ARTIST PROFILE

The Artist

Wendy has extensive experience in natural science illustration & design for the full spectrum of projects interpreting science & the natural world. She works with a wide variety of two-dimensional reflective & digital media in full color, continuous tone & line work for educational, editorial, scientific & popular publications, museum & zoo exhibits, wayside signage & commissioned art for commercial & public use.

Wendy began her career as a natural science artist on staff at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County working in the vertebrate paleontology section of the Earth Sciences Division & illustrating for many publications. She has continued her career as a full-time freelance illustrator & given professional presentations for various programs including Johns Hopkins Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth, public television & the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California.

Professional Ethic

"As a natural science artist, I'm fortunate to experience the world from two perspectives. My artistic eye views the aesthetic, emotional & inspirational qualities while, as an observer educated in the sciences, I can apply knowledge I have to understand better what I observe and experience. I strive to translate the insight garnered from experiences into accurately rendered imagery, whether technical or simply aesthetic, with the intent of catching the viewer's eye, opening the mind, filling the heart & stimulating thought on the subject".

Credentials

•Degree in Zoology, Humboldt State University
•Postgrad studies in MultiMedia Technology
Design
•Skilled in nature photography
•Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, member
since 1981

Wendy's work is included in permanent exhibits in the American Museum of Natural History, the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie-Mellon University, Rocky Mountain National Park, the Whale Center of the Pacific & many others museums & zoos throughout the country. She has participated in numerous juried exhibits including at the International Gallery in the Smithsonian Institution, the palace of Portugal's King Dom Manual, James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum & the Denver Botanic Gardens. Her work can be found in private collections as well. For more information including awards please refer to Something About the Author; Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People (Gale Research, Vol. 88, 1997).

Selected Client List

American Museum of Natural History
Defenders of Wildlife
DC Heath
Grolier, Incorporated
Hampton-Brown Publishing
Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Houghton Mifflin Company
McGraw-Hill
Medical Economics Publishing
National Geographic Society
National Park Service
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Natural Resources Defense Council
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
Prentice-Hall
Princeton University Press
Scholastic
Silver Burdett & Ginn
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Sunset Publishing Corporation
The Nature Company
The Nature Conservancy
University of Colorado Press
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Western Publishing
Williams-Sonoma