Jewel Renee Illustration

I saw an article on the redwoods in National Geographic and it featured a lovely spotted owl.  She was so cute I had to sketch her out.

I have a friend in Australia who adores this strange little fish.

These little beauties are dascyllus.  They are very shy and love to duck behind coral when the paparazzi are hounding them.  Ellen contacted...

When a girlfriend was interested in a possum illustration that would represent her and her four young daughters, I couldn't wait to sta...

This is the pencil drawing for a custom illustration.  Used a 7H and an HB pencil on vellum finish paper. I'm looking forward to using a...

This rough sketch of a baby manatee was done with a 2B pencil.  Like weightless elephants, manatees have a wonderful sculptural mass, and th...

I would swim with this little fur seal, no question.  Not his mom or dad though.  I started this with a 3H pencil and finished up with an HB...

I started looking at sea otters for a commission, but they are so cute and clever, that I need to add one to this series.  I am not scared ...

This is a drawing of the wobbegong or carpet shark.  They lie flat on the bottom of the ocean and wait for prey.  Some have these weedy wisk...

The lovely lion fish deters predators with beautiful toxic spines.  Intricate patterns and stripes on undulating fins mesmerize divers and a...

Maybe I watched Jaws while I was still too impressionable.   Maybe I have fed into the hysteria surrounding this fish.  Maybe great white sh...

My glamorous cousin went scuba diving and was kind enough to send me some pictures of the balloon fish.  This friendly little fish puffs up...

This is a just a small cuttlefish, too cute to be scary.  I really like the shape of the pupil.  this was drawn with an HB pencil on recycle...

Here she is folks, the female deep sea angler.  The bait glows to attract prey.  The wide jaws and collapsable stomach help her swallow fish...

He doesn't look like much yet, but check back for the colored version!  This is the dragon or tiger moray.  They are highly patterned wi...

Illustrating scary creatures has increased my tolerance of them.  However if the goal of this exercise is to actually swim in the ocean, I m...

To be honest, I was more familiar with the riveted submarine Captain Nemo piloted in Ten Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, than I was with the...

After the hammerheads, I wanted to to take a break from scary for a bit.  I felt guilty shirking the face your fears duty, so I asked some f...

Just a bit of polishing up, I didn't want to overdo this one.  He looks almost friendly.   However, I think I'll watch from here.  T...

I did it!  I looked at enough pictures of hammerhead sharks to actually draw some.  In the process, I learned that there are nine species o...