Wendy Van Drunen, PhD

Commissions are open!! Looking for a unique gift, or a way to commemorate your favourite study system? I can make a custom natural history illustration that highlights the science behind the subject. DM for details.

@BlackthornNata Thank you! ❤️

@WEVanDrunen Looks amazing!

Alright Mimulus lovers! 🌸🌸 This vintage-style botanical greeting card of Mimulus lewisii was part of a larger commission for the recipient's PhD graduation. I'll share the main painting soon!! #botanicalillustration

Lilacs 💜💜

Above vs below... new work coming soon

Catalpa season is upon us!!

Still in progress...

@DoctorZedd Thank you Erin! 😊

@WEVanDrunen I love it.

Next one coming down the pipeline...

Work in progress 🌼

Bee pollination is the ancestral state in Aquilegia, and nectar spur loss occured in the switch to flies. Spur length increased in the shift hummingbird, becoming even more exaggerated for moth pollinated species.

The composition itself uses a trailing stem throughout to play upon the "progressive" (or sometimes "re-gressive"!) evolutionary relationship often seen between species with different pollinator syndromes. (yes i know how evolution works, it is stylized! don't come at me 😅)

"All Shapes and Sizes", watercolour and ink on paper (22x28). An illustration of the evolution of pollination syndromes in the Aquilegia genus. A short thread 🧵:

The four pollinators (of the apocalypse 😜) Final painting coming soon!

1st hawkmoth done!! 🦋

@FriedmanJannice Thanks Jannice!!

@WEVanDrunen WOW! 😍😍😍😍

Just the hawkmoths left!! 😁

Fun little project this morning, giving this old violet painting from 2022 a little glow-up.