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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“Radiant Cornucopia” 24x36 acrylic on canvas, so much love for the Alaskan deep sea- this painting is currently on display in Spokane, Washington, and will be traveling to Newport Oregon this summer 🐡🦑 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #sciart #scienceartist #deepseasponges #deepseaart

A bright yellow and orange cornucopia shaped sponge filled with shrimp and surrounded by other sponges and corals. Titled “Radiant Cornucopia “ 24x36 inches acrylic on canvas.

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Another piece that will be shown in Spokane WA next month, titled Snailfish Cupcake this 20x16 acrylic on canvas shows us a baby snailfish using a closed anemone for shelter from the current- cutie 🥰 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepseaart #scienceart 🦑🐡 @unseenocean.bsky.social

A pink and purple larval fish resting on a bright orange closed anemone.

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

If you’re in or around Spokane WA next month we would love to see you at our show opening! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #sciart @unseenocean.bsky.social #art #marinebiology 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Hey friends! It’s been a hot second since I posted, I blame my creative drive that paces inside like a tiger and says “paint, never stop, nothing else is quite as important”. Here is another finished painting for my shows with the @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🦑🐡 #sciart #ocean

An acrylic on canvas painting of a deep sea Muusoctopus in shades of brown, purple and gold on a green background. Titled “Living the Kaleidoscope Life”, 20x16”, 2026. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #sciart #octopus #art 🐡🦑

You can see this painting in person in Spokane, and Washington state in April of 2026 at the Chase Gallery in City Hall.

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Ooooo yeah, one more piece for our upcoming show in Juneau Alaska! A deep-sea octopus, titled “Living the Kaleidoscope Life” this 16x20” acrylic on canvas is based on deep sea footage taken by NOAA off the coast of Alaska in 2023 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #octopus 🦑🐡 #sciart #womenartists #painting

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I’m back to share what I’ve been working on for the @unseenocean.bsky.social collective! Here we have the noble Blob sculpin, not the hot melted mess in the most famous blobfish photo, but a true and beautiful deep-sea beauty! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #blobfish #acrylicpainting #art 🐡🦑

A 24x24 inch acrylic on canvas painting of a deep-sea blob sculpin photographed off the coast of Alaska. Titled “Not the Blob You’re Looking For” this painting will be exhibited in Juneau Alaska in February of 2026, Spokane WA in April of 2026 and Newport Oregon in July of 2026. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #blobfish #acrylicpainting #art 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

One more painting for the @unseenocean.bsky.social shows completed! Titled “Nibbles and Cuddles” this 24x24” acrylic on canvas is a Chondrocladia carnivorous sponge, several varieties of brittle stars, and even a little rainbow polychaete too! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #acrylicpainter

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Getting closer and closer on this one, almost to the details stage where everything really snaps into place. This piece is for shows with the @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #deepseaart 🐡🦑 #art #acryliconcanvas #brittlestars

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Friends- this carnivorous sponge is basically the COOLEST thing ever! Semi-transparent bulbous knobs, and totally covered in brittle stars *swoon* def new boyfriend material. Oh and I started another painting 😁 #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #unseenocean #art #acryliconcanvas

A green and orange carnivorous sponge covered in brittle stars, 24x24” acrylic on canvas painting. #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #unseenocean #art #acryliconcanvas

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It’s been a crazy family health crisis kind of month, but I finally made it back into the studio to finish up this 24x36” acrylic on canvas painting titled ‘Huggies and Snackies’. A beautiful stalked carnivorous sponge is joined by pink brittle stars and a golden crinoid. Cuties 😍 #deepsea 🐡🦑 #art

A stalked carnivorous sponge is being hugged by pink brittle stars on a rocky deep ocean outcrop beside a golden crinoid. 24x36” acrylic on canvas, #deepsea #deepseaart #deepocean #carnivoroussponge #sciart

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Feeling pretty awesome today with my painting being featured on the cover of the latest issue of Deep-Sea Life from @dsbsoc.bsky.social and DOSI, you can read the whole issue here, make sure to read the feature on @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #acrylicpainting

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Wellllll look who has some associates! Got these adorable brittle stars onto the sponge this week, besties at the bottom just hugging and snacking! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

An acrylic on canvas, painting of a white folded stocked, carnival sponge, covered with pink brittle stars #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #painting #acrylicpainting #brittlestar #carnivorousponge

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Working away on this #deepsea carnivorous sponge, crinoid and brittle star painting. It’s getting there, probably 75% done now, adding all the details and rainbow colors is my fav part! #deepseacreatures #coldwatersponges 🐡🦑 #invertebrates #acrylicpainting #marinebiology #art #painting #artist

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

On to the next painting! Needed a larger canvas for this dramatic stalked glass sponge, oooo she’s already pretty! Just working in some of the background layers today. This is more work for the @unseenocean.bsky.social events in Juneau and Spokane #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #art

An acrylic on canvas painting of a blue and green deep ocean background and an unpainted outline of a stalked glass sponge. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #art

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Deep Sea Anemone from the Southern Ocean- many thanks to @deepseauwa.bsky.social for the photo reference! I love the white/translucent deep sea critters: basically an open invitation for your girl to find out what color it COULD be! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #art #anemone 🐡🦑

An 8 1/2 x 11“ colored pencil, drawing on toned tan paper of a deep sea anemone from the southern ocean. Pictured in shades of white purple, yellow, green blue and tan.

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

And finished! How many shrimp can you find? If you’re headed to the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium in October then keep and eye out for this painting among other artworks by the @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #coldwatercoral #acrylicpainting #art #scicomm

A 16 x 20” acrylic on canvas painting featuring mushroom coral shrimp and sponges. @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #coldwatercoral #acrylicpainting #art #scicomm

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Mushroom coral, mushroom coral, you are sooooo beautiful 😍 almost done this painting and I love the details phase- especially when it’s a mushroom coral! Beauty. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social

An acrylic on canvas, painting of an orange mushroom coral with shrimp hiding between the polyps. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting 🐡🦑 #marinebioligy @unseenocean.bsky.social

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

My fav part of painting these deep-sea coral and sponge gardens is the feeling of discovery- today it’s finding a shrimp and a sneaky hiding fish in the cup corals 😍😍😍 make sure to check out @unseenocean.bsky.social for more great #sciart for our upcoming art shows and events! #deepsea 🦑 #painting

An acrylic on canvas painting of a deep sea coral and sponge garden featuring cup corals, shrimp, fish and more. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #coral #artist 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Finished! Shrimp and Decorator Crab buddies in a big beautiful sponge. If you look close you can see that the shrimp is expecting some little shrimplings with eggs in her belly. This painting is for @unseenocean.bsky.social shows in 2025-2026 #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepocean #marinebiology

An acrylic on canvas painting, 16 x 20“, featuring a large pink and red shrimp and red decorator crab inside a large circular sponge. #deepsea #deepseacreatures#deepocean #marinebiology 🦑🐡#womeninstem #scienceartist #unseenoceancollective

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Beautiful little decorator crab coming to life! As a true blue maximalist I’m so drawn to these little guys covered in their excessive disguises- load it on, then load on more, then MORE AND MORE AND MORE! 😆 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #decoratorcrab #acrylicpainting #art 🐡🦑

A close-up of an acrylic painting of a decorator crab using shades of orange, coral, beige, white, and steel blue.

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Shrimp Friends! Finished up this cold-water coral community painting of two adorable shrimp friends in their adjoining homes, I bet they hold hands when the camera moves away 🥹 🦐 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #unseenoceancollective 🐡🦑 #acrylic #art #painting #biology #deepocean

An acrylic on canvas, painting in shades of green white blue and red of two shrimp, one on a white alive, sponge and one on a green, dead sponge. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #unseenoceancollective 🐡🦑 #acrylic #art #painting #biology #deepocean

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

One of my favorite drawings, an Abyssal Grenadier, I can never get enough of their scale texture, body shape, and super big eyes 👀 4x6 graphite on paper #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #abyssalzone #abyssalgrenadier 🐡🦑 @deepseapod.com

A black and white drawing of a deep sea Abyssal grenadier with a very large eye, chin barbel, and tall dorsal fin. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #abyssalzone #abyssalgrenadier 🦑🐡

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Finished a pencil crayon drawing of a Hirondellea gigas, loving this toned tan paper and how it can really pop the whites! Raise your hand if deep-sea Amphipods are totally your jam ✋ #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #amphipod #art #drawing 🦑🐡

An orange, white and yellow pencil crayon drawing of a deep sea Amphipod called Hirondellea gigas. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #amphipod #art #drawing 🦑🐡

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

In progress! Shrimp friends, a painting all about little friends in a deep ocean cold water coral garden, shrimp nominally named Cornelius (not yet painted) and Reginald (in progress) by my silly and excellent children #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #coldwatercoral #unseenoceanscollective

An in progress impressionist painting of shrimp in a cold water coral and sponge garden, part of a series based on deep water corals off the coast of Alaska. Acrylic on canvas, #painting #impressionist #modernimpressionism #artist 🦑🐡 #acryliconcanvas

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

An older painting but one of my favorites- a pacific Rockfish, this fish lives at the @seattleaquarium.bsky.social Rockfish is actually my only food allergy- which is weird- but maybe it’s because I love them so much I’m not meant to eat them! 😆 cuties #oceanfish #rockfish 🐡🦑 #art #acrylicpainting

An acrylic painting of a pacific rockfish in shades of teal, yellow, and green. 8x10 acrylic on canvas, 2023.

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

If you’ve seen my profile pic then you’ve seen one of my Hadal Snailfish paintings- based on a photo taken in the Mariana Trench- and winner of the best example of “restoring the viewers relationship with the ocean” in the Under the Sea exhibit 2025 www.mokuartstudio.com/under-the-se... 🐡🦑 #deepsea

A painting, depicting, rainbow colored, hadal snail fish, swimming near a lander with bright blue mackerel fish as bait. 16x20” acrylic on canvas painting, photo reference permission credit to Prof. Alan Jamieson of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Center. 🦑🐡#deepsea #deepseacreatures #art #acrylicpainting #artshowwinner #deepocean #snailfish

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I’m doing a Reef Chat! If you’re keen to hear me talk about art and science with @cientificacaribena.bsky.social on July 17th you can sign up here: thoughtful-builder-4617.kit.com/a736ccd968 #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Just thinking about Supergiants today- and really loving on them- cuties 🥰 4x6 graphite on paper, 2023 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #drawing #artist #biggestandbest

Black and white drawing of a large crustacean with 13 segments, long antenna, many legs, and sharp pointy tail bits.

Supergiant Amphipods are the largest Amphipods in the ocean, they live around 7000 m below the surface and feed on detritus, carrion, and anything else they can find. Since food is scarce, they have to gorge when they find it and have expandable stomachs that can fill almost their entire body cavity!

#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #amphipods #supergiant #cutie #drawing 🦑🐡

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Recently finished painting of deep ocean Abyssal Grenadiers, based on a photo taken in Antarctica early 2025 by @deepseauwa.bsky.social Titled “Ghosts, Memories and other Ephemera” 36x48” acrylic on canvas #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑

An acrylic on canvas, painting, featuring pale, gray and brown, deep sea fish with a background of dark blue, teal and lime. Small shapes similar to butterflies float around the fish, these are created from the otolith outlines of this particular species of grenadier. 🦑🐡 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #deepoceanscience #art #acrylicpainting

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Yes! We found two redwood twigs, an elm seed, and some birch leaves. All from a lake bed in the Eocene epoch!

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I’ve started a new project; I’m doing a series based on cold water corals from a coral and sponge garden found off the coast of Alaska in 2023. First up is a community of organisms- sponges, corals, fish, shrimp, a look-and-find just packed with texture and color! 🐡🦑 #deepsea #deepseacreatures

A painting featuring modern impressionist renditions of deep sea corals, sponges, anemones, and starfish, depicted with oranges, greens pinks and red acrylic on canvas. #deepsea #deepseacorals #deepocean 🐡🦑#painting #acrylic

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Here- let’s do my great love, the supergiant, some justice - for real sci-art done with a pencil and paper!

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Back in my studio after a bit of a hiatus- adding something interesting into this deep sea grenadier painting- any ideas what these jellyfish looking symbols are based on?? 🐡🦑 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepseaart

An impressionist painting of deep sea fish, surrounded by what could be jellyfish type creatures

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Did this drawing of a southern ocean dropstone assemblage for a local fundraiser, thinking I need to do more of these- a fun and faster process! Chalk pastel, ink and pencil crayon on Bristol paper #antarctic 🐡🦑 #deepocean #deepsea #deepseacreatures #anemones #sponges #drawing

A drawing of a southern ocean dropstone assemblage with sponges and anemones, chalk pastel, ink and pencil crayon on Bristol paper #antarctic 🐡🦑 #deepocean #deepsea #deepseacreatures #anemones #sponges #drawing

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Kinda totally in love with this little Dumbo- illustration for my upcoming book 16x20 acrylic on canvas #invertfest 🐡🦑 #deepocean #deepoceancreatures #acrylicpainting

A pink blue and yellow Dumbo octopus swimming over a field of polymetallic nodules. Illustration for the upcoming book The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep #invertfest 🐡🦑 #deepocean #deepoceancreatures #acrylicpainting

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Getting into the fun parts of this latest painting- like this little moment when a grenadier swims away and behind another tail. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #abyssalgrenadier #acrylicpaintint 🐡🦑

A close-up shot of an acrylic painting featuring deep sea abyssal grenadier fish. 🦑 🐡 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #art #acrylicpainting

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

One of the pieces hanging in my show at the Chase Gallery here in Spokane WA is my most recently finished. Titled “The People Pleaser” it uses holothurian mouthparts intersecting and disintegrating to convey the discomfort of being people pleased for personal and emotional gain 🐡🦑 #deepsea #artshow

An acrylic painting featuring the mouth parts of a purple holothurian at the top of the composition and a translucent holothurian at the bottom of a composition, reaching a tentacle into cascading yellow mouth parts. 30 x 40“ acrylic on canvas titled “the people pleaser”. 🦑🐡 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #artshow #artgallery

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Flow Biologica: a Conversation on the Art of Nature, last of three walkthrough videos. This show is up for the month of April in Spokane WA at the Chase Gallery, featuring work by Finn Pond and yours truly😊 #artshow #deepsea #deepseacreatures #spokane 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Flow Biologica: a Conversation on the Art of Nature, second of three walkthrough videos. This show is up for the month of April in Spokane WA at the Chase Gallery, featuring work by Finn Pond and yours truly😊 #artshow #deepsea #deepseacreatures #spokane 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Flow Biologica: a Conversation on the Art of Nature, first of three walkthrough videos. This show is up for the month of April in Spokane WA at the Chase Gallery, featuring work by Finn Pond and yours truly😊 #artshow #deepsea #deepseacreatures #spokane 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This is an older work from 2023, however, I totally included it in my current deep sea show. Thanks to Prof. Alan Jamieson of the @deepseapod.com for his epic moon rant. Titled ‘Gravity. Obsession. Desire’ 18x24 acrylic on canvas. 🦑🐡 #ammonites #acrylicpainting #moon #surrealism

An acrylic painting of the full moon on top of symmetrical, yellow, green and rust red ammonites. 18x24” acrylic on canvas #deepsea #acrylicpainting #ammonites 🐡🦑

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The best part about finishing a painting is starting a new one!! Next up- Abyssal Grenadiers, a unique swarm photo taken in Dec of 2024 in Antarctica. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #marinebiology #deepseafish 🐡🦑

A photo of an art studio featuring a large canvas with a blue and green background painted behind white fish shapes. #scienceartist #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting #artstudio #abyssalgrenadier 🦑🐡

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Surrounded by invertebrates! A few of the pieces I’m hanging tomorrow at the Chase Gallery in Spokane. Reception in April 4th from 5:30-7 if you’re able to come! 🐡🦑 #deepsea #artshow #acrylicpaintings #contemporaryart

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

A section of the current painting, gotta keep going- needs to be finished by Tuesday! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #holithurian 🐡🦑 #acrylicpainting

An acrylic painting featuring a transparent deep sea holothurian on the bottom depicted in shades of grey, green and yellow. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #holithurian 🐡🦑 #acrylicpainting

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Hey #sciart fans! You know I love you endlessly, and if you’re in the Spokane area of WA state next month I’d love to see you at my show and offer in person gratitude 😁 This is a chance to see all my upcoming book paintings in person - hope you can come! 🦑 #deepsea #spokane #artshow #painting

An art show poster featuring colorful science art by Finn Pond and Meghan Jones. Taking place in Spokane, Washington USA in the month of April 2025 with an opening reception on Friday, April 4 from five to 7:30 PM. 🦑🐡 #artshow #spokanearts #acrylicpainting #deepsea #deepseacreatures

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

11 days until I hang a show, I’m 4 days into this one and apparently less than 11 days to finishing it - wish me luck! 😁 🐡🦑 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #novacantontrough #holothurians

A bright purple sea cucumber mouth end with peachy tips and a teal background. 🦑🐡 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #acrylicpainting #holothurian

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you! 🐡🦑 #artshare #deepsea #deepseacreatures

Five rainbow colored Snailfish, attend a bait of bright blue striped mackerel at the bottom of the ocean. 16x20 acrylic on canvas illustration for my upcoming book The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep.

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The view from here, trying to get a little perspective after being super close and painting details all morning. Alllllmost done! #deepsea #deepseacreatures #brittlestar #seastar #scienceart #artstudio 🐡🦑

A sunlit art studio with a large canvas on an easel. The painting includes a multi colored sea star overshadowed by a grasping brittle star holding on to acid green coral silhouetted against a cloud filled sky. 🦑🐡 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #brittlestar #seastar #acrylicpainting

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Took a week but my website including mailing list signup is live! Thanks again for the reminder 😁 www.studiombj.com

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Spent some time this past week getting a website up! If you’re keen on a mailing list for updates on my book release sign up on the site 😁 www.studiombj.com 🐡🦑 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #art #author

A screenshot of a webpage homepage featuring painting of a deep sea grenadier with a large blue high and silvery skin. #SciArt #deepsea #deepseacreatures #biology #webpage #kidsbook

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