Catie Michel
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art | science illustration | murals | platinum prints catiemichel.com pay attention ✹ be astonished
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Hello! I make murals, scientific illustrations, drawings, paintings, and platinum prints. Here is a recent drawing of a Cactus Wren on grey-toned paper.
#birdart
#sciart
#scienceillustration
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New mural complete in Arvada, CO, created by many hands! It has been a longtime dream to host nature walks, incorporate the community’s observations into the design, and invite volunteers to kick off the mural for community paint days.
#publicart
#mural
#natureart
#commission
#colorado
#painting
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Nigh Flight: Blackpoll Warblers Platinum of ink and charcoal 12 x 12 inches
#platinumprint
#migratorybirds
#blackpoll
#alternativeprocess
#birdart
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Details of “Good Warm Light” 💚
#acrylicpainting
#pitcherplant
#steelhead
#pupfish
#mushrooms
#sciart
#fishart
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“Good Warm Light” Named after Frida Kahlo’s description of the color green 💚 18 x 24 inches Acrylic on birch
#acrylicpainting
#hummingbird
#birdart
#snakeart
#sciart
#plantart
#ferns
#frog
#serpentine
#moths
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Preview of a new painting “Good Warm Light” named after Frida Kahlo’s description of the color green from her person writings in 1957. 18x24 acrylic on birch
#green
#hummingbird
#lunamoth
#ferns
#acrylic
#painting
#natureart
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Chambered nautilus, white pens and acrylic on board. 4 ft x 3 ft.
#nautilus
#oceanart
#marinelife
#sciart
#scientificillustration
#cephalopod
#marineart
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A giant Pacific octopus, white pens and acrylic on board. 4 ft x 3 ft. Inspired by 18th century Lord Bodner’s copper plate engraving.
#sciart
#marineart
#octopus
#oceanart
#marinelife
#scienceart
#cephalopod
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Magpies and mule deer mural for Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater and the Museum of Outdoor Arts in Greenwood Village, CO! Acrylic and latex, 15 x 8ft. 🪶
#birdart
#deer
#mural
#publicart
#handpainted
#colorado
#wildlife
#magpie
#muralartist
#acrylic
#sciart
#conservation
8 months ago
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One of three spreads for Mad! Agriculture Journal issue 12, recently published. Watercolor and ink.
#botanicalillustration
#sciart
#garlic
#botany
#plants
#scientificillustration
#agriculture
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Platinum-palladium of Pacific sardines at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in CA.
#sardines
#marinelife
#platinum
#printmaking
#fishart
#alternativeprocess
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A platinum-palladium artwork of Meca’Ayo and a screech owl for today’s
#SuperbOwl
🪶 Part of an ongoing series of portraits/interviews of women+nonbinary individuals. 30x22 in, platinum, graphite, watercolor on paper
#platinumpalladium
#alternativeprinting
#portrait
#birdart
#owl
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This mural was such a joy to create for Art Gym Denver’s conference room last spring. It features four local hummingbird species darting across a wall of paint strokes. 22 x 9 ft, latex house paint and acrylic.
#birds
#mural
#hummingbirds
#sciart
#birdart
#painting
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A spread from my field notebook detailing snorkel survey sights in Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja CA, MX as a research asst for a marine biology course. All three sea stars on the right were on the same rock!
#fieldnotes
#sciart
#marinelife
#fish
#naturejournal
#addocean
#marinebiology
8 months ago
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Ladder-backed woodpecker perches atop a murex shell. Part of a series of acrylic paintings in which various species curiously resemble one another yet would likely never meet—an exploration of color, pattern, and form.
#acrylicpainting
#birdart
#sciart
#birds
#woodpecker
#shell
8 months ago
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Eurasian hoopoe perches atop a nautilus shell. Part of a series of acrylic paintings in which various species curiously resemble one another yet would likely never meet—an exploration of color, pattern, and form.
#acrylicpainting
#hoopoe
#nautilus
#birdart
#birds
9 months ago
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CA scrub jay on scrub oak ✺ Ballpoint pen, white charcoal, and white gel pen on grey-toned paper
#birds
#birddrawing
#oak
9 months ago
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Western hemlock, Golden-crowned kinglets, Common loons, and Chinook fry; pen and ink on paper!
#commonloon
#penandink
#sciart
#chinook
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9 months ago
A plate from my upcoming field guide project, Winter Wildlife of Chicago
#scientificillustration
#procreate
#wildlifeart
#queerartist
#queerscientist
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A Violet-Eared hummingbird perches atop an abalone shell. Part of a series of acrylic paintings in which various species curiously resemble one another yet would likely never meet—an exploration of color, pattern, and form.
#hummingbirdart
#abalone
#acrylicpainting
#birdpainting
#addbirder
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Hello! I make murals, scientific illustrations, drawings, paintings, and platinum prints. Here is a recent drawing of a Cactus Wren on grey-toned paper.
#birdart
#sciart
#scienceillustration
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