Color Illustrations

Most of the illustrations shown below are done with a colored-pencil base, on top of which layers of colored pencil, inks, and watercolors are applied.

Dicaelus purpuratus purpuratus
Original given to George E. Ball on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Drawn 24 April 2006 – 31 May 2006.
Gehringia olympica (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 7 May to 4 June 1984.
Scaphinotus petersi kathleenae (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Drawn 6 August to 20 September 1983. Drawing time approximately 78 hours.
Original owned by Stephen Ball, Ottawa, Canada.
Hexarthrius parryi
Drawn December 1981 to January 1982. Drawing time approximately 25 hours.
Bembidion alaskense
Drawn 26 March to 18 April 1981. Drawing time approximately 118 hours.
Papilio multicaudata (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) on Cirsium undulatum (Asteraceae)
Drawn 13-22 March 1981. Drawing time approximately 26 hours.
Original owned by Henry Boldt, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Neoathyreus sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Drawn 19 February to 11 March 1981. Drawing time approximately 64 hours.
Hadromeropsis nobilitatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Drawn 16 January to 13 February 1981. Drawing time approximately 100 hours.
Elaphrus olivaceus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 1978 to June 1980. Drawing time approximately 65 hours.
Original owned by Henri Goulet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Nicrophorus sayi (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
Drawn July 1978 to 21 August 1979. Drawing time approximately 45 hours.
Original owned by Stewart Peck, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Polistes crinitus crinitus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Drawn April 1979.
Nebria gebleri (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 31 June to 7 August 1977. Drawing time approximately 17 hours.
Bembidion castor (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 10-12 June 1977.
Cicindela fulgida (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 2-5 June 1977.
Platynus angustatus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 28-29 December 1976.
Omophron americanum (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 24-27 December 1976.
Calybe (Ega) sallei (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 3-11 July 1976.
Elaphrus olivaceus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 19-23 June 1976.
Phloexena signata (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Drawn 12-13 June 1976.