Commissions

Sitka WhaleFest 2025

A celebration of marine life through science, art, culture, and adventure. People of all ages and backgrounds join Sitka WhaleFest every year and leave with a deeper connection to the ocean.

The core of Sitka WhaleFest is the three-day Science Symposium, where scientists and knowledge-bearers share the latest research and learning about marine life. There are also many hands-on workshops, including Scientific Illustration, that I have worked to make a success over the past few years.

I was commissioned to design artwork to illustrate the 2025 theme of Entwined. This theme seeks to unravel the tangled connections of the natural world, revealing how intimately we are bound together on our shared planet. My piece will be the cover of the printed program, printed as a large-scale poster, and will be featured on merchandise such as tote bags and shirts.

July 2025

SitkaWhaleFest.org

Tutu's Tidepool

Tutu’s Tidepool is a fully mobile touch tank designed and constructed by Sitka Sound Science Center’s staff. The mobile aquarium will make marine science more accessible and fun to a wide range of audiences.

Tutu (Liz Bodine) was a beloved grandmother that this touch tank is dedicated in memory of. Sitka Sound Science Center is grateful for Tutu’s family’s generosity and help in cultivating the love of exploration and discovery in future generations.

I was commissioned to design artwork depicting the undersea life of our norther Pacific region on panels to surround the cart that holds the touch tank and equipment needed for operations. In my design I tried to highlight many of the staff’s favorite local organisms while keeping all four panels working as a continuous image flowing around the cart. I transferred my drawings onto a tablet and finished the pieces in procreate to the exact dimensions. The final designs were sent to a printing company to reproduce directly onto the plastic panels needed for the cart.

May 2024

Featured in the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators' 2025 Juried Exhibition.

Library Card Design

I was commissioned to create a new design for the Sitka Public Library. I found my inspiration from the resident Blue Heron that fishes just out front of the library.

You can pick up your new card or purchase sweatshirts and book bags at the library.

April 2023

What Water Holds by Tele Aadsen

Tele Aadsen has worked the fishing industry for many years. Spending her summers out on the ocean and performing at fisher poets while ashore. From all her time spent on the waves she has developed an amazing ability to tell stories that capture your imagination.

What Water Holds is a series of Tele's essays diving deep into the intricacies of life. The questions she wrestles with holds weight with me as I am sure they will with any who read her words.

I was honored to have a small part in this project. Visit her website to learn more and purchase a copy today.

August 2022

Tele Aadsen | What Water Holds

Conservation in Color: Alaska's Wildlife

I was honored to be included in a grouping of Alaskan artists commissioned to portray some of Alaska's animals and plants listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

This project is meant to increase public awareness of the endangered species that live amongst us in an engaging and fun way. Please take a moment to look over the coloring pages offered and choose one for your self or a friend to color in.

Learn more about the project and some of the other artists involved.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | Conservation in Color

November 2022

Polar Bumble Bee Coloring Pages