Two-tailed swallowtail, carpenter bee, and
wavy-leaf thistle. One in a series of illustrations for
the Nature Conservancy, Arizona Chapter, depicting
plants and their pollinators found in Ramsey
Canyon, Arizona.
Rachel Ivanyi is a freelance illustrator who works on a variety of natural history subjects. Trained as a zoologist and scientific illustrator, she has long been drawn to the minute variations that separate one species from another and much of her work reflects this. Her style ranges from highly detailed scientific renderings to more whimsical illustration, in a variety of traditional and digital media.
See more of Rachel's work at rachelivanyi.com