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Kierstin Keller

@gsstudios907.bsky.social

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🌲🌊 Alpine to Ocean Alaska Artist | Art & Science | Science Illustration | BS Marine Bio | West Coast Ecosystems www.goldenspiralstudios.com

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hello from Juneau, Alaska! Here you will find alpine-to-ocean illustrations and art by me (Kierstin). I hope to spark interest in the natural world around us, and make science approachable for all ages 🏔️🌲🐋🦀

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Seastar on rocky beach in southeast Alaska

Christmas anemone under the water with green urchins near rocky beach in southeast Alaska during winter

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · 3d

On this fine fall day, we have some little baby deep-sea octopus 🐙

#deepseaoctopus #babyoctopus #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective #deepseacreatures #🐙

Reposted by Kierstin Keller

Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 3d

Working away on this #deepsea carnivorous sponge, crinoid and brittle star painting. It’s getting there, probably 75% done now, adding all the details and rainbow colors is my fav part! #deepseacreatures #coldwatersponges 🐡🦑 #invertebrates #acrylicpainting #marinebiology #art #painting #artist

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · 11d

Phantom of the Sea Lilies — deep-sea Antimora fish swims among golden sea lilies (stalked crinoids, animals related to sea stars and urchins) and spindly stalks of orange coral

#deep-sea #sciart #natureillustration #deepseaart #deepseacreatures

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · 21d

Some of the best tide-pool viewing here in southeast Alaska is during our chilly winter days. The Christmas Anemone in particular is an exciting find!

Winter Anemone — 9x16 acrylic on canvas

#christmasanemone #tidepool #sciart #marinelife #marinebioart

Christmas anemone tide pool during winter in Juneau AK

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · 25d

Wow, thank you!! Happy to be here and contribute 🌲🌊

Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · 25d

Study of some favored food of the North Pacific humpback whale: krill, salmon smolt, capelin, sand lance, and herring 🐟
#sketch #fishes #whalechow #sciart #foodweb

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Reposted by Kierstin Keller

Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 26d

Mushroom coral, mushroom coral, you are sooooo beautiful 😍 almost done this painting and I love the details phase- especially when it’s a mushroom coral! Beauty. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social

An acrylic on canvas, painting of an orange mushroom coral with shrimp hiding between the polyps. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · 25d

That is very kind of you, thank you! New to these platforms, I think I follow the SciArt feed? Your octo’s are pretty spectacular too! 🐙

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · 29d

In the darkness there is light (aurora over Juneau, Alaska mountains) — 18x24 Acrylic on canvas

#northernlights #aurora #alaska #beautyinthedark #acrylicpainting #landscapeart

Northern lights dancing over Juneau Alaska mountains

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · Sep 12

Sea stars feast on a tree of deep-sea coral, leaving behind a delicate golden skeleton.

“The Slow Death” — 16x20” Gouache

Check out the growing collection of deep-sea fine art by our team of artists @unseenocean.bsky.social!

#sciart #scienceillustration #deep-sea #unseenoceancollective

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · Sep 11

A nod to a local terrestrial inhabitant of the Tongass National Forest, the Mountain Goat.

#sciart #coloredpencilart #naturestudy #tongassnationalforest #alaskawildlife #mountaingoat

Mountain goat female in Juneau’s mountains

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · Sep 9

It doesn’t quite feel like a true Southeast Alaska day without a little rain and mist amongst the Tongass forest trees.

Lone Seawolf — 9x16” watercolor/gouache

#orca #tongassnationalforest #marinemammalconservation #sciart #alaska #northpacific #natureart

Male orca surfacing in cold southeast Alaska waters with a backdrop of misty forest

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Kierstin Keller @gsstudios907.bsky.social · Sep 8

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