Scientific, Veterinary and Natural World Illustrations
Scientific and veterinary illustration includes the study, collection and classification of the natural world whether this be animal or flora and fauna. Joanna completes scientific, biological, animal andveterinary art and illustration and documentation, having trained in scientific and medical illustration to degree level, with further qualifications to post graduate level in anatomy, science and art. Joanna can draw and illustrate all subjects of the natural world.
As a skilled artist, Joanna creates her art work from direct observation, and her own recordings in photography, and now has a large reference library in her own studio of animal and human bones, books, her sketches and recordings, completed paintings and note taking. With her own horses, dogs, cats, poultry, equatic life, and general abnormal enthusiasm for the natural world, has brought about a detailed realism to her work, through hours of study and execution.
As a result, Joanna has been commissioned from all over the world, for her animal portraiture and illustration, for her paintings of scientific study, for publishers, private individuals, exhibitions and galleries.
Poster to advertise the Jack Russell Terrier, painted in watercolour
Anatomy of the female pig
Anatomy of the male pig
Internal anatomy of a dog's ear
Pencil study of an African Meerkat showing a high level of detail.
The life-cycle of a raindrop
A tree frog spends a major portion of its life in trees as arboreal
Anatomy of a caribou
Young gorilla study in watercolour
A female Mountain Gorilla - The gorilla beringei beringei
A Primate - a Chimpanzee and her infant, living in Africa
Gorilla study. Gorillas are the largest species of primates
Commissioned piece of the dog breed English Springer Spaniel
Detailed study of an English Springer Spaniel
Campaign showing a variety of dog breeds for a poster
A detailed study of the horse grazing, completed in watercolour
Classical studies of equus or the horse in pencil and watercolour
What is the definition of a foal
A study in watercolour of the chimpanzee from Dorset animal sanctuary , Monkey World
Classical studies from life of the elephants of London Zoo completed in pencil
Gorilla painted from direct observation from London Zoo, UK
Life in the Northern Hemisphere
The rat, painted in watercolour
The Hamster, a friendly rodent
A Labrador Retriever head study. Commissioned to show a realism interpretation of the breed
Impala named from the Zula language to mean Gazelle
A pencil study on coloured paper of a young Impala
A Heartbeat At My Feet. Watercolour realism painting
No Foot No Horse
Pekin Bantams are docile chickens
Watercolour painting of a cat, painted in a realism style
Watercolour painting of a terrier dog, a Jack Russell
A watercolour painting of an English Setter
What is Scientific Illustration
Scientific illustration like medical illustration, is all about recording our natural world, accurately and precisely through direct observation, by drawing what we see, and putting it down on paper as colour, line, or pencil art. Before the camera, this was the only way for scientists to record our natural world. In fact the development of scientific illustration in early modern Europe paralleled a rising interest in studying, collecting, and classification of the natural world. Although early modern European artists and naturalists did not deliberately set out principles or rules for creating scientific images, a common set of practices emerged during the period that formed the foundation of scientific illustration into the modern period.
The modern period now means we have the camera, although the artist still firmly has its place. An artist can focus on an area, create a visual of the unseen such as underlying anatomy, make an image 3D, and add colour to dead tissue. Scientific and realism style art has been made famous by theorists and painters such as Albrecht Durer, 1471 to 1528. Most famous of them all Leanardo da Vinci of the same period. With history such as this, I believe medical and scientific artists, will always be making a significant contribution to the world of observation, study & science.
