckmann

@planulara.bsky.social

PhD Student @naturvetenskap.bsky.social Tjärno Marine Lab | Reproduction, biodiversity and ecology in the deep ocean | Corals, sponges, hydrozoans | Art & Science | https://linktr.ee/planulara | www.unseenoceancollective.com

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#spongethursday

04.12.2025 16:50 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Getting closer and closer on this one, almost to the details stage where everything really snaps into place. This piece is for shows with the @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #deepseaart 🐡🦑 #art #acryliconcanvas #brittlestars

26.11.2025 19:32 — 👍 31    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
A green and orange carnivorous sponge covered in brittle stars, 24x24” acrylic on canvas painting. #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #unseenocean #art #acryliconcanvas

A green and orange carnivorous sponge covered in brittle stars, 24x24” acrylic on canvas painting. #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #unseenocean #art #acryliconcanvas

Friends- this carnivorous sponge is basically the COOLEST thing ever! Semi-transparent bulbous knobs, and totally covered in brittle stars *swoon* def new boyfriend material. Oh and I started another painting 😁 #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #unseenocean #art #acryliconcanvas

18.11.2025 19:58 — 👍 35    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

This new fav sponge is either Chondrocladia grandis or Chondrocladia concrescens, as both species occur in Alaskan waters! #deepsea #deepseacreaturea 🐡🦑 #deepseaart

18.11.2025 20:09 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/u...

29.10.2025 20:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Feeling pretty awesome today with my painting being featured on the cover of the latest issue of Deep-Sea Life from @dsbsoc.bsky.social and DOSI, you can read the whole issue here, make sure to read the feature on @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #acrylicpainting

29.10.2025 20:20 — 👍 33    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 0
The team behind artsea matchmaking. Upper half: Delphine Mestdagh and an artwork of hers showing a deep-sea squid. Lower half: Lara Beckmann, and an environment that she studies: deep-sea coral and sponge gardens.

The team behind artsea matchmaking. Upper half: Delphine Mestdagh and an artwork of hers showing a deep-sea squid. Lower half: Lara Beckmann, and an environment that she studies: deep-sea coral and sponge gardens.

Meet the team behind #ArtSeaMatchmaking! We are artist @delphine-art.bsky.social on a mission to share the beauty of the deep sea, and biologist @planulara.bsky.social studying deep-sea corals and sponges. We started this initiative to bring artists and scientists together to collaborate and create.

09.11.2025 08:46 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Another beautiful piece for our shows in Juneau Alaska and Spokane Washington!

07.11.2025 20:55 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A stalked carnivorous sponge is being hugged by pink brittle stars on a rocky deep ocean outcrop beside a golden crinoid. 24x36” acrylic on canvas, #deepsea #deepseaart #deepocean #carnivoroussponge #sciart

A stalked carnivorous sponge is being hugged by pink brittle stars on a rocky deep ocean outcrop beside a golden crinoid. 24x36” acrylic on canvas, #deepsea #deepseaart #deepocean #carnivoroussponge #sciart

It’s been a crazy family health crisis kind of month, but I finally made it back into the studio to finish up this 24x36” acrylic on canvas painting titled ‘Huggies and Snackies’. A beautiful stalked carnivorous sponge is joined by pink brittle stars and a golden crinoid. Cuties 😍 #deepsea 🐡🦑 #art

07.11.2025 20:54 — 👍 125    🔁 33    💬 2    📌 1
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3rd Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium 2025 – Summary 4-5 November 2025, Marine Biological Station, Espegrend The symposium brought together 36 deep-sea scientists and professionals from various institutes and consultancies for a workshop-oriented, ha…

This week's Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium brought together deep-sea scientists and professionals for hands-on workshops on QGIS (maps), BIIGLE (underwater footage), data management and platforms, standardization, cruise planning, as well as group discussions, and time to connect 🌊

07.11.2025 15:44 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Deep-sea housing complex of sponges varieties, offering crustaceans refuge and a place to snack.

"There Grows the Neighborhood" — 16x20”

Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team @unseenocean.bsky.social!

#sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective

06.11.2025 18:14 — 👍 73    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 2

Oooooo!! 😍😍😍 can’t wait to see this work in person in Juneau Alaska Feb 2026!

06.11.2025 18:22 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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We had a lovely write up in Issue 25 of the Deep-Sea Life newsletter! You can check out the whole issue here: www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/u...
#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑

29.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Sounding out the deep: using AI and passive acoustic monitoring to reveal spatial and temporal patterns in deep-sea ecosystems

!PhD opportunity! Use #PassiveAcousticMonitoring + #AI to decode the soundscapes of #deep-sea habitats

📍 University of Glasgow
🔗 shorturl.at/lcJIu
📆 Internationals: 8 December
📆 UK: 5 January

@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofglasgow.bsky.social @tiffanyvlaar.bsky.social @abe404.bsky.social

29.10.2025 13:01 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
An acrylic on canvas, painting of a white folded stocked, carnival sponge, covered with pink brittle stars  #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

An acrylic on canvas, painting of a white folded stocked, carnival sponge, covered with pink brittle stars #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

An acrylic on canvas, painting of a white folded stocked, carnival sponge, covered with pink brittle stars  #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

An acrylic on canvas, painting of a white folded stocked, carnival sponge, covered with pink brittle stars #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

An acrylic on canvas, painting of a white folded stocked, carnival sponge, covered with pink brittle stars  #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

An acrylic on canvas, painting of a white folded stocked, carnival sponge, covered with pink brittle stars #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

Wellllll look who has some associates! Got these adorable brittle stars onto the sponge this week, besties at the bottom just hugging and snacking! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

17.10.2025 21:48 — 👍 68    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 1

Huggies and Snackies!

17.10.2025 22:27 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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🌊 Big win for the #DeepSea
At the #IUCNCongress members voted to adopt:
✅ Motion 032 – Protecting seamounts and vulnerable marine ecosystems from destructive practices
✅ Motion 035 – Protecting mesopelagic ecosystem integrity

Thanks to those who voted science into policy 👏

14.10.2025 19:37 — 👍 26    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0

Looooooove this Paragorgia!! 😍😍😍

04.10.2025 19:37 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

We can’t wait to see Meghan’s finished painting in Juneau this February!

10.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

LOVE these adorable octopus for the coloring sheets we are producing, can’t wait to share them with the kids of Juneau and Spokane!

11.10.2025 01:55 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks :)

14.10.2025 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 — 👍 38286    🔁 17090    💬 827    📌 2410
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Feeding polyps done! Next up: resin, adding color and final tentacle details. Can’t wait to show this 3D coral at our upcoming @unseenocean.bsky.social exhibitions - first stop: Swedish Biodiversity Symposium in 2 weeks! #unseenoceancollective #deepsea #sciart #deepseaart #paragorgia #bubblegum

04.10.2025 19:19 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 1
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Adding feeding polyps to my Bubblegum coral model!
Only one side has open polyps - just like in real colonies, where the side facing the current feeds. When retracted, the soft polyp tissue tucks safely into the skeleton #paragorgia #deepsea #unseenoceancollective
@unseenocean.bsky.social

04.10.2025 19:02 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Phantom of the Sea Lilies — deep-sea Antimora fish swims among golden sea lilies (stalked crinoids, animals related to sea stars and urchins) and spindly stalks of orange coral

#deep-sea #sciart #natureillustration #deepseaart #deepseacreatures

02.10.2025 20:41 — 👍 74    🔁 25    💬 1    📌 0
An acrylic on canvas painting of a blue and green deep ocean background and an unpainted outline of a stalked glass sponge. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #art

An acrylic on canvas painting of a blue and green deep ocean background and an unpainted outline of a stalked glass sponge. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #art

On to the next painting! Needed a larger canvas for this dramatic stalked glass sponge, oooo she’s already pretty! Just working in some of the background layers today. This is more work for the @unseenocean.bsky.social events in Juneau and Spokane #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #art

29.09.2025 19:11 — 👍 30    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

More upcoming work that will be shown at our Alaska and WA state events next year!

29.09.2025 19:14 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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We are going to kick off our first show in Sweden next month - join us for an unforgettable blend of fine art and science!

You can check out the events section on our site for details! www.unseenoceancollective.com #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡 #coldwatercoral #womeninsteam #scicomm

19.09.2025 18:28 — 👍 22    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
A 16 x 20” acrylic on canvas painting featuring mushroom coral shrimp and sponges. @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #coldwatercoral #acrylicpainting #art #scicomm

A 16 x 20” acrylic on canvas painting featuring mushroom coral shrimp and sponges. @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #coldwatercoral #acrylicpainting #art #scicomm

And finished! How many shrimp can you find? If you’re headed to the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium in October then keep and eye out for this painting among other artworks by the @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #coldwatercoral #acrylicpainting #art #scicomm

19.09.2025 18:38 — 👍 139    🔁 28    💬 5    📌 1
1-Hour Deep-Sea Relaxation: Corals and Sponges
YouTube video by Global Foundation For Ocean Exploration 1-Hour Deep-Sea Relaxation: Corals and Sponges

Has the day got you down? Watch this soothing one hour #okeanos sponge and coral video to etheral music! #octocoralFriday #spongeThursday Produced by Caitlin Bailey and GFOE youtu.be/DSHFDHthDQo?...

19.09.2025 17:57 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

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