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Conference Presenters and Teachers           Sally Bensusen   Sally Bensusen, an astronomer and computer programmer with the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and the United States Naval Observatory, combined her science and art backgrounds to become a full-time scientific illustrator in 1981—operating her own studio ever since. Her work has been featured monthly in Natural History Magazine’s “Biomechanics” column, and commissioned regularly by the National Geographic Society, Smithsonian, The Nature Conservancy, and Scientific American, among others. In 2002 she returned to Goddard to digitally create illustrations and animations about the birth of the Universe. Heike Blum   Heike Blum is a web design specialist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Her responsibilities include web site design, illustration, and photography for the Institute. Heike has over 10 years of experience creating designs and illustrations for educational institutions, film studios, advertising agencies and publishers. Alan H. Brush   Alan H. Brush, professor emeritus, University of Connecticut (and M.J.’s husband), has studied the keratin structure in feathers for many years. The discovery of “feathered dinosaurs” in China made him an involuntary celebrity as he is one of the world’s foremost experts on feather evolution. His friends and family call him, “The heavy-weight in the feather-field.” His work includes molecular mechanisms of development and morphology; feather pigments and plumage patterns. M.J. Spring Brush   M.J. Spring Brush retired in 2000 following 25 years of illustrating science at the University of Connecticut, and now free lances. Presently she is Vice President of the GNSI. She and her husband Alan are presently illustrating/writing a book covering the last 300 years of natural history in the Carolinas, Florida and the Bahamas. Steve Buchanan   Steve Buchanan began to explore the art possibilities of desktop computers in the early 1990s, and now works exclusively in digital media. His work has appeared on book and magazine covers, posters, product packaging, and recently on US postage stamps. His clients have included The New York Times, Fine Gardening Magazine, Scientific American, The Bayer Corp., and the US Postal Service. Buchanan’s work has been selected for inclusion in exhibits and annuals of The Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, Step-by-Step, and HOW. Karen Carr   Karen Carr, wildlife and natural history artist, is a fourth-generation Texas native now living in New Mexico. Her clients include: The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, The Smithsonian Institution, the Audubon Institute, The Dinosaur Society, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, HarperCollins Publishers, Scholastic Publishers and Barnes & Noble. Karen’s work appears in many journals and juried exhibits, and has received citations and awards internationally. John Cody   John Cody authored the 1971 biography, After the Pain: The Inner Life of Emily Dickinson. He is a medical doctor and medical illustrator whose spectacular, award-winning paintings of moths have been featured in magazine articles and exhibited nationally in one-artist shows, including the Smithsonian Institution. He has taught workshops for the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the Association of Medical Illustrators. He currently free lances, and has many decades of experience Susan T. Fisher   Susan T. Fisher is the program coordinator for Botanical Art & Illustration at Denver Botanic Gardens. She lectures and conducts workshops on color theory, composition and botanical illustration. Susan studied art history at the University of Bordeaux in France and received her BA degree from Metro State College, Denver. She also free lances, and has 25 years of experience. Bruce Paul Gaber   Bruce Paul Gaber has had his mineral and jewelry photography appear in “Metal, Stone & Glass,” “Rock &Mineral,” and “Mineral News.” His pictures have been award-winners in the Werner Leiber Photo competition at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. He has taught small object photography at the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies’ Wildacres Workshop in North Carolina, and for the Metals Guild of Maryland. Bruce’s studio, Vision Rising, focuses on bio/molecular illustration and small object photography. Donald Gambino   Donald Gambino teaches at four universities and institutions, and also on-line. A computer artist, consultant, and trainer since 1983, he established the BFA Program in Computer Art at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and chaired that department. Donald consults with corporations and teaches art directors, creative types, and individuals how to use the computer and software. He makes learning fun and memorable. Donald has exhibited his computer art nationwide. His work has appeared in Studio Graphic News, Step-By-Step, Verbum and Computer Graphics-2. T. Britt Griswold   T. Britt Griswold is project illustrator for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He has 22 years of experience as an illustrator that includes free lance work for science and commercial publications. Britt has a BA in Illustration and Graphic Design from Maryland Institute College of Art. He has been a GNSI member since college, and has served as GNSI Membership Secretary, Board member of Science Insights Inc., Project Manager for the Science Illustration Creative Source Directory and Science-art.com, and is the recipient of GNSI’s Distinguished Service Award. Nancy Halliday   Nancy Halliday has 45 years of experience, and has held positions at the Museum of Northern Arizona, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Florida State Museum. She is currently an instructor in the Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program at Morton Arboretum, and also free lances. She wrote the chapter on bird illustration in The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration. Her illustrations have appeared in numerous scientific journals. She produced 12 plates for The Mammals of North America, a field guide published by Princeton University Press in 2002. Gretchen Halpert   Gretchen Halpert has been keeping sketchbooks and journals sporadically for 25 years. "They chronicle parts of my life and my interests at the time-- in subject matter, art materials and ways of observing life." Halpert earned a degree in botany from Connecticut College and a certificate in Scientific Illustration from RISD/CE. She works as a cell biologist and a freelance illustrator; teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University; and leads workshops for nature organizations. She has been a Guild member since 1987 and is president of the New England Chapter. Scott Havlick   Scott Havlick has specialized in non-patent intellectual property law at Holland & Hart since 1986. He co-chairs the firm’s Intellectual Property Group, IPH2. He specializes in all aspects of foreign and domestic trademark, domain name, and copyright matters. He assists creative artists, musicians, record labels, illustrators, web designers and their employers to identify, perfect, and commercialize the intellectual property assets arising from their creative efforts. Scott has extensive experience in registering, licensing and enforcing copyright and trademark rights in state and federal courts as well as overseas.  Elaine Rita Snyder Hodges   Elaine Rita Snyder Hodges, a scientific illustrator for the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (on contract and on staff for most of thirty-one years), retired in 1996. Trained in art mainly at Pratt Institute and in science at the University of Maryland, she has been illustrating scientific papers and books since 1965. Elaine has revised The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration for a second edition to be published (May 2003) by John Wiley & Sons. The first edition received four awards. The GNSI gave her a Distinguished Service Award in 1995. Frank Ippolito   Frank Ippolito, a scientific illustrator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for 20 years. He recently rewrote the paleontology chapter of The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, 2nd edition. His free lance clients include Scientific American, The New York Times/Science Times, New York City Parks Department, and the Audubon Society. Frank continues to teach illustration and animation classes at Fairleigh Dickenson University in Teaneck, NJ, and has taught a variety of GNSI workshops on natural media and digital techniques. Lana K. Johnson   Lana K. Johnson, is information technology project manager for Communications and Information Technology, University of Nebraska—where she has worked the last 11 years as an illustrator and graphic designer. She designs and develops interactive multimedia web environments; teaches computer technology to faculty, staff and students; and teaches Scientific Illustration, a graduate level class, and a Presentation Methods for Entomology class. Lana, an active member of GNSI since 1986, free lances as a Scientific Illustrator. Bente Starke King   Bente Starke King teaches Introduction to Natural Science Illustration at Cornell University, botanic illustration at Cornell Plantation, and biological illustration at Cornell’s Marine Science Laboratory. King’s work has been exhibited at the Royal Danish Horticultural Society in Copenhagen; at Westminster Gallery in London; at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Cornell; at the Buffalo Museum of Science; at Sola Gallery in Ithaca; and participated in the 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration, the Hunt Institute in Pittsburgh. Kristine Kirkeby   Kristine Kirkeby is a natural science illustrator with an education in biology and fine arts. Combining her two talents, she worked at the University of Minnesota as a natural science illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, and instructor. With over 20 years of experience, she currently free lances as a natural science illustrator and also teaches nature drawing and basic drawing classes in schools, colleges, and community art centers for students ages 4-74. She lives in Eugene, Oregon. Mark A. Klingler   Mark A. Klingler has been a scientific illustrator for the Section of Vertebrate Paleontology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, since 1997. With 17 years of experience, his work has appeared in such magazines and journals as Discovery, Journal of Human Evolution, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, National Geographic Magazine, Nature and Science. He has spoken and appeared in shows across the country including the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Audubon Society. Larry Lavendel   Larry Lavendel is a lecturer in science illustration, Science Communication Program, U.C. Santa Cruz. As Ikitomi Design, he also does free lance illustration, graphics, web and exhibit design. He is a contributor to the chapter: Basic Computer Graphic Techniques of The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, 2nd edition. Larry’s specialties include: Illustrating marine subjects; User interface design, usability and information architecture; Graphic design and production for on-line and print media; exhibit design and construction. Marjorie Leggitt   Marjorie Leggitt, a full-time scientific illustrator since 1985, illustrates natural history books and exhibits. Titles include: Trees and Shrubs of Colorado, The Big Book of Herbs, The Greenhouse Gardener Companion, and The Rocky Mountain Fact Book. Clients include the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Miami Metro Zoo and Monterey Bay Aquarium. She has taught at the Denver Botanic Gardens the past 13 years and presented botanical illustration and field sketching workshops throughout the United States and Europe. Mindy Lighthipe   Mindy Lighthipe is the coordinator for the New York Botanical Garden Natural Science and Botanical Illustration Certification Program, and teaches many classes. Anne Llewellyn   Anne Llewellyn is an Australian wildlife illustrator/artist who has taught at both community and university level since 1989. Anne grew up in Newcastle, about 100 miles north of Sydney. After a career in the finance industry and having a family, she completed a BA (Visual Arts) and Graduate Diploma in Art majoring in Wildlife Illustration. Her Masters Degree thesis examined and describes the way Indigenous Australians depicted flora and fauna, some now extinct, and the habitats in which they were found. Anne is currently enrolled in a PhD program. Joan Loughridge   Joan Loughridge has a BA in Art History from The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. She and her husband, Leon, have owned and operated Dry Creek Gold Leaf, Inc. (Denver), for the past eight years. They specialize in hand-crafted picture frames, gilding, antique frame conservation and archival or preservation framing of artwork. They work closely with paper, paintings, textile and objects conservators and, consequently, are most current with the recommended materials and techniques for archival framing. Their client base is predominantly museums and corporate and private collectors. Cassio Lynm   Cassio Lynm is the medical illustrator at the Journal of the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois, and is exploring Flash as a means to supplement medical and scientific research articles with on-line-only content. His background is a mixture of experiences, including an MA from Johns Hopkins in Medical and Biological Illustration, a BA in Studio Art and Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, work as a muralist’s assistant, typesetter, and exhibit builder, and—these days—spending many late nights and weekends discovering shortcut keys and painting. Alan Male   Alan Male, professional illustrator for 29 years, has produced work for children’s books, editorials, reference books and encyclopedias, CD-ROM and advertising. Clients include Scholastic, Little Brown, Nature Conservancy Council, Simon and Schuster, MacGraw Hill, Time Warner and Discover. He has illustrated over 30 complete books and is represented in New York by American Artists Inc. A GNSI member, he is also a Member of the Society of Illustrators (New York), and has a Master of Philosophy Higher Degree from the Royal College of Art in London. John Megahan   John Megahan received Bachelor’s degrees in both Art and Biology from Boise State University and earned a Master’s Degree in Marine Biology from University of Oregon in 1990. He then worked as a field biologist for three years, free lancing in his spare time. In 1994, after building a client base, he began free lancing full time as a scientific illustrator. In 1996 he accepted a position as Graphic Artist for University of Michigan’s Museum of Zoology where he currently works. Most of his work involves computer graphics. Trudy Nicholson   Trudy Nicholson received a BS degree majoring in Fine Arts at Columbia University, and completed the Medical Illustration program at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has worked as a medical illustrator at the National Institutes of Health as well as free-lance natural science illustrator in a variety of scientific fields for many years. Awards include AMI bio’84 Best Illustrated Book, The American Institute of Graphic Arts Certificate of Excellence, NIH Superior Performance Award, the Federal Design Council Award of Merit, and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators’ Distinguished Service Award. Mary Parrish   Mary Parrish has worked at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, since 1979. She began work in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and transferred to the Department of Paleobiology in 1983 to be staff scientific illustrator. Her illustration specialties are reef and mangrove environments and all types of non-human paleontological subject matter. Dick Rauh   Dick Rauh holds certificates from the New York Botanical Garden's Botanical Illustration Program and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrator's 1990 Summer Workshop. He has had a number of one man shows, including the Bartlett Arboretum in Stamford CT, the New York Botanical Gardens, The Nature Center in Westport, CT and the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park as well as many group shows all over the states and Canada. He illustrated the black and white signage for the Haupt Conservatory at NYBG. He illustrated "A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter" by Carol Levine, and did the illustrations for "Oaxaca Journal" by Oliver Sacks. In addition to his paintings he has pursued a course of study in plant sciences, and gained a Masters in Biology at Lehman College in 1997, and received his Doctorate in Biological Science in June 2001 from the Graduate Center of CUNY. He has been an instructor in the Botanical Illustration program at the New York Botanical Gardens for over 8 years and gives workshops in Floral Morphology throughout the country. Along with the Guild he is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and writes a science-oriented column for their newsletter. Scott Rawlins   Scott Rawlins graduated from Earlham College with a degree in biology, and holds graduate degrees in museum education and medical & biological illustration from the George Washington University and the University of Michigan respectively. Scott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Beaver where he is Chair, and teaches scientific illustration, drawing and design. Scott's freelance clients have included the National Museum of Natural History, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Scott also serves on the board of the American Association of Botanical Artists. Arena Reed   Arena Reed is an artist and designer with a versatile style and a keen interest in nature. She began using Painter intensively when she joined the software development team in 1995. As a member of the development team, she contributes graphic content for Painter’s Pattern Library, Paper Textures, Brushes, ImageHose Nozzles, Scripts Library, etc. Arena holds a degree in Biology and Art from U. C. Santa Cruz. Her portfolio is online at: www.visualarena.com Diane T. Sands   Diane T. Sands, MLIS, has served as the GNSI Archivist since the spring of 2000. She is active in the Northern California Chapter when not illustrating, cartooning or working as a reference librarian at the California Academy of Sciences. Cindy Shaw   Cindy Shaw grew up in the tropics and received her BA in zoology from the University of Hawaii in 1980. An University of Washington (UW) photographer for over 25 years, she teaches workshops and courses for divers; her writings on UW reference photography for illustrators appear in JNSI, (Vol. 3, No. 1) and The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, 2nd edition. Cindy develops supplementary educational materials about coral reefs, and is the author and illustrator of Grouper Moon, a children’s chapter book. She lives in Richland, Washington. Geoff Thompson   Geoff Thompson is one of Australia’s few specialist insect illustrators. He started illustrating in 1975 and since 1982 he has been an assistant to one of the Curators of Entomology at the Queensland Museum. His duties there include participation in collecting field trips and helping to maintain and enlarge the museum’s insect collection. His illustrations have appeared in many books, journals, posters and displays and have been used as logos, book covers and presentation pieces. He has won several national competitions for insect illustration as well as an Australian-New Zealand competition. For formal illustrations he works mainly in ink on white scraperboard (scratchboard]. Amy Bartlett Wright   Amy Bartlett Wright has illustrated many natural science publications and projects since joining the Guild in 1978. Clients include the National Geographic Society, New England Aquarium, Houghton Mifflin Company and Harvard University Press. She now applies the same concepts of accurate illustration of animals in the environment to painting murals in large scale for public view with clients like The Boston Museum of Science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Buttonwood Park Zoo. She also teaches scientific illustration at Rhode Island School of Design. <http://www.AmyBartlettWright.com> Gene Wright   Gene Wright is an Assistant Professor and the head of the Scientific Illustration Program at the University of Georgia. He also has worked as a free lance biomedical illustrator for 12 years. Currently, his work can be found representing veterinary pharmaceutical companies. Gene’s wife Allison is a Certified Medical Illustrator, self employed; their twin sons, Lucas and Scholl are 5 years old.             Copyright © 2003 GNSI - Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. All rights reserved.