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Focus on Nature 12

‘Focus on Nature 12’ New York State Museum, April 28- Dec 31 2012

‘Focus on Nature’ is a bi-annual juried exhibition of the world’s best contemporary cultural & scientific illustration. The exhibition comprises 90 images taken from an initial 500+ entries from 40+ countries.

Images exhibited are judged on quality of research, contribution to new knowledge, academic and educational value, scientific accuracy, aesthetic achievement and technical quality. I have 4 illustrations exhibited, catalogue 48, 49, 50, 51, the maximum allowed, and am the only exhibitor to do so.

One of the images, Carboniferous Faunascape, (48) is borne out of a previous project, in conjunction with Cambridge University, on the tetrapod Pederpes finneyae. This project was used for the Japanese State TV production Miracle Earth, Episode 2, ‘On to the Land.’ The other illustrations are The End of the Cretaceous (50); a consultative research project for Yale University, Nephila claripes (51) and Latrodectus mactans (52), both produced for the 2003 Bluebonnet-nominated book Spiders and their Websites, (Time Warner, New York) in conjunction with award-winning science writer Marjorie Facklam.

I have been selected for the ‘Focus on Nature’ exhibition 6 times in a row; 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and awarded the internationally prestigious ‘Focus on Nature’ Jury Award on 3 occasions (2002, 2006, 2010); my winning original artworks are now housed in the museum’s permanent collection

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