Melanie Massey, Biologist

SELECTED ARTWORK

Animation

"Nest" (2019)

This is a short (~3min) animated video I made about Snapping Turtle nesting, and the perils young turtles face when entering the world.

Scientific Illustration

Journal cover submission

My submission for the cover of a zoology journal, featuring many species of ectothermic vertebrates.

Salvelinus fontinalis

A drawing of Brook Trout for my advisor. Prismacolors on 120lb tinted paper; 5"x5".

Snapping Turtle

I'm working on a picture book featuring Nova Scotian flora and fauna.

Green Frog

Featured in the American Naturalist https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayRollinson.html

Chelydra

Oil on Canvas, 36"x48"

Anableps

Oil on Masonite, 8"x10", a gift to Dr. Helen Rodd

Remember to Duck

Oil on Masonite, 8"x10", a gift to the Browns

Ursula

A fairy tale illustration based on Joanna Newsom's song "Monkey and Bear"

Atwood Colloquium Programme Design

Designed for the cover of the Atwood Colloquium Programme

Chelonia mydas and Corals

Snapping Turtle

What Lies Beneath

Graphite on paper, 9"x12", a gift to the esteemed turtler Dr. Ronald J. Brooks

Snapper Sketch

Graphite on paper, donated to the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station

Snapper Impression

Pencil crayon on paper, a gift to the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station

Lily and Chelydra

Graphite on Paper, 9" x 12", a gift to Dr. Njal Rollinson

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