I work in the rich ecotone — the boundary territory — between art and science.

Around the time of Homo habilis, I studied video and other time arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I shifted toward drawing and painting and worked as a scientific illustrator, focusing on plants, insects, fungi, slime molds, and microscopic organisms. In my current creative practice I use drawing & painting, fiber, and mixed media. My artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the US and Europe. 

For over two decades, I have curated art-science exhibits & performances, presented about art-science, and led other activities for creative science engagement. My teaching page lists many of the colleges, universities, biological field stations, museums, and other institutions where I have taught art-science workshops. I worked as a lab technician in three different research labs over a period of about a decade, focusing on botany, entomology, and landscape ecology, where I also led multiple citizen science projects and art-science collaborations. I founded and directed an art-science residency program in the Southern Appalachians called Art + Science In the Field: AS IF Center. Currently I am coordinating Ecotones, a network of biological field stations and marine labs that offer artist in residence programs. Professional development activities include the National Academy of Sciences Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication and Two Cultures Converging Conference, NYC. 

Contact me: sciencecandance@gmail.com