End Of The Year Review

This past year has seen a variety of events that promote the colorisations, and also continued work of Dr. Hargraves.
RedBubble provided us with more popularity than ever of the Diatom Mandalas and Diatom/Dinoflagellate images in various challenges and features, and also favored us with several purchases  of individual prints.

Perhaps the most exciting event occurred with the announcement that my colorised image of Cretaceous Raptor #5 © FD was selected as the cover of the prestigious Ecology Letters journal:

"Great news--your fabulous image was selected for the journal cover! Congratulations--Ecology Letters is by far the #1 journal in Ecology and this is a great recognition for us and for diatoms, which do not get the spotlight very often!"  

On Friday, November 9th, at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce, Florida, Dr. Paul E Hargraves gave 'A tripartite presentation on the lifestyles and diversity of microalgae in the Indian River lagoon system; whether or not harmful algal blooms are a clear and present danger [or not], and whether characterising the IRL as 'the most diverse estuary in North America' is a bogus claim, or a reality'.

In all, this has been an exciting and productive year.  New images are planned for the coming early spring, and perhaps a new exhibition.  More about that later. Thank you for your continued interest.

Happy New Year all.  Peace and goodwill. ~ FD