Victoria Saxe
Solstice

Solstice

Title: Solstice
Scientific Names: Neuròptera (Lacewing & antlion),Tyrannophasma gladiator (Gladiator-bug), Rothschildia orizaba(silk moth), Basilarchia lorquini (Butterfly), Mantophasma kudubergense (Gladiator-bug, Datura wrightii (Jimson weed)
Medium: Adobe Photoshop, colored pencil and scanned material

My concept was to create a piece that was very cool and precise; like the last light on a winter's day. The center holds a snowflake-like organism, a radiolarian, originally drawn by Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919). Surrounding the radiolarian, like jewelry on an invisible chain, are precious objects. This is a sampler of techniques and an arrangement of loved natural objects.

Scientific Illustration