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Succinic Acid under polarized microscopy, its involved in several areas of metabolism, production of some polyesters and resins, and is also a food additive.

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2020-12-08

day 7 (evening - since I missed yesterday)

Vantage - my first foray into digital art with my iPad and Procreate.

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Day 7.
Another ancient piece from 2004. Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, Act V, Scene III. Ink & watercolour, 297 mm square. The penitent King Leontes is reunited with his supposedly dead queen, Hermione, whose 'statue' comes to life as he embraces her.

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Happy day 7 of Today I gift you the lookdown, which exemplifies what it means to be a laterally compressed fish. https://t.co/X106eiQroT

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2020-12-08

Day 7
‘Crocus & Cows’
10 x 10 Acrylic on Canvas

These beautiful belties (or as my kids call them, Oreo cows) were framed perfectly with the spring crocus in the foreground. How could I not paint it!? 🐮🌷

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2020-12-08

Day 7 Mr Robin, who sits in the Holly tree every day singing and eating berries.

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2020-12-07

A recent favourite commission (posted with approval from my client). Faces are so darned interesting!

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2020-12-07

Aurora Borealis over the skies of Yellowknife, NT. I unfortunately had to cancel all of my northern lights photo tours this year. Hoping to resume operations for the 2020-21 season. Day 6.

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2020-12-07

Day 6 of with the return of the samples and the samples heading home, I’m reflecting today on the value of what the sci community calls “the gifts that keep on giving” with this beautiful Apollo rock, watercolor and ink on paper.

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2020-12-07

Day 6 of the 2020 is what I began the year with: this little 8" x 8" floral study in on Arches paper. PAPER? I couldn't remember how! I had gotten so used to YUPO.

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2020-12-06

Day 5 of - Another piece from earlier this year... Say hello to Wombat...

Mixed media on paper, 5x7"

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2020-12-05

Happy 5th of Dec and day 5 of On this day, I gift you all the majestic Caquetia spectabilis, a South American cichlid known for extreme jaw protrusion.

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2020-12-06

Day 5 of
'Hearts Are Wild' acrylic painting 12"x12"
Pre-dates my preoccupation with heart- & vascular-related imagery & ideas, but contributed to it.
Chuffed that it's part of a remarkable art collection in the UK.

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2020-12-06

For day 5 I have an Its not a real species, just an creative melange of octopus ideas. Ink and watercolour.

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2020-12-06

Day 5 of Here is my photograph on the left and my watercolor rendition of it on the right. Trying to take my photograph to the next level by painting some of pics.

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2020-12-06

It's December 5 - have a ship! Sketched on the beach in Orange County, CA. These were all waiting their turn at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The first one must have been in Sept - check out the inversion layer trapping smog at the water surface!

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2020-12-05