- Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Illustration, 2000
Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment
BIO
I am an illustrator and designer with a specialization in plant, animal, and scientific subjects, and over 20 years of experience creating imagery and visual communications for a wide range of clients. At UVM, I teach observational drawing, using botanical subjects as a foundation for investigation into line, shading, composition, and basic color theory. Art and science are both driven by a fundamental curiosity, and drawing aids both disciplines by enabling enhanced insight through a process of visual exploration. In addition to being introduced to traditional mediums, design principles, and basic botanical morphology, my students effectively learn how better to SEE and understand their world.
Courses
ALE 1360 Illustrating Botanicals
Area(s) of expertise
Illustration, Graphic Design, Visual Communication
Publications
Natalya Zahn, Michael Levin, Dany Spencer Adams (2017) "The Zahn drawings: new illustrations of Xenopus embryo and tadpole stages for studies of craniofacial development”, Development 144 (15) https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/144/15/2708/48084/The-Zahn-drawings-new-illustrations-of-Xenopus
Natalya Zahn, Christina James-Zorn, Virgilio G. Ponferrada, Dany S. Adams, Julia Grzymkowski, Daniel R. Buchholz, Nanette M. Nascone-Yoder, Marko Horb, Sally A. Moody, Peter D. Vize, Aaron M. Zorn (2022) “Normal Table of Xenopus development: a new graphical resource”, Development 149 (14) https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/149/14/dev200356/276012/Normal-Table-of-Xenopus-development-a-new
Associations and Affiliations
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Member
Bio
I am an illustrator and designer with a specialization in plant, animal, and scientific subjects, and over 20 years of experience creating imagery and visual communications for a wide range of clients. At UVM, I teach observational drawing, using botanical subjects as a foundation for investigation into line, shading, composition, and basic color theory. Art and science are both driven by a fundamental curiosity, and drawing aids both disciplines by enabling enhanced insight through a process of visual exploration. In addition to being introduced to traditional mediums, design principles, and basic botanical morphology, my students effectively learn how better to SEE and understand their world.
Courses
ALE 1360 Illustrating Botanicals
Areas of Expertise
Illustration, Graphic Design, Visual Communication
Publications
Natalya Zahn, Michael Levin, Dany Spencer Adams (2017) "The Zahn drawings: new illustrations of Xenopus embryo and tadpole stages for studies of craniofacial development”, Development 144 (15) https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/144/15/2708/48084/The-Zahn-drawings-new-illustrations-of-Xenopus
Natalya Zahn, Christina James-Zorn, Virgilio G. Ponferrada, Dany S. Adams, Julia Grzymkowski, Daniel R. Buchholz, Nanette M. Nascone-Yoder, Marko Horb, Sally A. Moody, Peter D. Vize, Aaron M. Zorn (2022) “Normal Table of Xenopus development: a new graphical resource”, Development 149 (14) https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/149/14/dev200356/276012/Normal-Table-of-Xenopus-development-a-new
Associations and Affiliations
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Member