Psychedelic cockroaches

i-f1c61e98ab81fad01293cd5fe7c6d10f-Cockroach-No-5-(digital).jpg

Artist S. Shelley Jones sent me a link to some digital art depicting the lowly cockroach, who turns out to be much more attractive with a psychedelic spin. Thanks, Shelley!

PS. "The Psychedelic Cockroach" is a great band name, isn't it?

i-e6929dee8dbed3eb570b84e37b7c076d-Cockroach-No-7-(digital).jpg

top: Cockroach No. V, 2009; bottom: Cockroach No. VII, 2009; by S. Shelley Jones.

More like this

Recently, I took out three of my colleagues for lunch. These were folk who were brave enough to take the plunge and participate in an opportunity to travel to Nigeria. Here, they would teach a course on molecular genetics to burgeoning Ph.D students, Faculty and the like in the vicinity of Lagos…
Turns out I'm not the only blogger to get cool gifts from readers. Radley Balko (who works at the Cato Institute, coincidentally in line with the last post) is thanking some of his readers for sending him a couple of cool CDs and it includes one of my favorite groups, the Freddy Jones Band. They're…
A new book will make you stop and think about the relationship between the microscopic world and the one we pass by every day. Life’s Blueprint – The Science and Art of Embryo Creation; Benny Shilo, Yale University Press, 174 pages. Stem cells and their niche When a stem cell divides, one…
After some instruction I've given Jrette & buddy free range with the little row/motorboat. They're having lots of fun, learning lots and are clearly pleased with themselves. Eider males swimming around in a little posse going "woo-OOO, woo-OOO". The villain in the endless Neal Stephenson novel…

Good work......

By Pradeep Solanki (not verified) on 19 Mar 2010 #permalink