Annie Shao Art
@annieshaoart.bsky.social
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Artist, birder, and PhD cell biologist in Minnesota.
https://linktr.ee/annieshao
she/her No AI
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Just launched! Get yourself some birdy stickers from my Birdtober 2025 Sticker campaign! Backers in the first 48 hours get a free Turkey Vulture sticker!
#birdart
#sciart
#bsnm
#stickers
#birdstickers
#beastandbotanicals
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Birdtober 2025 Stickers
A sticker set featuring my favorite Birdtober 2025 marker drawings!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/annie-shao-art/birdtober-2025-stickers
19 days ago
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Last 2 days of the Birdtober 2025 Sticker campaign!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#stickers
#birdstickers
#BSNM
#crowdfunding
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Birdtober 2025 Stickers
A sticker set featuring my favorite Birdtober 2025 marker drawings!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/annie-shao-art/birdtober-2025-stickers?ref=bsky
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Happy Mother's Day! Moms, I hope you're far less busy than this Wood Duck today 😅
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
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Another native plant
#WeeklySketch
! This is Prairie Smoke before the flowers go to seed and get their signature smoke look. I wasn't sure what to sketch this week and my husband suggested doing a before and after seed for Prairie Smoke.
#BotanicalArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#PleinAir
#FineArt
3 days ago
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I painted this awhile ago and realized I never posted it. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks tend to stop at my feeders for only 1-2 days around this time of year, but they spend the whole day chowing down on my seeds.
#BirdArt
SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
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Jess Taylor
5 days ago
Woot the sparrow & Bluethroat now unlocked! Our next target is the snowy owl and slightly shocked looking short-eared owl! So if you ever wanted a mini owl to hoot from your lapel you've got 1 week left to back!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
#SciArt
#Illustration
#Birds
#Owls
#bsnm
#BirdArt
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One more week until the end of the Birdtober 2025 Sticker campaign! These are all the stretch goal stickers that have been unlocked so far, voted on by backers. Want to stick some birds on things? Don't forget to pledge by May 14:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
5 days ago
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CassWArt 🌴
6 days ago
These are some of my favs I've done. 💙 Portfolio:
cara.app/casswart
Linktree:
linktr.ee/casswart
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Haven't done a
#WIPWednesday
in a while! I triggered the MN eBird Rare Bird Alert a few weeks ago when I found some Black-necked Stilts. I tried painting in the part of background first this time, I think it works well when you have light-colored birds.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#WIP
6 days ago
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We just reached another stretch goal for Birdtober 2025 Stickers! American Golden-Plover is now a design you can choose. Just 9 days left of the campaign! Pledge now to score your own birdy stickers:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
#birdstickers
#AnimalArt
7 days ago
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I'm excited to announce my next exhibit! Seasons on the Wing will feature native Minnesota birds from all year round. It will be at the Trailhead Gallery at Theodore Wirth Park from May 23 - July 9.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Minneapolis
#TheodoreWirth
#Loppet
#TwinCities
#ArtExhibit
7 days ago
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🌸 Ariesian 🌸 アリエシアン 🌸
8 days ago
Today is my birthday and I'd really love it if I could get some reposts or something I guess? Here is a collection of my favorite pieces from the past couple years, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.
#art
#sciart
#nature
#animals
#birds
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Jess Taylor
8 days ago
Ooh we're just £4 away from unlocking the next feathery stretch goal pins...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
#SciArt
#BirdArt
#Illustration
#ArtistSupport
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I've been painting native plants in my yard en plein air. Here's what I've done so far: Dutchman's Breeches, Great White Trillium, and Jacob's Ladder. It's great practice, but I will have to stop once the mosquitoes come back 😅
#SciArt
#BotanicalArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#NativePlants
8 days ago
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#WeeklySketch
I did 2 more plein air native plant sketches! The trillium is from my yard, the Jacob's Ladder is my neighbor's, just on the edge of our yards.
#BotanicalArt
#SciArt
#Nativeplants
#Watercolor
#PleinAir
#FineArt
10 days ago
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Lauren
11 days ago
I'm so pleased I can finally share my Antarctic Imperial Cormorant illustration for
#PolarLights
! This was a bird I knew little about before, but I quickly fell in love with their incredible colors and how they contrast against the vivid blue & white of the Antarctic landscape. 🎨
#SciArt
#BirdArt
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Jess Taylor
19 days ago
It's go time people, all projects are now live and awaiting your perusal! These are all chock full of amazing nature inspired art, pins, stickers, homewares etc. 🍃🐾
www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
#SciArt
#Invertefest
#Illustration
#SciComm
#BirdArt
#Nature
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Jess Taylor
11 days ago
A haunting cry from within the forest entices you towards a clearing where you stumble across the beautiful collection of birds available in
@annieshaoart.bsky.social
campaign...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#SciArt
#Birds
#Illustration
#ArtSky
#Backerkit
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Birdtober 2025 Stickers
A sticker set featuring my favorite Birdtober 2025 marker drawings!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/annie-shao-art/birdtober-2025-stickers?ref=bk-discover-beasts-botanicals-projects&utm_campaign=bk-discover-beasts-botanicals-projects&utm_medium=discover&utm_source=backerkit
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The first week of Birdtober 2025 Stickers has been awesome. We've hit 9 stretch goals already and are close to the next one 👀 Thank you backers for your support! Check out the campaign if you like birds and stickers!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
#birdstickers
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Birdtober 2025 Stickers
A sticker set featuring my favorite Birdtober 2025 marker drawings!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/annie-shao-art/birdtober-2025-stickers?ref=bsky
12 days ago
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Day 30 of
#repostyourart
: Whimsical I love this painting, and it's almost that time of year again! Can you spot the two Hooded Merganser ducklings that got mixed into this brood?
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
#repostyourart26
12 days ago
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Alycia the Artist 🪶
13 days ago
Finished 🩷
#birdart
#cedarwaxwing
#artistsofbluesky
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Day 29 of
#repostyourart
: Plant Red Columbine are one of my favorite native wildflowers. This was also my first time using hot press paper. Who knew it'd become one of my favorites for watercolor in just 2 years?
#BotanicalArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#nativeplants
13 days ago
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Phone photo for now, because we're having some work done on the house and the studio's in disarray. But I couldn't wait to share newest painting of a lovely Galah girl! I absolutely love pink birds and Galahs have so much character 🩷
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
14 days ago
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Lauren
15 days ago
Any of you out there ever had your
#PassportPhoto
turn out like this
#BirdoftheDay
? 😭
#BirdArt
#SciArt
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Another stretch goal unlocked, so Acorn Woodpecker is a new sticker choice! Here's the campaign if you want this and other bird stickers!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#sticker
#BSNM
#birdsticker
15 days ago
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Day 27 of
#repostyourart
: Garden A natural garden of native plants! This Field Sparrow with Ohio spiderwort and gray-headed coneflower was inspired by how the prairies look in the summer at some of my favorite birding spots.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#repostyourart26
#AnimalArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
15 days ago
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Anne van den Broek Art
16 days ago
My favourite artwork of last years 🤍 White Egret. Open to see full size!
#SciArt
#birdart
#oilpainting
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3 more stretch goals unlocked for Birdtober 2025 Stickers! I am blown away by all the support 🥳 Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Red-crowned Amazon, and Diamond Firetail are now sticker options!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#AnimalArt
#stickers
#birdstickers
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16 days ago
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Day 26 of
#repostyourart
: Mushroom I drew this American red squirrel with a mushroom because they cache them for the winter!
#Mammals
#SciArt
#FineArt
#coloredpencil
#AnimalArt
#repostyourart26
16 days ago
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I skipped
#WeeklySketch
last week and then went a little too hard last evening 😅 A sort of plein air painting of my Dutchman's Breeches that bloomed this week! The sun was setting though, so I had to finish it indoors.
#SciArt
#NativePlants
#BotanicalArt
#Watercolor
#springephemeral
#FineArt
17 days ago
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Last chance to score your freebie Turkey Vulture sticker from backing Birdtober 2025 Stickers! The Early Bird Incentive goes till noon CT today. See thread for more details and the campaign link!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
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17 days ago
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Day 24 of
#repostyourart
: Fast/Slow Part of why the deep sea exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium was so soothing to me was all the cool, floaty jellies drifting slowly. These are some Snowglobe Jellies I painted on black paper.
#SciArt
#Marinelife
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#repostyourart26
#jellyfish
18 days ago
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Birdtober 2025 Stickers is funded, and already hit 3 stretch goals! 🤩 I'm so thankful for all the support! There's still time to get the Early Bird Incentive! If you back by noon central time on Saturday, you'll get a free Turkey Vulture sticker!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
#birdstickers
19 days ago
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Just launched! Get yourself some birdy stickers from my Birdtober 2025 Sticker campaign! Backers in the first 48 hours get a free Turkey Vulture sticker!
#birdart
#sciart
#bsnm
#stickers
#birdstickers
#beastandbotanicals
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Birdtober 2025 Stickers
A sticker set featuring my favorite Birdtober 2025 marker drawings!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/annie-shao-art/birdtober-2025-stickers
19 days ago
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Day 23 of
#repostyourart
: Magic I think the scales of a Rainbow Boa are quite magical 🤩
#Herps
#SciArt
#Copic
#FineArt
#repostyourart26
19 days ago
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Day 22 of
#repostyourart
: Paint A Painted Bunting I drew for Birdtober 2024. What a pretty guy! Sticker available on my webstore:
annieshaoart.myshopify.com/products/pai...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#Copic
#FineArt
#repostyourart26
20 days ago
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Happy Earth Day! I try to showcase native plants and animals and their interconnectedness in my work, and raise awareness for what we need to protect and preserve.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#nativeplants
#earthday
#AnimalArt
20 days ago
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So pumped for Birdtober 2025's launch tomorrow! Remember that all the proceeds from the Common Loon sticker will go towards Twin Cities rent relief, and that you can score a freebie Turkey Vulture by backing in the first 2 days!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
#beastsandbotanicals
20 days ago
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Annie Shao Art
Here are the current stretch goal stickers for the Birdtober 2025 Stickers campaign! The Sultan Tit was voted on by the campaign's followers. Check out my Launch Party page to vote in the poll for the 4th stretch goal before launch on 4/23!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
21 days ago
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Day 21 of
#repostyourart
: Cloud A tribute to California Condor #550, who I watched soar past the clouds. I think is the first time I've posted the scan of this piece, which I'm very happy with!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#repostyourart26
#AnimalArt
21 days ago
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Here are the current stretch goal stickers for the Birdtober 2025 Stickers campaign! The Sultan Tit was voted on by the campaign's followers. Check out my Launch Party page to vote in the poll for the 4th stretch goal before launch on 4/23!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
21 days ago
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T minus 3 days until Birdtober 2025 Stickers launches during Beasts and Botanicals on BackerKit! Here's a showcase of the original 6 sticker designs. Check out my Launch Party page for stretch goal stickers, the Turkey Vulture early incentive, and more!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#stickers
#BSNM
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22 days ago
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T minus 3 days until Birdtober 2025 Stickers launches during Beasts and Botanicals on BackerKit! Here's a showcase of the original 6 sticker designs. Check out my Launch Party page for stretch goal stickers, the Turkey Vulture early incentive, and more!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#stickers
#BSNM
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22 days ago
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Day 20 of
#repostyourart
: Critter Elephant shrews fit the bill for critter I think! They are too cute 😊
#Mammals
#SciArt
#coloredpencil
#FineArt
#repostyourart26
#repostyourart26day20
22 days ago
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Digital Brain
23 days ago
These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!
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phoenix
23 days ago
a fun fact the boundary waters contains 1100 lakes. unfun fact the type of copper-nickel sulfide mine that the US federal government just voted to allow in the boundary waters watershed has a 100% chance of leaking and poisoning the entire watershed
#savetheboundarywaters
#linocutprint
#blockprint
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Day 19 of
#repostyourart
: Fruit A Red-crowned Amazon from Birdtober eating a fig. This drawing may become one of the stretch goal stickers in my upcoming campaign launching April 23!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Copic
#FineArt
#repostyourart26
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23 days ago
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Jenny Davies
24 days ago
Treecreeper Drypoint. Hand printed on Somerset satin 300gsm paper. Small creepy little mousebirds…Love em!
#birds
#birdart
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Day 18 of
#repostyourart
: Everyday Life When a blizzard disrupted my weekend plans to practice life-drawing at a conservatory, I instead did a still life of the Asiago whole-wheat buns I make for myself every week for breakfast 😂
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#Sketching
#repostyourart26
24 days ago
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CassWArt 🌴
25 days ago
Eastern Kingbird - final render I have been trying to add more texture to my work. I genuinely like how it's going, it has that feeling of chalking/color pencil slow build up I miss from traditional art. [Hand painted, no AI 🚫used]
#Bird
#BirdArt
#birdartist
#SciArt
#NatureArt
#WildlifeArt
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Day 17 of
#repostyourart
: Doodle This year, I'm trying to do more informal experimentation with my art and committed to doing weekly sketches. Some of them are a little more than sketches, but this one I think is appropriately sketch/doodle-level!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
25 days ago
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