Plankton Pools

Sarah Tacey
B.F.A. 2014 University of Rhode Island

Art Advisor: Barbara Pagh, URI Art and Art History
Science Advisor: Susanne Menden-Deuer, URI Graduate School of Oceanography

I used ink and watercolor to render images of plankton in a cartoon style.  I viewed plankton through a microscope, as well as looking at photographs from Dr. Menden-Deuer’s plankton lab. In my drawings there are copepods, flagellates and diatoms. I like working in a cartoon style, and think this approach makes the plankton look lively and have personalities.