Two new illustrations: American Dippers and Brown Trout Fries / Owyhee Horned Lark. For all the #boise people, I will be selling new prints and originals down at OldSpeak tomorrow and Friday. Come down and say hi. #sciart

One of my smoky quartz illustrated. Dug from the bitterroot mountains. The reason smoky quartz is so dark is that it gets radiated from the earth. The more dark and opaque a smoky gets, the less it’s been exposed. #sciart #specimenillustration #geology

With all the absolute insanity in the world, I continue to paint and contribute to the city of Boise. This was sponsored by PFCU and created for Idaho River Sports. I had a blast and met several organizers like Idaho Rivers United. . #sciart #murals #scientificillustration

Hire me if you want to combat climate change. Whenever I install a mural, a storm inevitably rolls in whether we are in a dry season or not. #murals #artprocess

Some progress updates from my newest mural near White Water Park.

One of my favorite minerals are the Bunkerhill Pyromorphites. Most pyromorphites range from olive to granny smith apple green, but the Jersey lvl 9 vein of pyromorphites are bright orange due to trace amounts of arsenic mixed in with these lead chlorophosphate crystals. #Sciart #Idaho

This is one of my favorite comics to read in the last 5 years.

Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general. If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.

wounded II (study) • graphite on moleskine and washi paper

“African florals and birds” Finished up this mural for the client this past Sunday. One and a half week install time for a new build. Assisted by Eva Streicher and Indigo B-C. #murals #sciart

Mural progress of our 12x15’ wall. Slightly #sciart , but not really since we’re adding plants that the client enjoys. #mural

New wall, new year, same ole Jay. #mural

Happy new year

Three years ago, I stood outside three hours in frigid conditions for the gift of a 30-second view of this magnificent bird. The genus of the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus, comes from the Greek "ixos," or mistletoe.

I absolutely love how lighting and environment shifts mural work. 14’x88’ River Otters and Balsamroot in deep snow. #sciart #murals

Here’s some cool new hematite amethyst material coming out of a brand new spot in NA. The geodes themselves are a couple hundred pounds and are lined with lemon yellow agate and are incased in limestone. They are from a very remote corner of main land America, one that has few visitors. #geology

Table No. 43 - Nudibranchia Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel 🦑 🐡 #art #SciArt #MarineBiology 💙📚 #Booksky 📚👀

These guys just live rent free running through my head. There's nothing like stumbling across a whole herd of them in winter. #sciart

Hello! I've finally made the jump over to bsky as I no longer use Twitter and I'm excited to test out this new platform. I absolutely love the visual communication of science, and I'm a professionally-trained medical illustrator! Here's some of my infographic work: #SciArt #SciComm

One of the illustrations created for an interpretive panel for the USFS. (I did a bunch of native bush florals as well) This was commissioned to show the non native Spruce root system compared to the native Larch's system at a camp ground where several old growth spruces were felled. #sciart

Terrific new mural in Sand City CA - created last month at the 5th Sand City Mural Festival. By SF Bay Area muralist Liv Losee-Unger (orluarts on insta). #mural

Some of my specimen work in Mineralogy/Crystallography. -Watermelon Tourmaline (Himalayan Mine--San Diego, CA.) 2024 -Idaho Mineral Poster. 2022 -Idaho Aquamarine, Smokies, and Feldspar. 2022 -Azurite and Malachite (Peacock mine--Near the 7 devils region. ID) 2023 #sciart #geology #gouache

Some photos taken from my most recent mural up along the Idaho/Washington Border celebrating the Camas Lily, an important flower to the Nez Peirce and the Palouse Prairie.

I miss doing en plein air painting so much but I just don’t have the time to dedicate to it anymore. These were some of my last sketchbook paintings that I’ve done circa 2018 or so at the boise zoo.

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『君にプレゼント』 自宅の庭で時々みかけるニホントカゲ。尻尾が青くてちょっと宝物を見つけた感がありますね😊 #渡辺孝夫デジタル作品集 In Japan, there is a lizard with a beautiful blue tail named “Nihon-tokage” (Japanese Lizard). I see them in my garden, and when I see them, I feel very lucky. #Illustration

Inktober Day 26: Liz Sherman from Hellboy/BRPD

One of my favorite interpretive panels I’ve ever worked on! I love doing above/under scenes. #sciart

(1 of 2) illustrated plate of smoky quartz specimens from Idaho in my collection. I dug a couple of these myself and the rest were bought from independent rockhounds. These are all from the Sawtooth Batholith and dug mostly in the Trinities.

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With the weather changing, it's been a blast on reflecting on all of the rockhounding I've done this summer. This is a quartz location on a private claim out in the Owyhees (Idaho and Oregon Border). I hauled out about a 55 liter bag full of this stuff!

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Hello! My name is Jay Rasgorshek. I am a scientific illustrator based in the NW who paints murals in the summer. I've worked with DK Books, Science Friday, USFS, BLM, NCA, Rutgers, Ghent, and many more. Portfolio: jayrasgorshek.com

hi, i’m Josh and im a story artist (santiago of the seas, transformers: earthspark, lackadaisy, nda things) and BG designer (bee and puppycat) in animation! 💌 [email protected] 💻 joshmckenzieart.com

Hey, I'm Peter and I draw comics! I've worked on the ATLA comics, written some Dragon Prince graphic novels, and also a few creator-owned things. ✨portfolio: peterwartman.com ✨comics: shipwreckplanet.com

Some photos taken from my most recent mural up along the Idaho/Washington Border celebrating the Camas Lily, an important flower to the Nez Peirce and the Palouse Prairie.

Some recent Idaho ☀️blooms☀️

Forgot to post my Albertson's project that my team and I completed this past spring (April 8th). I felt honored to contribute to the company's Recipe for Change and paint my favorite Boise River Bird. As always, I rely on my team to bring the vision of the mural to life. They're so fantastic!

Been fairly offline recently but seeing all this bear discourse go down online, I knew what I had to do. This hot springs is a favorite of mine in Idaho.

Thanks for the good time boise/treefort!! Had a blast. Stay tuned for next week when I start my next mural.

Some Botryoidal agate and opalized geode/thundereggs out of the Idaho/Oregon Border. Was fun pulling them out, they weigh in between 5-15 pounds. #geology

The Owyhees are experiencing above 150% the normal precipitation that they normally get so for the month of January so instead of doing en plein air, I am staying in my studio doing a study of a hot spring on the Owyhee River.

I had a fantastic time at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. Very excited to share the specimen illustrations of the pieces I picked up at the show…but until I clear my freelance and mural backlog, here are some of my favorite cases at the main show.

Spring time Pronghorns in the Owyhees

Mountain yellow-legged frog! The second amphibian “Sierra Species” I drew, this endangered froggy is making a comeback after gaining protected status in 2014 🐸 🌿 🐡

Another month, another label with Lost Grove Brewing. I had a blast illustrating a line up of native owls found in Idaho for this barrel aged Imperial Breakfast Stout Beer. Always great to sneak in some Sciart for products.

This is a mural prop that I created with a client in Boise featuring cottontails and globemallows! I really love globemallows because they are so low maintenance and bloom all summer/fall with water. If you want a mural for your business in 2024, reach out!

Earlier this year I was honored to contribute a couple spreads for DK’s new book on Habitats and how they change based on variables (time, elevation, keystone species.) Glad to say that it’s been published!