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Silvaris Studio
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Sil -  (noun) Latin for forest
Var -  (adjective) for changing, colored, different, diverse

A wildlife ecologist celebrating the biodiversity all around us through art

Website: https://www.silvaris-studio.com/
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My lil' print shop is finally open! ✨

www.silvaris-studio.com/print-shop

Starting w/ a few favorite watercolors of native flora & fauna of the southern US. 🐸🦉🌿

I would be honored if you visited or shared!

#BirdArt #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #supportartists #OriginalArt #WildlifeArt #TraditionalArtist
Male northern flicker (yellow-shafted morph) and eastern redcedar

#Watercolor and #gouache #painting on 9x12 paper

#sciart #birdart #botanicalart #wildlifeart #ecoart #originalart #traditionalart
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Getting ready for my next art festival! This is one of my favorite pieces I'm bringing. My wonderful husband made a frame out of locally sourced cedar

#acrylicpainting #fox #foxart #sciart #handmade #woodworking #cedar #art #traditionalart #originalart #redfox #painting #frame #wildlifeart
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Super neat concept!!
It took me about three months to get here but...

Here's a 🪶 for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions.

10,151 species.

#dataviz #birds #data
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Santa Fe River
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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🐻GRIZZLED🐻: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals

Def the biggest & most personal project of my career. Featuring artwork & foreword by Joel Sartore, as well as insights from a bajillion amazing scientists. 🧪

❤️‍🔥I HOPE YOU LOVE IT❤️‍🔥
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
Grizzled by Jason Bittel: 9781426223358 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Funny, fascinating, and scientifically grounded, this charming book reveals unknown details about 50 well-known animals. Effortlessly readable, Grizzled reintroduces nature lovers to species they th...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A smug (or proud) red fox (Vulpes vulpes) just in time for #samhain

Acrylic on black canvas

#fox #foxart #wildlifeart #wildlifeartist #acrylicpainting #originalart #traditionalart #sciart
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One of my current wips...

Getting ready for my next show in November!

#acrylic #birdart #crow #corvids #sciart ##wildlifeart #wildlife #birds #originalart #traditionalart
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A slightly better picture of my latest

Love u Vulpes vulpes <3
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Vulpes vulpes

Foxes have always been a favorite muse 💜

Last painting before my first art festival... I am nervous and excited

#wildlifeart #traditionalart #originalart #acrylicpainting #fox #foxart #smallbusiness #sciart
October 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Brown thrasher and yaupon holly. Thrasher's are some of my favorite birds and yaupon is fruiting now in my local forests. Yaupon berries are an important food for many birds during the fall and winter.

#sciart #birdart #botany #wildlifeillustration #gouache #ecoart #traditionalart #watercolor #art
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just keep swimming 🦦

Just finished this little painting of a river otter swimming in a Florida first magnitude spring.

#riverotter #saveoursprings #Florida #sciart #originalpainting #wildlifeart #acrylicpainting
September 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?

Barred Owl - Acrylic on Canvas

One of my favorite species of owls to see (and hear!)

#birdart #wildlifeart #sciart #traditionalart #originalart #owl #painting #art #acrylicpainting
September 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My lil' print shop is finally open! ✨

www.silvaris-studio.com/print-shop

Starting w/ a few favorite watercolors of native flora & fauna of the southern US. 🐸🦉🌿

I would be honored if you visited or shared!

#BirdArt #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #supportartists #OriginalArt #WildlifeArt #TraditionalArtist
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
White-winged dove in gouache in my new watercolor sketchbook.

Yes, I was definitely singing the song in my head while i painted 😅

#birdart #sciart #originalart #traditionalart #gouache #sketchbook #wildlifeart
September 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The black-capped chickadee is known for its distinct “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” calls, where the number of “dee” notes indicates the level of threat from predators. #🪶 #🐡
August 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
the egrets stalk through the rain / as if nothing mortal can affect them’ – Derek Walcott

Great egret in breeding plumage in acrylic 10 x 10 canvas

#sciart #wildlifeart #birdart #acrylicpainting #originalart #traditionalart #wadingbirds #poem #art
August 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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It’s that time again. 🌟
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#sciartseptember #sciart #scienceart #scicomm
August 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I was a busy girl this weekend, and I'm really happy with one! White ibis, one of the more common wetland birds around these parts, but when you take a minute to really look at them, they are stunning 🥰

#birdart #sciart #wildlifeart #acrylicpainting #traditonalart #originalart #wadingbirds
August 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just finished a new painting of everyone's favorite backyard bully, the tufted titmouse. I love watching these little guys cause drama at my feeders.

8 x 8 acrylic on canvas

#acrylicpainting #birdart #sciart #wildlifeart #originalart #traditionalart #tuftedtitmouse
August 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Eastern bluebird and pokeweed. Bluebirds eat a lot of fruit in the fall and winter time, including pokeweed berries! We are lucky to have both these lovely species right here on the farm

#sciart #birdart #bluebird #pokeweed #nativeplants #botanicalillustration #wildlifeart #gouache #painting
August 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
August 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Lovely birds, even as bebes! <3
For #AvianAugust day 1, an immature 'I'iwi 🪶🐡

Reference image by Norman Graf: macaulaylibrary.org/asset/635863...
August 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Two of my paintings were accepted into a virtual exhibition entitled "Small Wonders" hosted by an LA gallery, The Hummingbird & Dragonfly.

I am in very good company. Lots of lovely little wonders to see here: www.hummingbirddragonflyartgallery.com/featured-exh...

#originalart #artshow #virtual
August 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Mary Hewes Hinckley (1845-1944) was a US herpetologist who made important contributions to the study of frogs in North America.
She is attributed as the author of the description of Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) as a distinct species.
🐸 #WomenInSTEM
July 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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In my talks to Biology depts since 2015, my recommendation of a several month career shadowing requirement for all PhD students has never been warmly received.

6 years and y’all can’t find 3 months for a non tenure track career exploration that ~85% of PhDs will end up in.
July 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM