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| Keynote Speakers . Warren D. Allmon Link to Keynote | Link to Symposium | Interview Dr. Allmon is the Director of the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) in Ithaca, NY, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. He spent four years as Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of South Florida, Tampa, and became PRI's fourth Director in 1992. He was instrumental in rejuvenating PRI's internationally-renowned fossil collections; starting its local, regional, and national programs in Earth science education; and in planning and fundraising for the Museum of the Earth, PRI's $11 million education and exhibit facility which opened in September 2003. James Gurney |
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Presenters & Instructors . Karen Ackoff Link to Presentation | Link to Workshop | Link to Tech Showcase Karen has a BFA in Illustration from Philadelphia College of Art and an MFA in Medical Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology. Ms. Ackoff has been a practicing artist for more than 30 years, and began her career illustrating children's educational textbooks. Longing to combine her love of science and the natural world, Ms. Ackoff pursued graduate study in medical illustration, focusing on veterinary medicine and natural science. She worked for 10 years as scientific illustrator in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, and presently teaches and coordinates the Graphic Design Program at Indiana University South Bend. Back to Top . |
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| Paula DiSanto Bensadoun Link to Presentation Paula taught and did graduate work at Cornell University where she researched and published her work on the anatomy, histology and histochemistry of the salivary glands of vampire bats, identifying an anti-clotting factor now used in human medicine to dissolve blood clots in stroke victims. As a Fulbright fellow at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, she did research in Embryology at the Medical School. She was staff illustrator in Zoology at Cornell in charge of exhibits and illustration. "Retiring" to self-employment to raise her 3 children, she illustrated many books such as Biological Science (Keeton), Elements of Biological Science (Keeton), Parasitology for Veterinarians (Georgi), Life before Birth (Nathanielsz), laboratory guides, research papers and extension publications. A residency at the Houck Preserve focused on insects of the forest floor. Her botanical watercolors have been shown at Highstead Arboretum, Selby Gardens and Ursus Gallery in New York City. . |
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| Stan Bowman Link to Presentation | Link to Workshop I grew up in California, USA, received a BA in Architecture in 1964, and a MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico in 1973. Following graduation I was appointed as a professor at Cornell University in the Art Department where I taught photography and digital imaging for almost 30 years. In 1999 I retired to pursue my career as an artist full time. My works have been exhibited nationally and internationally for over 40 years as a photographer, painter, and digital collage artist. My artwork is in such collections as the San Francisco Museum of Art, Bibliotech National in Paris, German Photographic Society, and many other locations. I consider myself currently to be a digital montage artist as I assemble images digitally. Sometimes I use photo's and sometimes I create in a program on the computer from scratch. I have also made use of a flatbed scanner extensively to scan objects digitally with high resolutions into a computer where I enhance their visual characteristics. I then digitally montage and layer these scans in Adobe Photoshop, adding, altering and collaging for emphasis and interest. Recently I have been creating shaped artworks composed of layers of inkjet giclée prints on canvas, sometimes stretched on wood frames and more recently glued down on a new plastic sheeting material. Back to Top . |
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| Steve Buchanan Link to Presentation Steve has been a freelance nature artist for 20 years. His work has appeared on book and magazine covers, posters, T-shirt designs, advertising, product packaging, and US postage stamps. His clients have included: Scientific American, The New York Times, Houghton Mifflin Co., Fine Gardening Magazine, The Bayer Corp., USDA Forest Service, and the US Postal Service. His art has been included in the Illustration annuals of Communication Arts, The Society of Illustrators, the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, the American Institute of Graphic Design, Print Magazine, and HOW. . |
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| Henrike Burton Link to Presentation Henrike has worked in the field of disabilities for over 15 years, and has been employed as an occupational therapist in the Ithaca school district for seven years. As a pediatric occupational therapist, she has been addressing ergonomic body issues. She has been a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators since the inception of the Finger Lakes chapter over three years ago. She pursues botanical illustration and landscape painting as a leisure activity. . |
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| Chuck Carter Link to Workshop Chuck has been working in the artistic end of the science and entertainment industries for 30 years. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Wired Magazine, as well as in publications by Harcourt and McGraw-Hill, the Defense Department and numerous other clients. Entertainment projects include work on the computer game Myst and more than 20 other video games as digital artist, animator, writer, art director and computer graphics supervisor. Carter worked as a digital matte painter for shows like Babylon 5 and Mortal Kombat, among others. He recently finished illustrating Exploring Geology, an undergraduate textbook published by McGraw-Hill, working as an author and art director as well as primary illustrator. Carter is currently making a living as an illustrator and digital artist and lives in Maryland. Back to Top . |
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| Tamara Clark Link to Presentation Tamara is currently employed by the MBL in Woods Hole where she contributes to a database project related to cellular metabolism. She is also working on long-term contracts for the Encyclopedia of Life and the Smithsonian. She has a BA and MS in Biology with an emphasis on Conservation, and has been freelancing as a Science Illustrator for over 10 years. She works with both traditional and digital techniques and is currently applying her skills to the field of Biodiversity Informatics. Tamara is an active member of the GNSI and the New England chapter of the Guild. . |
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| John Cody Link to Presentation | Link to Workshop | Link to Tech Showcase Former physician and medical illustrator, John always considered moth-centered botanical paintings his real vocation, with related interest in artwork preservation and durability of art materials. Since retiring as a psychiatrist in 1986 he has devoted most of his time to painting moths and traveling widely to collect them for models. His spectacular award-winning moth paintings have been featured in magazine articles and exhibited nationally in solo shows, including the Smithsonian Institution. Author of Atlas of Foreshortening: the Human Figure in Deep Perspective, John has taught workshops for GNSI and the AMI, and lives in a tiny town on Kansas' high plains, ideal for creativity —there are few distractions. |
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| Stephen Di Cerbo Link to Workshop Stephen has been a member of GNSI for 10 years and a freelance illustrator for over 20. His traditional mediums include pen and ink, color pencil, oils and printmaking. On the digital side, Photoshop and Illustrator are his primary tools. His work has been seen in various shows, including the Focus on Nature Show at the New York State Museum. He has been printing Chokusetsu-ho (direct) and Kansetsu-ho (indirect) Gyotaku for a dozen years and has studied with a Japanese master. Stephen has taught fish printing at the New York State Museum, high schools, and community art centers. Back to Top |
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| Robert Dirig Link to Workshop Bob's interest in natural history art was honed while studying entomology and scientific illustration at Cornell. He worked as a mycological illustrator at the Plant Pathology Herbarium, and has also drawn plants, butterflies, and lichens in pencil and ink for scientific articles and books. Several of his drawings were shown in local juried exhibits, co-sponsored by GNSI in 1982-1983. While working as Assistant Curator at Cornell's Bailey Hortorium Herbarium since 1980, he has prepared and organized thousands of dried plant specimens and archived the herbarium's botanical artwork. . |
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| Marlene Hill Donnelly Link to Paleo Presentation Link to Color for Natural Science Presentation A third generation professional artist, Marlene Hill Donnelly, holds degrees in both zoology and art. She is the Geology Departmental Scientific Illustrator at the Field Museum in Chicago; freelance clients include the Smithsonian Institution, Lake County Forest Preserve District, Chicago Park District, HarperCollins, Scholastic Inc, and many zoos and aquariums. Recent shows include "Women's Work: Portraits of Twelve Scientific Illustrators from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century" (Linda Hall Library of Science). She coauthored the book Painting Wildlife in Watercolor with Peggy Macnamara. Marlene has taught botanical and natural science illustration at the Art Institute of Chicago, Field Museum, Morton Arboretum, Chicago Botanic Garden and at GNSI workshops. . |
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| Camille Doucet Link to Workshop Camille teaches botanical illustration, color theory and sketching in the Greenhouse at Cornell University's botanical garden, the Plantations. She also teaches three different levels of fine arts watercolor classes at the Community School of Music and Art, since 1998. She was one of last year's GNSI summer workshop leaders, offering "Dramatic Backgrounds" for watercolor. Between classes she paints and freelances. She has illustrated for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Plantations, and designed/illustrated a detailed map of the Cayuga Lake bioregion for the Center for Environmental Sustainability. Back to Top . |
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| Jennifer Fairman Link to Biz Panel Presentation Link to Digital Washes Presentation Jennifer is the founder and principal of Fairman Studios, LLC. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she previously received her Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with a minor in German language from the University of Maryland. Her background includes experience in medical and scientific illustration for publication and patient education, 2D animation, web publishing and interactive and graphic design. http://fairmanstudios.com . |
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| Frances Fawcett Link to Workshop | Link to Tech Showcase Frances has worked for the Cornell University Department of Entomology since 1985, both as a permanent employee and as a freelancer. She specializes in the carbon dust medium and pen and ink on scratchboard, and in computer graphics using Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Her illustrations of insects have appeared in numerous entomological journals and other publications. For many years Frances co-taught the Cornell Summer School Course in natural science illustration with longtime GNSI member Bente King. Currently, she is an artist member of the State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca, and has exhibited both regionally and nationally, most recently in the Focus on Nature IX Show at the NY State Museum in Albany. . |
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| John Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. Link to Symposium Since 1995, Dr. Fitzpatrick has been Director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. His biography is available online: http://www.nationalparksummit.org/speakers/ ?fa=john-fitzpatrick Back to Top . |
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| Victoria Fuller Link to Presentation | Link to Tech Showcase Victoria has been a GNSI member for 10 years, and was introduced to Natural Science Illustration while studying for her master's degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As she was developing her watercolor and pencil work in natural science illustration, she was also pursuing a career in fine art as a sculptor and painter. An award-winning Chicago artist, in 1986 she received a Creative Fellowship Award from the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, and another fellowship in 2000 from the Illinois Arts Council. She has shown in galleries and museums throughout the United States, and was commissioned to create sculptures for ESPN Zone, a sports entertainment center developed by Disney Regional Entertainment, and for the Bi-State Development Agency in St, Louis, MO. Recently she has been working on creating a large-scale sculpture for Sound Transit, in Seattle, WA and in 2007 exhibited her Natural Science Illustration at the Schingoethe Center for Native American Culture, in the "Field Sketches Inspired by the Schingoethe Museum & the Morton Arboretum, GNSI Great Lakes Chapter" show. . |
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| Britt Griswold Link to Presentation A multimedia graphics specialist with the Infrared Space Sciences Group at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Britt creates graphics, web sites, and science illustrations as the visual and outreach support for the group. He also works as a freelance science artist with clients at the Smithsonian, National Geographic, and USDA. Britt is a 26-year member of the Guild and has served as GNSI membership secretary, Board member of Science Insights Inc., and project manager for the Science Illustration Creative Source Directory and Science-Art.com. Britt is a Recipient of the GNSI's Distinguished Service Award. http://www.brittgriswold.com/ Back to Top |
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| Deborah K. Haines Link to Presentation Deb has been a member of GNSI since 1989. She has worked as a medical/scientific illustrator for small businesses, universities and as an independent contractor for human and veterinary doctors, as well as the medical legal community for the past 30 years. Employed by the University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, she creates illustrations, animations, and exhibits and instructs faculty and staff in ways technology can make their lives easier. She is owned and trained by a 14-year-old Chocolate Laborador, a 4-year-old Tennessee Treeing Walker Coonhound, and a Golden Retriever puppy. She also takes the advice of two wise domestic and unique cats who critique all projects created at the computer. . |
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| Jay Hart Link to Presentation Jay is a freelance artist with a digitally-based geographic portfolio of limited edition, grand-formatted inkjet prints. He made scientific maps for thirty years before beginning his art initiative in 2004. Exhibits in the past year included solo shows in the Departure Hall of Seattle's airport, and at Cornell's Mann Science Library gallery. He develops shaded elevation surfaces with complex and unseamed color ramps, often overlain with translucent natural color satellite imagery. Software toolkits are used from Global Mapper, Leica Geosystems, ArcGIS, and Adobe Photoshop. |
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| Gerald P. Hodge Link to Workshop | Link to Tech Showcase Jerry is well known for his Trompe l’oeil paintings and for his scientific art, which includes botanical, entomological, medical and archaeological subjects. His work has appeared in numerous juried, invitational and one-man shows, and has also been reproduced in hundreds of journals and textbooks. Following a BFA in painting from the University of Colorado, he did graduate work in medical art at Johns Hopkins University, and is Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Michigan. He has given numerous workshops at the meetings of the GNSI, the Association of Medical Illustrators, the Smithsonian Institution and the New York Botanical Garden. Jerry is one of seven members of the Trompe l'Oeil Society of Artists. . |
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| Melinda Hodge Link to Workshop Melinda is Associate Professor of Art at Lockhaven University (PA), with specialties in drawing, metalwork, fibers and art education. Her MFA is from the University of Illinois—Carbondale and her MA from the University of New Mexico. Back to Top . |
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| Stacy Hoppen Link to Presentation Stacy is the GIS Lab Manager at Conrad Geoscience Corp. in Poughkeepsie, NY, an environmental services consulting firm. She has an MA in Geography (GIS & Cartography) and a BFA in Illustration and has been working in the GIS and mapping field for 12 years with experience that includes spatial analysis, land cover mapping, data conversion, Internet mapping applications, and GPS field data collection. . |
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| Ronald Hoy, Ph.D. Link to Symposium Dr. Hoy is the David and Dorothy Merksamer Professor in Biology at Cornell University. For a link to his biography online: http://www.hhmi.org/research/professors/hoy_bio.html . |
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| Gary Hoyle Link to Presentation In 1973 Gary Hoyle began work on wildlife exhibits at the Maine State Museum. He also began ten years mentoring under Fred Scherer who retired from the American Museum of Natural History after working as an exhibit artist in diorama halls such as the famous Akeley African Hall. Through Scherer, Hoyle developed an appreciation for the diorama art form that became vital in the effort to save four historically important dioramas from destruction. In the process Gary Hoyle became part of the first team to successfully relocate large scale dioramas. . |
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| Frank Ippolito Link to Workshop Frank has worked as a scientific illustrator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for 24 years, and authored the paleontology chapter of the 2nd edition of the Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration. Freelance clients include Scientific American, Natural History Magazine, The New York Times/Science Times, The National Zoological Park, New York City Parks Department, and the Audubon Society. Frank presented the keynote speech at the 2005 GNSI meeting and teaches a variety of workshops on natural media and digital techniques. He continues to teach illustration and animation classes at Fairleigh Dickenson University in Teaneck, N.J. . |
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| Lana Koepke Johnson Link to Presentation University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Information Technology Project Manager, Lana Johnson has worked at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 16 years designing interactive web sites, print media, slides, and posters as well as teaching computer technologies to faculty and staff. In addition, she teaches two graduate courses, Scientific Illustration and Presentation Methods, (offered both on-campus and distance) for UNL's departments of Entomology and Biology. During the summer she co-teaches two kids scientific illustration classes in a summer enrichment program for kids K-6th grade. Lana's artwork has been exhibited in a number of juried shows. She has presented and taught many seminars and classes at various technology conferences and GNSI conferences. Currently, Lana serves as President of the Great Plains Chapter of GNSI. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband and 9 year old son. |
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| Mark Klingler Link to Presentation | Link to Workshop Mark A. Klingler is an award-winning scientific illustrator at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, PA, where he has worked for over 20 years. His work has appeared internationally in museum exhibits, textbooks, scientific journals, newspapers, and websites. Recent honors include the Lanzendorf Prize for outstanding achievement in paleontological art, and a solo invitational show at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. He enjoys giving lectures and workshops on wildlife art and illustration, and is an instructor for several local certificate programs. Back to Top |
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| Patricia Koemel Link to Presentation Pat is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Texas Tech University and has exhibited two botanical illustrations at NaturArte in Portugal 1999, two botanical illustrations at the GNSI Conference in Portugal 2000 and a botanical illustration at GNSI Conference in Lawrence, Kansas in 2002. She has also exhibited botanical illustrations with ASBA. Currently pursuing a PhD in Fine Art and Critical Theory at Texas Tech University. Continuing and expanding on research in quantum color theory and biological illustration that was presented at the GNSI Conference 2000 in Portugal. . |
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| Kathleen R. Krafft Link to Presentation Kathy has been developing hands-on interactive exhibits for over fifteen years at the Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY. Exhibits on topics from math to engineering, physics to salt water reef displays, are enjoyed by over 90,000 visitors each year in Ithaca. She has also coordinated the development of traveling exhibitions that have been to science centers and childrens museums of all sizes all over the country, reaching as many as a million people at Epcot Center. These exhibits have a national reputation for quality, interactivity, and strong science content. |
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| Guy K. Krogh Link to Presentation Guy attended Kenyon College and Syracuse University, graduating with degrees in Public Affairs, Arts & Sciences and Law. Guy has practiced law for 19 years in Ithaca, N.Y. with Thaler & Thaler. Guy's practice focuses upon municipal and corporate law, commercial transactions and intellectual property. He received the Robert M. Anderson Publication Award for excellence in writing and scholarship, and assists authors and inventors with the registration, protection and enforcement of rights to their works. Guy is a regular speaker on corporate and intellectual property for Upstate Law Schools, accredited legal education programs, and the NYS Teachers' Retirement Association. . |
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| Larry Lavendel Link to Workshop Larry creates freelance illustration, graphics, web and exhibit design through his company, Ikitomi Design. He is also an instructor with 10 years experience teaching computer-based science illustration, graphics and web design in the Science Communication Program at UC Santa Cruz. Larry currently teaches at the Cabrillo College Children's Center in Santa Cruz. He is a contributor to the GNSI Handbook of Scientific Illustration, 2nd edition chapter on "Basic Computer Graphic Techniques". Larry has 17 years of experience and his specialties include: Illustrating marine subjects; user interface design, usability and information architecture; graphic design and production for on-line and print media; exhibit design and construction. Back to Top . |
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| Marjorie Leggitt Link to Presentation Marjorie Leggitt, a full-time scientific illustrator, started her career in college when a botany professor asked if she would create illustrations for his field guide. Since then, 30 years and counting, Marjorie has worked as a freelance artist: illustrating text and trade books, professional journals, and museum exhibits; and teaching botanical illustration in the Certificate Program at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Much of her work is botanically based and requires reconstruction of both past and modern day floras using impression fossils and herbarium specimens as models. Her current projects include the Volume 9 Rosaceae for Flora of North America and a pilot program on bacteriophages for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She has been a GNSI member since 1979, a board member since 2000, and is a recipient of the GNSI's Distinguished Service Award. . |
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| Gay Malin Link to Presentation | Link to Workshop Gay has over 20 years of experience as a Preparator/Conservator at the New York State Museum where she has created over a dozen facial reconstructions, restored and conserved several mastodons, and helped to fabricate life cast figures for dioramas. She was awarded a B.F.A. from Syracuse University where she majored in sculpture with a minor in drawing. Her original artwork can be seen at galleries throughout the country. . |
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| Diana Marques Link to Presentation Diana completed a biology degree and several drawing and science illustration certificate programs in Portugal before graduating from the Science Illustration Program in Santa Cruz (2004). She did practical training at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane (Australia) and the American Museum of Natural History in New York and is currently doing free-lance work in Portugal and the United States, including frequent visits to work at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington DC. A GNSI member since 1999, she was on the executive committee of the GNSI Conference in 2000. Besides illustration, she acquired skills in lettering through workshops in calligraphy and typography. . . |
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| Mark Malkin Link to Presentation Mark has been photographing for over 40 years and is trained professionally as both an engineer and cinematographer. His work has appeared in national and regional publications and local galleries. Mark is currently an engineer in Cornell's Nanotechnology Facility in the College of Engineering. Back to Top |
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| Melissa Mance-Coniglio Link to Presentation | Link to Tech Showcase Artist and art educator, Melissa received a MFA in painting from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She has worked in art education for the past 12 years, teaching in museums, with arts in school organizations such as the Aesthetic Education Institute, and currently as an elementary art teacher. She also has extensive experience writing and conducting wildlife oriented educational programs, training wild animals, and working as a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. She has exhibited her paintings throughout Western New York, including a solo exhibition titled "Alae: A Winged Art Exhibition" in October 2007. . |
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| Christina Louise Marent Link to Presentation Christina Louise Marent is a free-lance illustrator and a middle school art teacher. After having completed a Bachelors of Art and Teacher Certification at the University of Houston, Christina attended the Science Illustration program at the University of California Santa Cruz followed by an internship at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian. Most recently, she has illustrated several animal exhibit panels for the Denver Zoo through Ecos Communications Design Firm. Back to Top . |
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| Diane Matyas Link to Presentation An Ithaca native, Diane learned to love teaching, beauty of nature, and how art and science intersect. Degrees from Cornell University's College of Architecture Art, and Planning's Department of Fine Art in intaglio and lithography, allowed her to draw and interpret science and mythology—and their connections—in unusual ways. Now a resident of Staten Island, she enjoys working with numerous arts organizations, teaching and designing exhibits. Director of Programs at The Noble Maritime Collection since 1999, she is Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the Staten Island Museum. In 2007 she wrote and illustrated The Terrible Captain Jack Visits the Museum-or-A Guide to Museum Manners for Incorrigible Pirates and the Like. Her work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums, and she has won public sculpture commissions with collaborator Elizabeth Egbert. Ms. Matyas is most proud of work in progress: son Abraham, daughter Winsome, and talented husband Ben Jacobs. . |
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| J. Marie Metz Link to Presentation | Link to Workshop | Link to Tech Showcase "Marie" works in Washington, DC, illustrating for the USDA's Systematic Entomology Lab. First trained as a fine artist, she has been an illustrator for 12 years. With a masters in art education, she has taught illustration, 2D design, graphic design, painting, desktop publishing, and drawing at two colleges. Marie has had fine art pieces shown in prestigious galleries in Indianapolis and Chicago, and digital illustrations have placed 3rd in the 2001 TAACL International Digital Art competition and earned showings in the GNSI Annual Exhibits of 1997-98, 2002, 2004-07. . |
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| Paul Mirocha Link to Presentation Paul Mirocha has been the owner of a creative illustration business for at least 15 years. He worked for 13 years as a staff graphic artist for the University of Arizona before leaving to become a free-lancer in order to have time to illustrate children's books. That makes 28 years of pondering the questions of how artists make their livings. Paul's award-winning work has gone from science, to books, to commercial illustration. Back to Top . |
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| Elizabeth Morales Link to Presentation Elizabeth began her art training in New York City, studying fine art, graphic design and theater arts, continuing it in San Francisco and has worked as a graphic designer, architectural illustrator, and as a freelance scientific illustrator since 1983. She has over 20 years experience working for major science textbook publishers worldwide. Her studio specializes in working closely with authors and editors to develop art programs and illustration for college level textbooks in the life sciences. She has been a Guild member since 1984, has served on the Board for over 10 years, and served as President. . |
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| Rhonda Nass Link to Great Escape Workshop Link to Value-Driven Detail Workshop Rhonda has made a living as a freelance artist for 35 years, http://www.rnass.com. She specializes in art with nature as subject matter. Her acrylic, colored pencil or graphite pencil artworks appear worldwide as exhibition originals or publications in: Biology of Plants by Raven, Evert and Eichhorn, Gifts from the Earth by TerBeest, and Nass graphite drawings. Rhonda teaches workshops nationally through gardens or art centers. The American Society of Botanical Artists, Colored Pencil Society of America, Allied Artists of America, and GNSI have awarded her artwork with honors. . |
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| Margaret Nelson Link to Presentation | Link to Tech Showcase Margy began professional life in Neurobiology, (BA Swarthmore) with a double major in biology and psychology and a minor in fine arts, and a PhD in Neuroethology (University of Pennsylvania). She worked at Tufts, Brandeis, Harvard Medical School and Cornell, while picking up the basics of scientific illustration, mostly at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. In 1985 she followed her heart and slipped sideways into the world of scientific illustration. Since then she has been freelancing through her company, Rumford Graphics (named for a favorite cat). Her work has appeared in books from Princeton University Press, Oxford University Press, Hyperion, and W. Norton Publishers, illustrating topics from gene competition through honey bee and primate behavior to the mathematics of knots and Galileo's scientific instruments. Most recently she illustrated a book on ant biology for Prof. E. O. Wilson. Recently, she has branched out into fine art prints and abstract watercolors, as well as creating patterns for fabric doodads under her Chumley's Tchotchkies label (named after her second-favorite cat). She lives with her husband in Ithaca, New York, with one (currently favorite) cat. Her work has been displayed at galleries through central New York; she is a member of Ithaca's State of the Art Gallery. Her work was selected for FON X this year in Albany, NY. http://www.margynelson.com. Back to Top . |
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| Trudy Nicholson Link to Workshop | Link to Tech Showcase Trudy Nicholson is an illustrator of nature, whose main interest is portraying animals and plants in their natural habitats with accuracy and detail. Receiving Fine Arts and Medical Illustration degrees, she worked as a medical illustrator and free-lance natural science illustrator for many years, primarily using scratchboard techniques. Her work is featured in Ruth Lozner’s Scratchboard for Illustration. Among the numerous nature books she has illustrated is Warner Shedd's Owls Aren’t Wise and Bats Aren’t Blind. One of her illustrations is in the Morton Arboretum collection, and she has exhibited widely. . |
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| Barbara Page Link to Presentation Barbara received her MFA from Cornell University in 1975. She is an artist member of the Center for Book Arts and The Drawing Center in NYC, and is represented by the Oxford Gallery in Rochester, NY. Barbara's work in "Watercolor USA: 2006" received the Samuel King Award. In 2003 Rock of Ages, Sands of Time, her series of 544 bas-relief paintings depicting the history of life, was permanently installed in The Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY. A book with the same title contains color plates of the entire project. http://www.barbarapagestudio.com. Back to Top . |
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| Mary Parrish Link to Presentation Mary Parrish started working at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in 1979, became staff illustrator in the Department of Paleobiology in 1983 and still has the same job. Mary works in traditional and computer media. Her favorite and most challenging work is reconstructing paleoenvironments. She has worked 29 years at the museum, 25 of which are in the Department of Paleobiology. Her awards include Best Scientific Illustration, The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Paleo Art Exhibition. Mary Parrish received a BFA in 1976 and began working as a part-time freelance scientific illustrator in 1978. . |
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| Katy B. Payne Link to Presentation Katy is a granddaughter of the renowned bird artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) one of the greatest bird and nature illustrators of all time, who lived in Ithaca, NY. Also an Ithaca resident, Katy is an acoustic biologist who focuses her work on whales and elephants and has recently retired from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She has given public lectures in a number of natural history museums (e.g. the American Museum of Natural History, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian), a variety of zoos and international conferences, and in many universities, schools and local venues. . |
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| Jim Perkins Link to Presentation Jim is Associate Professor of Medical Illustration at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Clinical Anatomy Instructor for the Ithaca College School of Health Sciences. After earning a Bachelors degree in biology and geology from Cornell he did graduate work in vertebrate paleontology and anatomy at the University of Texas and the University of Rochester. Jim changed careers in the early '90s, completing a Masters degree in Medical Illustration at RIT. After six years working for medical illustration firms in Atlanta, he joined the RIT faculty in 1998. Jim is a Certified Medical Illustrator and a Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators. He has illustrated more than 20 medical texts and received several salon awards from the AMI. Back to Top . |
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| Donald Rakow, Ph.D. Link to Symposium Dr. Rakow has served as the Elizabeth Newman Wilds Director of Cornell Plantations since 1996. His biography and CV is available online: http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/ hort/people/rakow.cfm . |
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| Dick Rauh Link to Presentation Dick came to botanical painting in retirement, after a career in Motion Picture Special Effects. After completing a certificate program in Botanical Art at the New York Botanical Garden, he started illustration work for a number of scientists. He pursued a graduate program in Plant Sciences at the City University of New York, receiving a doctorate in 2001. Illustration of Carol Levine’s Guide to Wildflowers in Winter sparked interest in the dry fruits and other remnants of out-of-season natives, and he paints enlarged versions to better show their beauty and architecture. These paintings won him a Gold Medal in the January 2006 Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show in London, where he also gained a "Best in Show." Two paintings were recently included in the Hunt Collection at Carnegie-Mellon University, others are in the collections of the New York State Museum and the Lindley Library in London. Member of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium he has been drawing a number of their specimen trees. He teaches at the New York Botanical Gardens, and gives workshops throughout the country. . |
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| Scott Rawlins Link to Presentation | Link to Workshop Scott is an Associate Professor in the Fine Arts Department at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA, where he teaches scientific illustration, drawing and design. In addition to his training as a medical and biological illustrator from the University of Michigan, Scott holds degrees in biology and museum education from Earlham College and George Washington University respectively. Currently, Scott is the Board President of the American Society of Botanical Artists. A former museum curator, Scott maintains contact with the museum world as a research assistant at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Back to Top . |
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| Clara L. Richardson Link to Presentation Clara began to draw after a formal course of study in biology. When the possibility of drawing animals and plants opened, she grabbed it; extraordinary luck then brought her a position as scientific illustrator at The Field Museum, where for 25 years, and with the help of colleagues there and at GNSI, she continues to learn. In recent years she has become fascinated by feeling, sometimes, that her hands are doing the "seeing" as she draws. She has observed that this usually results in a better drawing, so is always looking for ways to cultivate this. . |
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| Carol Jean Rogalski Link to Presentation Carol Jean's interest in the arts began as a volunteer in the Brooklyn Museum and continued throughout completion of post-doctoral work in psychoanalytic psychology in New York City four decades ago. Seemingly diverse interests in objects of beauty and direct clinical work coalesced when she researched the active ingredients of the opium poppy. She added to her repertoire botanical art, and favors the uses of natural pigments, vellum and gold to recreate contemporary illuminations. Her education includes viewing medieval manuscripts, and yearly travel to archives in North American and Europe. . |
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| Mieke Roth Link to Workshop Mieke is a scientific illustrator from the Netherlands, with an MSc in animal science. Although she only started freelancing in January of 2005 she has over 20 years of experience. Mieke creates high-end visualizations on her Wacom Cintiq 21 with software like Painter and Photoshop, Studio 3DS Max and Zbrush. Mieke does work for papers, magazines, books, companies and public institutions such as the Dutch District Water Control Board. For the FON X exhibit of the New York State Museum, two of her works have been selected. Back to Top |
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| Dolores Santoliquido Link to Presentation | Link to Acrylic/Pencil Workshop | Link to Biz of Art Workshop "Blessed with a natural talent for drawing, my passion for art provided me a unique and diverse career for the past thirty years...with amazing opportunities in a variety of venues including fine art, advertising, publishing and education. First and foremost, I identify myself as being an artist. Being an artist is much more than what I do-- it is who I am. In my youth I protested against becoming a teacher. I now acknowledge that becoming a teacher was a natural extension of sharing what I have learned as an artist. It is my goal during this year's conference workshop to share what I have learned during the past thirty years about the business of art and the creating of art." Freelance illustrator, adjunct professor at Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, and instructor in the Botanical Illustration Certificate Program at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, Dolores' career includes illustrating for advertising, magazine publishing, book publishing, signage, package illustration and products. Her work has been exhibited extensively, and she has illustrated numerous books including several in the National Audubon Society Field Guide Series. . |
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| Kathy Schlough Link to Presentation Kathy has been a practicing physical therapist for over 30 years and has been on the faculty of the Ithaca College Physical Therapy Department for 11 years. She now has a private practice that allows her a little more time for her artwork. She has been a GNSI member for the past 3 years. Kathy has taught ergonomics and proper body mechanics in the work place for the prevention and treatment of repetitive stress injuries. . |
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| Carla Schmakel Link to Recital Carla's credentials include a Bachelor of Music from the American Conservatory of Music, advanced studies in piano performance and pedagogy with Philip Cohen, artistic director of the Leonardo Project, and chamber music master classes at Northwestern University. Presently she is a faculty member of David Adler Music and Arts Center. She is a former member of the American Women Composers-Midwest, having served as a performer-lecturer for the organization's concert series for six years. Her compact disc includes live performances at the Chicago Cultural Center, University of Chicago, the Three Arts Club, Roosevelt University, Sherwood Conservatory and others. Carla holds the Botanical Art Illustration Certificate from the Morton Arboretum and is a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. . |
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| Carol Schwartzott Link to Workshop Carol works in the field of book arts. She diligently researches interesting topics, writes text, illustrates and designs both book format and typography. The books that emerge from her studio are usually hand-printed (letterpress), contain some sort of art (anything from paint, print, or collage), and are hand-bound. These presentations are limited in production (editions of 5-50) and are placed in collections of university and private libraries. Her work resides in the Library of Congress, Women's National Museum of Art, Yale University, UCLA, Toronto Public Library, and many others. Back to Top . |
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| Rick Simonson Link to iWeb Presentation | Link to Illustrator Presentation | Link to Workshop Rick is a freelance scientific illustrator and graphic designer and a Senior/Graduate Lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He teaches an online graduate course in scientific illustration as well as a variety of undergraduate biology courses. He has been illustrating professionally for the past six years. Rick works almost exclusively in digital media. Most of his artwork is created using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. He has a wide range of clients but focuses primarily on creating illustrations for science textbooks, research publications, and other academic purposes. Rick has exhibited work in the GNSI Annual Exhibit (Williamsburg, VA, 2004). His work has been published in Layers Magazine and The Adobe Illustrator CS3 WOW! Book. http://www.RickLSimonson.com. . |
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| Alan Singer Link to Presentation Alan is a painter, printmaker, writer, lecturer, and educator from Upstate New York. Born in New York City in 1950 to a family of artists and designers, Alan began exhibiting paintings while still in college at The Cooper Union in New York City. Through college and graduate school (Cornell University), Alan won scholarships, and created work of distinction. During the 1980s, Alan worked with his father, Arthur Singer, on revisions of popular bird guides, and a series of U.S. Postage stamps honoring the "Birds and Flowers of the Fifty States," (1982). Alan has illustrated published books and worked as a graphic designer, and is an active writer on the visual arts with a 1999 publication of "Wildlife Art", and a book in progress "Studio Practice". Currently Professor of Art in the School of Art, College of Imaging Arts & Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Alan's paintings are in museums and in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, primarily in the New York area. http://www.singerarts.com. . |
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| Christi Sobel Link to Presentation Christi is a self-employed artist and has been a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for 10 years. She graduated from the U.C. Santa Cruz program in 1998, and trained at Kew Gardens in botanical illustration. She works in a variety of traditional media, as well as Photoshop and InDesign. Although she has had a variety interesting clients and projects, and many solo and group shows, she counts her biggest accomplishment as making a living as an artist and illustrator. Christi also has a business creating and marketing notecards of her work, which is a lot of fun and is beginning to reach beyond the local market. She will bring her experience as a small business owner to the Business Panel. http://www.christisobel.com . |
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| Charles Trautmann, Ph.D. Link to Symposium Since 1990, Dr. Trautmann has served as Executive Director of the Sciencenter. For his biography online: http://www.sciencenter.org/aboutus/ trautmann_resume.asp Back to Top . |
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| David O. Watkins, Jr. Link to Presentation David was Director of Media and Technology Services at Cornell University from 1986 until his retirement in 2000. His career spans over 35 years in media production, management and policy for television, radio, and the World Wide Web. He served as a media and marketing consultant for the US. Department of Energy; the New York State Departments of Energy, Education, Health and Social Services; many land grant universities; the New York State Department of Education overseeing Museum, Libraries, Cultural Education and Public Television; as well as serving as Trustee of WSKG Public Television and Radio in Binghamton, New York. Recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service in 1995, since retiring, he developed a fine art nature and landscape photography business with shows in New York and beyond. He serves on the board of the State of the Art, Ithaca's cooperative gallery. . |
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| Suzanne M. Wegener Link to Presentation | Link to Tech Showcase Suzanne is the Coordinator of Botanical Art Education at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle Il. She works in watercolor, gouache, pen & ink, colored ink, pencil and digital mediums. She studied scientific illustration at Northern Illinois University and has a MS in Biomedical Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Suzanne has worked in the creative/education market for 20 years and has exhibited throughout the Midwest and Florida. . |
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| Terryl Whitlatch Link to Presentation Terryl Whitlatch is considered the foremost creature designer in the world, and known throughout the film industry as the illustrator who created some of the most memorable fantasy life ever to appear on film. Her unique combination of illustration skills and comprehensive knowledge of animal anatomy and movement are essential components in the design, anatomy and physical animation aspects of creature creation. Her legendary work includes the countless designs she created for the new Star Wars trilogy. For Star Wars: Episode 1, Ms. Whitlatch worked directly with George Lucas to create the hallmark world of creatures for which the trilogy is so famously known. She joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1994, and in her years there has worked on Jumanji I and II, The Indian in the Cupboard, Bear Country, Dragonheart and Polar Express. Ms. Whitlatch built her unique skill set by first studying zoology at Sonoma State University, and then receiving professional artistic training at Academy Art College. A collection of her work for Lucasfilm, "The Wildlife of Star Wars", was published by Chronicle Books in 2001 to critical acclaim and popular success. Terryl also designs for electronic and interactive games for leading publishers including Steven Spielberg's The Dig. She teaches in the Illlustration department at the Academy of Art University, as well as working with many major studios and effects houses as a highly sought-after creature and concept designer. In addition to her continuing work on the Katurran Odyssey series, is designing fantasy animals for a traditional carousel to be built in her Oregon community. . |
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