Naples yellow. Antwerp blue. Some paint pigments are named for a sense of place. Perhaps we need an Ontario ochre?
November 12, 2016 — Glendon Mellow
There's so much #SciArt out there to see, sometimes you just have to share a link list! This edition featuring sciart by Moiety Mouse
November 4, 2016 — Glendon Mellow
The skull paintings of Christine Mercer-Vernon transcend our modern seasonal macabre and reveal the beauty of death as part of life.
October 31, 2016 — Glendon Mellow
The Assassin's Creed video game series embed players in a secret history. Glendon Mellow relates his own experience meeting Charles Darwin and Leonardo da Vinci and wonders if he can't help loving these games.
October 28, 2016 — Glendon Mellow
What if we could see history as one continuous tableau? One artist endeavors to find out
September 13, 2016 — Kalliopi Monoyios
What to expect from future posts by Glendon Mellow on Symbiartic, the SciArt blog on Scientific American . A bit of blogging housekeeping
September 6, 2016 — Glendon Mellow
Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip gave a primal cry that spiked the fear response in artists everywhere during the concert that will go down in Canadian history
August 21, 2016 — Glendon Mellow
Did you hear the latest news about lichens? Symbiartic is here to help
July 31, 2016 — Katie McKissick
Rachel Ignotofsky tells the stories of 50 women in science in her fantastic new science art book
July 25, 2016 — Katie McKissick
In January the Cornell Lab of Ornithology unveiled a mural of unprecedented size and scope. Now, they've put it online in exquisite detail for all to see
June 20, 2016 — Kalliopi Monoyios
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