Art
Bioinspirada explores the relationship between people and nature through illustration, painting, and visual storytelling. Grounded in my background as a biologist and inspired by years working in offshore wind and marine conservation, my artwork seeks to transform scientific knowledge into emotional connections.
My current practice revolves around two main themes. The first explores the ocean as a source of wonder, biodiversity, and hope. The second celebrates the diversity of life across ecosystems, revealing the relationships that connect species, habitats, and people.
I believe that science helps us understand nature, while art helps us care about it.
Ocean
Illustrations inspired by marine ecosystems, deep-sea life and our relationship with the ocean.
Tree of Fish
Original colored pencil illustration inspired by coral reefs, where fish become leaves to celebrate the ocean as a source of…
Turning Our Backs on the Sea
A mixed-media illustration exploring humanity’s relationship with the ocean, biodiversity loss, and the species that depend on healthy marine ecosystems.…
Vertical Journey Through the Ocean
Original acrylic triptych inspired by the ocean water column, exploring depth, movement and the coexistence of marine life. Year 2025…
Sunset at Scheveningen – North Sea & Offshore Wind
Original gouache painting inspired by the North Sea coast in the Netherlands, exploring the relationship between people, nature and offshore…
Without the Ocean, there is no City
Acrylic painting exploring the invisible connection between cities and the ocean through fluorescent light. Year 2025 Medium Acrylic on canvas…
The Traveling Octopus
Acrylic painting on a suitcase exploring transformation, travel, and our connection with the ocean. Year 2025 Medium Acrylic on hard-shell…
Swimming Otter – Delft Blue
Hand-painted Delft Blue ceramic artwork inspired by wildlife, created at the Royal Delft Museum in Delft, the Netherlands. Year 2024…
Squid in colors
A color study exploring complementary colors through the anatomy of a squid. Year 2026 Medium Colored pencils on paper Dimensions…
Ornate Polychaete
An artistic sketch inspired by Amblyosyllis, a tiny marine polychaete whose jewel-like appearance reveals the hidden beauty of marine biodiversity.…
Armored Fish in Motion
This fish, swimming gracefully through the water, displays a beautiful flexible armor that covers even its eyes while leaving its…
Sea hummingbird
And who hovers in the air? Hummingbirds. And who in the water? The seahorses. Ummmm, and what would the metamorphosis…
Deep flash-lights
What if deep-sea fish have flashlights? I would imagine them carrying the lights at the end of their thin tentacle,…
Swim like a fish, fly like a bird
Again animal swimming and flight are in one of my illustrations. In the metamorphosis from a hummingbird to a seahorse…
Biodiversity
Illustrations celebrating the diversity of life, species interactions and the beauty of nature.
Chatting trees
Trees are more active than we generally think. And they communicate with each other. Now, on second thought, I think…
Porcupine in Pink
When it comes to drawing, one of the freedoms we have is the color palette that we can use. So,…
Rainbow Porcupine
Porcupines are curious animals to me: pointy on top and fluffy on the bottom, much like its similar looking group,…
Pregnant Fish Swimming
Viviparous female fish carry their embryos in their womb until they are fully developed, capable of swimming and feeding on…
Semi-mechanical Kingfisher
The Kingfisher, a small bird that hunts fish by diving into the water, is one of the inspirations for one…
Christmas Pleco Fish
This Christmas Pleco was inspired by a Pterygoplichthys sp. I painted it green and red because of Christmas 🎄😉 Watercolor…
Flying snails
As I thought of snails, the question came to mind as to what other purposes their shell could have. What…
Colorful roots
After a while of moving between countries, cities and houses, I felt the urge to draw my roots. So I…
Mechanical beetle
This is a beetle made up of mechanical parts. My first approach to steampunk art 😉 I made this version…
Iguana
I painted this Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) during my undergraduate degree in Biology. Watercolors Year 2001