by Paula Peeters | Jul 10, 2025 | Wildlife illustration
I love fish. If I didn’t have a very strong aversion to cold water, I think I may have become a fish biologist. Anyway, it ended up not to be… but I was thrilled last year when Kevin Warburton from Charles Sturt University asked me to illustrate some fish....
by Paula Peeters | Dec 5, 2022 | Projects, Wildlife illustration
The tote bag design for the ESA’s 2022 conference – inspired by some coastal and marine plants and animals of New South Wales, and Dharawal country in particular. I was really grateful to be asked once again by the Ecological Society of Australia to create...
by Paula Peeters | Feb 2, 2017 | Wildlife illustration
River Red Gums, raucous with white corellas screaming from their upper branches, their gnarled trunks splashed grey-and-cream, rise up out of a flooded wetland. The water is strewn with green wetland plants, and smeared yellow with floating pollen. Ducks and moorhens...
by Paula Peeters | Aug 19, 2016 | Projects, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
This story starts and ends with a duck. It also includes volcanoes, subtropical rainforest, an idyllic lake and a team of dedicated scientists. But let’s begin with the duck. I met the duck in Germany, in 2008. The lovely Ray, my palaeobotanist partner, was...
by Paula Peeters | Jul 10, 2016 | Books, Free downloads and printables, Nature journaling, Writing
Nature journaling is a relaxing and fun way to connect with the natural world. You don’t need to be super-fit, or travel far to do it. Nature journaling improves your powers of observation and ability to see beauty and detail. It’s useful for collecting...
