This week in our Deep Sea Round Up: 🔹️Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems at seamounts, 🔹️How scientific practices at sea influence ocean management, 🔹️Nutrient cycling sponge hotspots 👉 www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se... 📷 Oblong Dermechinus urchins by ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute.

Meet Oceans Unmined 🌊 www.oceansunmined.org An initiative dedicated to protecting the ocean’s last true wilderness through creativity, community, and education. #OceansUnmined #SciArt #ArtSeaMatchmaking #OceanEducation #ProtectTheDeep

Meet the team behind Hadal Context 🌊✨ Frances and Mackenzie are committed to blending science and art to help people on the surface feel connected to the extraordinary beauty of the ocean’s deepest depths. Read more about them in the ALT-text ☺️ #SciArt #ArtSeaMatchmaking #DeepSea #HadalZone

First glimpse ⭐ We just received the very first gouache paintings from artist Megan, and they’re already full of wonder and ocean magic 💙 Can’t wait to see this science-meets-art journey unfold! 
#SciArt #ArtSeaMatchmaking #DeepSea #CoralReefs #ScienceCommunication #Illustration #WIP

Getting ready for our show in Juneau! All the work arrived safe and sound, look at all that fab art together, like a perfect deep sea family 😍😍😍 #sciart #deepsea #deepseart #alaska #artshow 🦑🐡

Meet Abyssal Forms 🌊 Two scientists turning research into art. By day: biologists. By night: artists. Read about this amazing team in the ALT-text 🤍 Follow @drtanjastratmann.bsky.social on her journey! #ArtSeaMatchmaking #SciArt#ConservationThroughArt

Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines. The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy. But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk. Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

Not long now! Just under two weeks until our show opening in Juneau Alaska- will we see you there? #deepsea #sciart #womeninstem #womenartists #alaska 🦑🐡 #artshow

Ooooo yeah, one more piece for our upcoming show in Juneau Alaska! A deep-sea octopus, titled “Living the Kaleidoscope Life” this 16x20” acrylic on canvas is based on deep sea footage taken by NOAA off the coast of Alaska in 2023 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #octopus 🦑🐡 #sciart #womenartists #painting

Meet Electroreceptive 🦈 Ariane and Daniel are creating an installation that brings shark electroreception to life. A touch-sensitive panel, swirling ferrofluid, and a hidden magnetic “shark” reveal how these predators navigate total darkness. #ArtSeaMatchmaking #SciArt #InteractiveArt

One more painting for the @unseenocean.bsky.social shows completed! Titled “Nibbles and Cuddles” this 24x24” acrylic on canvas is a Chondrocladia carnivorous sponge, several varieties of brittle stars, and even a little rainbow polychaete too! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #acrylicpainter

Representing the carnivorous sponges for our shows in 2026!

On this fine fall day, we have some little baby deep-sea octopus 🐙 #deepseaoctopus #babyoctopus #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective #deepseacreatures #🐙

Working away on this #deepsea carnivorous sponge, crinoid and brittle star painting. It’s getting there, probably 75% done now, adding all the details and rainbow colors is my fav part! #deepseacreatures #coldwatersponges 🐡🦑 #invertebrates #acrylicpainting #marinebiology #art #painting #artist

So honored to be working with this incredible group of women! @planulara.bsky.social @gsstudios907.bsky.social @highseas-sculpture.bsky.social

Welcome to the Unseen Ocean! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #sciart #womeninstem #unseenoceancollective 🦑🐡

I’m back to share what I’ve been working on for the @unseenocean.bsky.social collective! Here we have the noble Blob sculpin, not the hot melted mess in the most famous blobfish photo, but a true and beautiful deep-sea beauty! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #blobfish #acrylicpainting #art 🐡🦑

Our show in Juneau Alaska is coming up next month! We hope you can join us and see this new Blob Sculpin painting in person! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #blobfish #acrylicpainting #art 🐡🦑

Deep Sea Coral Education for Children 🌊 With Kelsey’s expertise in deep-sea coral reefs and Megan’s talent for illustration, they'll create a non-fiction children’s book that dives into the amazing world of deep-sea corals. #ArtSeaMatchmaking #DeepSeaCorals #OceanEducation #WomenInScience

🌊Meet this awesome ArtSea Matchmaking duo 🌊 Guided by Jeremy’s expertise, Cat will create visuals that can support both scientific understanding and public appreciation. #sciart #artseamatchmaking #scientificillustration #deepsea #coralreef #deepseascience #marinebiodiversity #scicomm

🌊Meet Dexter Davis and Maeva Perez Two incredible scientists turning deep-sea discovery into art. Together, they’re creating a community poster celebrating the invertebrates of Western Pacific seamounts. #ArtSeaMatchmaking #DeepSeaScience #MarineBiology #SciArt #OceanExploration #DeepSeaLife

🌊 Associate Fauna ✨ An ArtSea Matchmaking team where ceramics, curiosity, and deep-sea discovery come together. #sciart #artandscience #artseamatchmaking #ceramicart #newceramics #deepsea #coralreef #deepseascience #marinebiodiversity #weirdandwonderful #scicomm #unseenworlds

🌊 Double Helix Harmonies Meet our first ArtSea Matchmaking duo Alina and Eli are transforming deep-ocean data into immersive, visual experiences - revealing the beauty, mystery, and fragility of the world beneath the waves. #sciart #artseamatchmaking #dataart #soundart #digitalart #scicomm

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 1/2

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

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 🦑 🐟 fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/family/...

#DeepsSeaDecember 🐡

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 1/2

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

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

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

#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

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 😭

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

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.

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.

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!

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