Ichthyofaunal Illustrations
The complex sensory array that runs along the sides of a fish’s body is the Lateral Line. It serves the role of sensation to a fish in its environment.
The intricate forms and structures that comprise the natural world have always inspired me, and my kindred connection with rivers have led me to a career in fish biology and science illustration. I am particularly interested in freshwater fish and the complexities of their early life history. I have blended my skills as a biologist and illustrator to produce descriptions of larval fish ontogeny using morphometrics, meristics and illustration. I have illustrated all 63 native fish species from New Mexico in addition to other threatened, endangered, and extinct fish species from the desert Southwestern U.S. and Australia.
I have rendered science illustrations of bats, reptiles, Indigenous art, parasites and more for numerous journal publications and research projects. Examples of my work can be viewed in the tabs below