Linearity II

Pictured are subsequent larval stages in Physophora magnifica, a colony building jellyfish species. The glass models series as shown in the photograph is linear. My  watercolour shows an loose arrangement of the embryonic shapes. The question might be: what is organic? Model series of the siphonophore  Physophora magnifica,  based on illustrations by  Ernst Haeckel. Shown is the series from the collection  of the Utrecht University Museum.  Similar series are preserved in the  collections of Vienna University,  Cornell University and the  Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University.

Physophora magnifica.   Watercolour 2011,  ( c 40 x 30 cm)

Resuming Tiedemannia embryology

 This year in February I made studies of embryonic stages of the seaslug Tiedemannia neapolitana. Recently, I integrated the same images in a single piece. 

Tiedemannia neapolitana (B 359, 360) aquarel 2011 (70 x 55 cm)

Eerder dit jaar, in februari  heb ik studies gemaakt van embryonale stadia van de zeeslak Tiedemannia neapolitana. Onlangs heb ik diezelfde vormen in een werkstuk gïntegreerd.