Connections between artwork and science have gotten ever extra essential and standard. On this episode of Naturally Talking now we have a dialog between the artist Olivier Leger and the College of Glasgow’s personal Dr David Bailey. We hope you take pleasure in listening to their dialog, which covers a variety of subjects; from the aim of science and artwork in a altering world to having seal guts hosed off of Dave and the most recent Avatar film.
Olivier Leger is an ocean wildlife artist who depicts marine biology, ecology and nature. He’s an avid scuba diver, and his experiences underwater, together with different analysis, conjures up his artwork. He makes use of ink to supply a variety of each color and black and white drawings that change from small to very massive advanced items that yow will discover one thing new in each time you look. These depict a variety of marine species; his most outstanding work fantastically makes use of scale to construct ecosystems onto a species to point out the species’ position in its setting and the interconnectedness of marine life. His artwork each conjures up your creativeness and appreciation of the marine setting. We’d strongly encourage you to check out Olivier’s web site, olivierleger.co.uk, to take a look at his artwork and movies.
Dr David Bailey is a lecturer and analysis scientist in Marine Ecology on the College of Glasgow. His background is in deep water biology and long run observatories, nevertheless, he has a really broad curiosity space and has labored in lots of areas of marine biology and ecology. His analysis group at present works in an unlimited number of marine environments from Antarctica to coral reefs, and naturally additionally round Scotland. This selection is mirrored within the over 80 publications he has to his title. Dave’s major analysis theme is the conservation and administration of marine techniques, normally in collaboration with governments, NGOs and business.
Function picture © Olivier Leger.
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Intro and outro music sampled from: “The Curtain Rises” and “Early Riser” Kevin MacLeod [CC BY 3.0]
