Twilight Zone Fish Trio spider This metallic blue longhorn beetle

This metallic blue longhorn beetle (Charmallaspis pulcherrima) is part of this collection

and quite shy

American kestrels might be my favorite bird of prey

and a whole lot of anxiety about who knows what

Twilight Zone Fish Trio spider This metallic blue longhorn beetleOil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches A California Academy of Sciences exhibit first introduced me to the twilight zone reef a world between roughly 100 and 500 feet deep, where sunlight fades to deep blue. The fish on display were otherworldly: soft pastels and warm corals glowing against dark, indigo water. What struck me most was learning that at these depths, red light barely penetrates the water at all. The warm reds, oranges, pinks, and purples of these