Art
I am an amateur artist and professional craft-aholic. Here is some of the stuff I have made!
I am an amateur artist and professional craft-aholic. Here is some of the stuff I have made!
In 2024 I entered the Maize Genetics Meeting cover art competition and won! I was overwhelmed with support for my art, which pushed me to stop being shy and start being proud. Some of my art is available for purchase on my redbubble account: https://www.redbubble.com/people/sloliver17/shop
Galaxy
Moon
Upper left: Woman & Bull Skull
Lower left: Tree Woman
Above: Plague Doctor Woman (insipired by a coloring page drawn by a friend of a friend)
Cherry Blossoms
Black Eyed Susans
Cactus
Lily
Lilacs in a stand mixer
Corn
Sunflowers
Serotonin
Upper left: Floral Kidneys & Adrenal Gland
Lower Left: Stages of Mitosis
Above: Pond Scum Heart
Miscellaneous critters including my frog dumpy, but as a wizard, a blueberry cow, and our field mascot, John Hawk
Zentanlges
Gar Lick Bread
I painted this for my friend who loves Capybaras
Iota Pi Gamma = a plant science research fraternity that is completely made up by me and my friends
This was my first attempt at acrylics in a LONG time
Cat's Cradle and the Solar System
My dear friend, Sam (AKA Soybean Sam), graduated with her masters degree in 2024. To commemorate it, I made her a custom Barbie of herself. It was a labor of love and I am so proud of it... but I will NEVER make one of these again haha
A blue spruce was planted at the MU Genetics Farm in memory of my fellow labmate, Abiskar Gyawali, who tragically lost his battle to leukemia in 2022
I made a crayfish tie for my husband's first conference talk (he studies crayfish)
Lemon cornmeal cake w/ redbuds I foraged on campus