Animals Around Italy

Recently, I've been focused on reading books about nature and climate change. With the realization of how fragile our planet's ecosystems are, I've become obsessed with animals, and their wellbeing. This antique map of Italy seemed like the perfect canvas to celebrate a few of the wonderful creatures who're native to this iconically shaped country. Let's save our freakin' planet, so they can keep on truckin'. This is part of a series called World Tour - in which I use pages from an old atlas as canvases - painting images relating to the place on each map.

Signed prints of this piece are available here, in my Etsy shop.

A Travelog of Egypt

As an struggling artist, I rarely have the budget to travel across my state, let alone travel the world. With a lean wallet, I must satisfy my wanderlust  through spiritual means, as opposed to physical means.  I utilize maps as canvases in order explore other cultures. Here’s  an imaginary travelog I created on a map of Egypt, incorporating animals, antiquities, and artifacts. I hope you enjoy it! And, If you don’t have the financial means to travel, I hope you can find a spiritual path to experience what other cultures offer! 

Signed prints are available here in my Etsy shop!

The Sphinx

An Egyptian hyena and woman

An Egyptian aardvark

The full 1967 map of Egypt

Signed prints of this full version of the map are available here in my Etsy shop!

Thanks for visiting!

Arctic Polar Bear

 Here's a drawing on a map of the the Arctic regions.  This is part of a series called World Tour - in which all the pieces are drawn on vintage maps. I was studying this map, and it seemed to be telling me to draw a polar bear on it. So I did! Signed prints are available here!

Systema Naturae

This sketchbook spread was inspired by Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction. This book walks readers through the major extinctions which have taken place on Earth. She also discusses the history of zoology, in which the first book (published in 1758) on this subject was Carolus Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. This Swedish scientist attempted to map out an order to the animal, plant and insect kingdoms. His work was an important building block towards our modern understanding of nature and evolution.