Today is also International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day and I for one, appreciate the corvids. They are extraordinarily intelligent birds! Here is my murder of crows, part of my #termsOfVenery series of collective nouns for animals series of prints.

The raven is the official bird of the Yukon, in my print with the official flora, fireweed.

Lastly my crow print, inspired by a photo my husband took.

Openstreetmap Tracetrack Topo - Brahmaputra Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeastern India #mapart

Si le manchot papou est la star de mes cartes, les baleines à bosse sont les SUPER stars !
Voici une nouvelle illustration d'une baleine sautant hors de l'eau.
Savais-tu que les baleines sautent, entre autres, pour communiquer entre elles sur de longues distances ?

My final Canadian province #linocut is my home #province #Ontario along with its symbols, the common #loon and trillium. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, black, green and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

Ontario is where I was born and where I now call home. Growing up on Lake Ontario I was always aware of our region being defined by the Great Lakes, 1/2

map #SciArt #printmaking #mapart #Canada

Next in my Canada series: the Northwest Territories with its territorial symbols the gyrfalcon and mountain avens flowers on my hand-carved linocut map of NWT. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, gray-brown, green and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

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My next Canadian province is Manitoba with its provincial animal the bison and flower the crocus (Anemone patens) in this linocut. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, pale violet, umber and brown, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

It's no mystery how the bison could symbolize this prairie province. Manitoba is one of the few places where 1/n

Next in my Canadian series: la belle province. The symbols of Québec, its provincial bird, the snowy owl and its tree, the yellow birch cover the hand-carved map of #Québec in this #linocut. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, Payne's gray, gold, black and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.
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Next in my Canada series: the Yukon. The symbols of the Yukon, its official bird, the Raven & its flower, fireweed cover the hand-carved map of the Yukon in this linocut. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours, pink-magenta and black in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

The raven is the largest member of the crow family

I hope one day to visit!
#linocut #printmaking #Canada #Yukon #raven #fireweed #mapart #sciart #MastoArt

Next in my Canadian provinces is one my uncle described as “easy to draw, hard to spell.” The symbols of Saskatchewan, its provincial bird, the sharp-tailed grouse and its flower, the Western red lily cover the hand-carved map of Saskatchewan in this #linocut. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

Today’s Canadian province #linocut is Alberta, with its provincial animal, the big horn sheep and its famous flower, the wild rose. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours, green, pinks, yellow and gray-brown, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

It was obvious, despite the various symbols of the province from which to choose

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Next in my Canadian province linocuts is Nova Scotia, with its provincial bird, the Osprey and its flower, the mayflower. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours, green, pinks, yellow and gray-brown, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

The mayflower (Epigaea repens) is also known as trailing arbutus has been a symbol of the province since

This is my #linocut of New Brunswick, a province I have visited many times. Its provincial bird, the black-capped chickadee and its tree, the balsam fir cover the hand-carved map of New Brunswick. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours, black, gold and green, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.
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Here is Newfoundland and Labrador, with its provincial bird the Atlantic puffin and flower the purple pitcher plant cover the hand-carved map of The Rock (and Labrador). The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours, black, orange, lime and burgundy, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

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Next: Canada’s most recent territory: Nunavut The territorial symbols the rock ptarmigan and purple saxifrage flowers cover the hand-carved map of #Nunavut in my #linocut. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours, lavendar, beige, black and red, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

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#Canada #printmaking #sciart #mapArt #saxifrage #RockPtarmigan #MastoArt

Happy birthday to Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) renown Flemish cartographer.

What made Mercator a great #cartographer, was in fact his abilities as a #mathematician -and like those of us scientists who feel compelled also to create art he was wasn’t hindered by his immense ability as an engraver. He produced beautiful world maps (a version of which is depicted in this print), globes, 1/n

here's a map i made for a campaign i'm running. its a diegetic, mildly inaccurate map emphasizing all the things i want my players to go explore

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For #SciArtSeptember day 3 prompt: grim it’s my ‘No water no life’ print. Made summer 2023 when I was thinking about the inescapable: the way so much of this country was and had been literally on fire. All 13 provinces and territories saw forest fires in 2023, the worst forest fire season we have ever experienced and 150,504 km squared, or as much as 4% of the forested area of Canada, a 1/n