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Opening soon at the National Gallery in Washington, DC #sciart #invertefest

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, an...

look at @thebluemango.in and my contribution in the #InverteFest art book (and thanks @franzanth.bsky.social for putting our art next to each other :D) 🦀

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screengrab of a page, on the left there is a crossstich embroidery of a ladybug (black and red), and there are leaves (green) and flower (yellow).

on the right a color pencil drawing of a crab (yellow to red - and black claw tips) titled Mr Pinchy's Day Out.

Otoh if I'd made it last week I could have claimed it looks like an oyster and shared for #InverteFest 🤣🤣🤣 (But it does look like an oyster)

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A Canadian folktale associated with May Day is the Mermaid of the Magdalenes. I liked the idea that this fairytale is about something as prosaic as finding tinned sardines - and is also about ecology and stars a black lobster as we finish #InverteFest.

The rugged east coast Magdalene Islands are all but barren of grass & trees, but the waters are rich in fish and people called it the “Kingdom of Fishes”. 🧵1/n

#folktale #printmaking #linocut #gouache #mermaid #mastoArt #Canada #MayDay #merMay

My illustration of the Mermaid of the Magdalenes is a blue and black linocut print on 11” x 14” paper embellished with gouache. The upper left corner shows the red cliffs, beach, shipwreck and crate and tins on the shore. The upper right shows the meeting of all the fishes with many different species including the black lobster, merman, sardine, clam, starfish and more. In the centre are waves, clouds as ocean transitions to sky and a large tin of sardines. Across the bottom is the mermaid combing her hair looking longingly at the shore.

Forgot I had a photo of its cousin, the spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus. They are both in infraorder Achelata (= no claws) and share the funny phyllosoma larval stage #InverteFest 🦑

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Spiny lobster in semi lateral view on a rock. It has very robust second antennae that are pink. The first antennae are up and tasting something. The legs are striped black and white. The body is an explosion of multiple pastel colors such as purple, blue, and orange

In the final hours of #InverteFest, thinking about this slipper lobster (Scyllarides squamosus) that I made friends with 🦑🥰

Cartoonishly cute slipper lobster in my hand at a touch tank. Its body is patterned light and dark brown with some pink and orange ornamentation. The eyes are staring cutely

#InverteFest

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#InverteFest

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This crab is Oedignathus inermis! It's not a true crab but a modified hermit crab #carcinization #InverteFest 🦀

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I've never seen Barnacles being this active. #InverteFest 🦑 #Nature #TidePool

#InverteFest !

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#WormWednesday #InverteFest sorry I'm gonna ruin your day @crevicedwelling.bsky.social

Genus Lumbricus

I is for… #Insect 💚
It's the last day of #InverteFest. I think I've painted an insect every day this week.
Best week ever!

Join us for more #ArtABCs
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/i-is-for-ink

#MastoArt #Art #Watercolor #Watercolour #Dragonfly

Watercolor dragonfly with a black body & blue/ purple wings.

Re-sharing the story for #InverteFest 🦀 🦑 you can also read it here: ss.lucidillusions.in/short/story/...

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The Dendrogaster of snails #InverteFest @the-episiarch.bsky.social

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Some Sea Anemones from Mumbai Shoreline.

#InverteFest #Nature #Photography 🦑 🌿🖌️

a yellow disc in middle and lot of striped tentacles around it.

a bluish disc in middle and lot of striped tentacles around it.

Intrepid. A young hairy hermit crab climbs up the glass wall of his tank, holding on to the tiny specks of algae that grow on the sealant at the edge. #InverteFest #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit