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a blog about the intersection of science, art, and culture by Jessica Palmer, PhD
Jessica Palmer has a PhD in Molecular Biology and has been blogging about the intersection of art and biology since 2006.
read the first BioE post.
The contents of this blog are the personal opinions of the author, independent of any organizations with which she is affiliated, and should not be construed as professional advice.
Category: Biology
Recently a reader commented that my painting, Fall:The Cicada, is a little, um, insect-y. Yes, I have a propensity to paint insects-lots of 'em. I have a box of dead ones just waiting for the day I get around...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:20 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Artists & Art
I wanted to let you all know that I've put two framed original watercolor paintings up for sale on etsy: "Bee and Echinacea" (sold) and "The Cicada" (still available). These are likely to be the only original paintings I'll...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 10:39 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Destinations
Dahmen Art Barn, Uniontown, WA While I was growing up, we used to drive past the Dahmen farm every few months. I would always look up from whatever book I was devouring at the time and intently try to...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 10:42 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Frivolity
I'm hooked on the website tiltshiftmaker.com - it lets you run a quick-and-dirty tilt-shift filter on your snapshots, making them look like miniature models. Here are some snapshots I took on Book Hill Park in Georgetown: are they not...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 2:00 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cephalopodmania
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Bioephemera! A big thank you to everyone who reads and comments on my blog - you are why I do this. Enjoy your holiday and have a wonderful New Year!
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 1:10 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Museum Lust
Unfortunately, many of the specimens Darwin saw were destroyed when the Royal College of Surgeons was bombed in 1941. Like the gallery housing it, John Hunter's collection is no longer what it once was. But what remains is still pretty darn amazing.
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: My Artwork
Crowboy CD giveaway
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Retrotechnology and steampunk
Derelict technology can be pretty darn beautiful when bioremediated.
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 12:36 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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