Sara L. Taliaferro
Happy Beetle Studio
2145 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence, KS 66046-3047
Email: sara@happybeetle.com
Phone: (785) 842-4051
Fax: (785) 842-4051
Portfolio
Ambychila cylindriformis
title:
Ambychila cylindriformis
medium:
Carbon dust on drafting film
info:
The specimen and several others were collected secretly by Francis Snow in the mid-1800s. The specimens were so coveted that he was able to trade them for many other insect species specimens, and thus began the University of Kansas’ entomological collections.
ButterflySW06
title:
Charaxes keldeni (butterfly)
medium:
Acrylic and color pencil on Arches 300-lb. cold press.
Crayfish
title:
Crayfish carapace, 2004
medium:
Pen and ink and watercolor
Hummingbird Moth
title:
Hemaris thysbe Hummingbird Moth on Monarda ‘Aquarius’
medium:
Watercolor on sepia ink on Arches 300-lb. cold press.
White Pet
title:
Antique Rosa sp. ‘White Pet’
medium:
Pen and ink with watercolor wash
for:
Advertising poster
Akins Prairie - Sketches
title:
Sketches at Akins Prairie, 2004.
medium:
Pigma pen and watercolor sketch
Boat Sketch
title:
Sketch of boat in Bass Harbor, Maine, 2000.
medium:
Felt-tip pen, water pen, and watercolor
Canyonlands Sketch
title:
Sketch of evening view at Chessler Park, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, 2002.
medium:
Watercolor
Lioness Sketch
title:
Sketch of marble lioness, Villa Melzi, Bellagio, Italy, 2001.
title:
Felt tip and water pen
Olympic Tidal Pool - Sketches
title:
Sketch of tidal pool creatures, Olympic National Park, 2002.
medium:
Watercolor
Weiria sp.
title:
Weiria sp.
medium:
Photoshop 6.0, Illustrator 9.0, carbon dust on drafting film.
for:
Ashe, J. S. 2003. Weiria australis gen. n., sp. n., the first fully myrmecoid aleocharine staphylinid from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aenictoteratini).
Australian Journal of Entomology, 42:179-184.
Ircinia
title:
Ircinia strobilina (Marine sponge)
medium:
Natural History of Puerto Rico, Volume II, Dr. Raphael Joglar, ed. (manuscript)
Physalis physalis
title:
Physalis physalis
medium:
Technical pen and ink.
for:
Natural History of Puerto Rico, Volume II, Dr. Raphael Joglar, ed. (manuscript)
Lborealis
title:
Lasiurus borealis
medium:
Acrylic
for:
A Field Guide to Urban Biodiversity of Puerto Rico, Dr. Rafael Joglar, in press.
Mmusculus
title:
Mus musculus
medium:
Acrylic
for:
A Field Guide to Urban Biodiversity of Puerto Rico, Dr. Rafael Joglar, in press.
Hjavanicus
title:
Hepestes javanicus
medium:
Acrylic
for:
A Field Guide to Urban Biodiversity of Puerto Rico, Dr. Rafael Joglar, in press.
Rnorvegicus
title:
Rattus norvegicus
medium:
Acrylic
for:
A Field Guide to Urban Biodiversity of Puerto Rico, Dr. Rafael Joglar, in press.