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Emily S. Damstra

@emilydamstra.com

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• Science illustrator, coin designer, native plant gardener, goldenrod enthusiast • Great Lakes region of N. America • she/her emilydamstra.com

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Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Sep 3

Thank you!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Sep 3

Great question. 😆 I haven't tried!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Sep 3

Canada Post released this set of 5 #fungi #stamps last week. I'm so pleased to have had the opportunity to illustrate them!
Design by Joce Creative.
More stamp images: www.emilydamstra.com/canada-post-...

#fungifriends #postagestamps #stampcollecting #philately #fungiart #mushrooms #lichens #SciArt

Front of the 2025 Canada Post fungus stamp set's Official First Day Cover, featuring images of 5 different fungus stamps against a background that includes larger-size cropped portions of the oyster fungus illustration.

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Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Aug 29

Beautiful!

Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · Aug 29

Borrego Springs is beautiful in spring, when blossoms carpet the desert floor and the earth turns green with plant life. This piece captures the peaceful morning light of California's high desert.

Peaceful Light
Oil Painting by Erin Hanson, 2015
48 x 84 in
Original Available

#westernart #dailyart

https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/peaceful-light

"Peaceful Light"
Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson
2015
48 x 84 in
Original, Textured Replicas, and Prints Available

About the Painting
Borrego Springs is most beautiful in March and April, when the desert blossoms carpet the desert floor and the brown earth turns green with tiny desert plantlife. This painting captures the peaceful morning light of Southern California's high desert.

Reposted by Emily S. Damstra

Mellow Lugosi’s Dead 🧛🏻‍♂️ @flyingtrilobite.com · Aug 26

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Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Jun 2

It's awesome!!!!! I love it. Great lyrics and illustrations.

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Apr 25

Awesome!!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Apr 1

It’s awesome! The bonobos are great and I also love the tree, vines, and background.

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 30

Beautiful! That would make for a fun jigsaw puzzle!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 28

Magnificent!!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 24

Beautiful!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 20

Nice work!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 15

Fantastic!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 12

The way nature is depicted in popular culture is, I suspect, something that many nature enthusiasts notice and care about. Although I wrote the post 8 years ago, it still consistently ranks as one of the most-visited pages at my website in any given week.

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 12

I really like Bluesky (thanks, @jay.bsky.team) so I hope that a future iteration of its logo might depict a LIVE butterfly. Like bsky's logo, butterflies in popular culture are often shown w/ their wings unnaturally spread as if they are pinned (dead). Details:
www.emilydamstra.com/please-enoug...

Please, enough with the dead butterflies! - Emily S. Damstra

We all have pet peeves, even though there's a lot going on in the world that makes them pretty insignificant. While acknowledging that there are many more

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Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Mar 6

Blastoids, edrioasteroids, echinoids….oh heck how about all the spiny skin -oids!

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Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Feb 24

Thank you!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Feb 23

Wow,I really appreciate that; thank you!

Emily S. Damstra @emilydamstra.com · Feb 23

Thank you!