Deep-Sea Biology Society Arts

In-progress watercolor painting of a snowglobe jelly on black paper

Experimenting with watercolor on black paper by painting a deep sea jelly I saw at Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's tricky because colors can look vastly different when dried, so it's a lot more go-with-the-flow than my usual work.

#SciArt #AnimalArt #snowglobejelly #ArtYear #WIP

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A siphonophore with glowing zooids like a string of Christmas lights

Deep-Sea-cember: Festive siphonophore
#deepsea #deepseacember #siphonophore #christmaslights #art

A group of five firefly squid glittering in the dark with blue photophores

Deep-Sea-cember: It's quite a sight to see firefly squid at night 🦑

(Inspired by "glitter" from @montereybayaquarium.org's Deep Sea December prompts)

#deepseacember #deepseadecember #deepsea #fireflysquid #bioluminescent #art

Oh lantern fish oh lantern fish,
You #glitter in the deep sea.
Oh Problematic Lantern fish,
Your body is so shiny.
Diaphus problematicus,
You school and bioluminescence.
Oh lantern fish, oh lantern fish,
Your scales are lovely glittery.

#DeepSeaDecember 🦑 🐟
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#DeepsSeaDecember 🐡

Watercolor painting on black paper of two Snow Globe Jellies (Modeeria rotunda)

A new piece for #ArtAdventCalendar, Snow Globe Jellies (Modeeria rotunda) 🐙 🪼

#Watercolor on black paper.

I recently went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the deep sea exhibit was so mesmerizing. I'm curious as to why some had long tentacles vs short!

#SciArt #FineArt #ArtYear #AnimalArt

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A giant red jellyfish with a little red knit beanie on the top of its bell

Deep-Sea-cember: Big red jellyfish with a little red beanie
#deepsea #deepseadecember #deepseacember #bigredjellyfish #tiburoniagranrojo #art

A scary grey and red fish - Aidachar.

Another one of those scary wet things (fish artists, I don't know how you do it) from the Kem Kem waterways - Aidachar. While not very well known, it is part of the same order as the much more famous Xiphactinus.

Size comparison below ⬇️

#sciart #paleoart

Background and marker underlay for a Coffinfish (Chaunacops coloratus) illustration. Next, on to the Prismacolor to add details.

Work in progress! Deep Sea December Day 2: "Red."

A Coffinfish (Chaunacops coloratus). ❤️🤘

Here we are at the "ugly" stage where I have added the marker underlay but need to start the Prismacolor details.

#deepsea #DeepSeaDecember #fish #fishart #sciart #marinelife #ArtYear #wip #animalart #nature

Deep Sea December by MBARI and Monerey Bay

text for this months Deep Sea December in short - post deep sea stuff like art, poems .... under the hashtag #deepseadecember

#DeepSeaDecember 🐡

I'm hoping that more people on BlueSky will celebrate the #deepsea
(partly because I still don't like Instagram)
#artchallenge 🐟🦑
@dsbsoc-arts.bsky.social

We hope to have a second edition next year :) But we also encourage to reach out to any scientist you might be interested in collaborating with!

A deep burgundy-brown coloured shore crab with green speckles

A silver-chrome hatchetfish drawn with ink felts

A convergent ladybug on a white background drawn with coloured ink pens

Well, I'll have to keep my eyes open for more of these sorts of opportunities. I'd love to draw for something like this (I do traditional and digital art. These are traditional ink) 💚

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

I really wish more scientists & artists were on here. When I go to in-person gatherings it’s really clear what a small sliver of us are here.

And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?

But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭

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

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

Multi-photo collage with photos from Issue 25 of DSL and a blurb resembling a smartphone reminder titled: "Reminder: Deep-Sea Life Issue 25 available now!" with "DIVE IN" as the option.

Hey members, don't forget: Issue 25 of Deep-Sea Life is online!

#DeepSeaLife is a biannual newsletter run by @deepstewardship.bsky.social & #DSBS to showcase the #DeepSea scientific community.

Thanks to #DOSI & all contributors!
Find it here: www.dosi-project.org/deep-sea-life/.

Happy reading!

Hey, members! We’re opening submissions for our media (alongside our NextGen of #DeepSea Researchers series - self-submissions encouraged).

Also welcome: research profiles, accessibility/fieldwork challenges, and non-traditional career paths. Contributions especially welcome outside the EU/US.

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.

Will #COP30 deliver?

Without protecting the deep sea, we endanger one of Earth’s greatest natural climate defenses! The deep ocean is heating up, acidifying, and losing oxygen faster than ever, and it's under threat from mining, trawling, and drilling.

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.

First #ArtSeaMatchmaking project intro! So excited to see the teams getting started! 🥳

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

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

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

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

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

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 🐡🦑

Call out for scientists! 👇🚨

We are still looking for scientists who would like to work on a deep sea art project.

A view artists are still looking for a teammate to create gorgous art and to celebrate the deep sea.

🦑 🐟 🐡 🐙 🦀 #SundayFishSketch