About
Joel Floyd has been doing free-lance scientific illustration for over 30 years. He specializes in invasive species, entomological, and botanical illustration, but also illustrates fungi, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and habitats.
Clients include:
- Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- University of Arizona Press
- Cooperative Extension Service
- Western National Parks Association
- The Nature Conservancy
- Farm Journal
- Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
- High Country News
- The English Garden Magazine
- Arizona Museum of Natural History
Illustrated:
- A Rambler’s Guide to The Life on the Santa Cruz River, 2006, by Sherry Sass, Western National Parks Association.
- Venomous Animals of Arizona, by Robert L. Smith, 1982, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service, Tucson, AZ
Illustrations appear in:
- Inspired by Insects: Bugs in Contemporary Art, 2017, by E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Pub. PA.
- Invasive Exotic Species on the Sonoran Region, 2002, by Barbara Tellman, University of Arizona Press: Tucson
- Soil Biology Guide, 1990, D.L. Dindal, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Numerous other scientific journals and publications.
Illustration article author:
Exhibitions:
- 2022 Pyramid Atlantic Annual Member MashUp Exhibition, Helen C. Frederick Gallery, Hyattsville, MD
- 2020 "Roadside Last Gasps", solo exhibit, Heritage Center Gallery, Hyattsville, MD
- 2020 "Science Saves Cotton, contributed illustrations to exhibition, Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa, Arizona
- 2019 "Artists at Work", juried exhibit, Ripley Center, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
- 2016 "Meet the Beetles", national juried exhibit, Art Science Gallery, Austin, Texas
- 2016 "Wish You Were Here", national juried exhibit, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona
- 2016 “Off the Beaten Path” juried exhibit, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, Maryland
- 2016 “Botanica 2016”, group exhibition, Brookside Botanical Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland
- 2015 Artomatic, group exhibition, Hyattsville, Maryland
- 2015 Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Art Show, Greenbelt Maryland
- 2015 "Farm to Table" group exhibition, New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, Maryland
- 2015 "Art and Agriculture", juried exhibit, USDA South Building, Washington, DC
- 2014 "Jeepers Creepers: Bugs in Art", i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, Arizona
- 2014 "Hudson Valley: Art of the Heirloom", New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York
- 2014 "Beautiful Maryland, Art by Guild of Natural Science Illustrators - DC Chapter, Garden Gallery at Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, Maryland
- 2013 "Eclosion: A Juried Group Exhibition of Insect-Inspired Art", Art Science Gallery, Austin, Texas
- 2013 "Art and Agriculture" juried exhibit, USDA South Building, Washington, DC
- 2013 "Border Celebrations", juried exhibition at The Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
- 2012 WD&CE Faculty and Staff Exhibition, School of Art and Design at Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
- 2012 Situation Anophthalmus hitleri, a group exhibit of insect illustrations part of installation by Jasmina Cibic, Maribor Art Gallery, Slovenia
- 2012 "Art and Agriculture" juried exhibit, USDA South Building, Washington, DC
- 2011 Four Person Exhibit, Trompe l'oeil paintings, K. A. Maroufi Gallery, Kennsington, MD
- 2011 "Off the Page On the Wall", Illustrators Club of Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia Exibition, King Street Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
- 2011 "Art in Science: Annual Exhibit of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators", Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
- 2008 “Annual GNSI Member’s Exhibit, Cornell University Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY
- 2004 “Annual GNSI Member’s Exhibit” College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
- 2001 “Annual GNSI Member’s Exhibit”, College of the Atlantic Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine
- 1996 “Illustrating Natural History”, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
- 1995 “The Art of Science” Northern Arizona University Museum Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona.
- 1991 "Tubac Center for the Arts Juried Show", Tubac, AZ
- 2012-13 Photos of Mural for Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville, Maryland
- Link to:
video interview about the mural, from Montgomery Co. Public Schools
- 2011 Banners for the 75th Anniversary of the Town of University Park, Maryland
- 1998 Baboquivari Canyon Interpretive Signs, Tohono O'odham Nation, Partners for Wildlife-The Nature Conservancy, Sells, Arizona
- 1996 Anza Trail-Santa Cruz River Interpretive Signs, Partners for Wildlife-The Nature Conservancy. Tubac, Arizona
Instruction:
- 2015 "Artist is In: Drawn to Insects", instruction to youth on using bilateral symmetry to easily draw an insect, Q?ius Center, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
- 2012 - 13 "Natural Science Illustration", 10 week classes, Continuing Education, School of Art + Design at Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Maryland
- 2012, 2013 "Invasive Species Awareness Week Kids Day", invasives drawing for Kids Day, US Botanical Garden, Washington, DC
- 2010 “Bugfest” insect illustration for kids, North Carolina Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, NC
- 2010 “Bugfest” insect illustration for kids, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
- 2010 “It’s a Bug’s World” insect illustration for kids at Entomological Society of American Branch meeting, Annapolis, MD
- 2009-2010 Paint Branch High School, botanical illustration at US Botanical Garden, Washington DC and Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD
- 2009, 2010 “Ag-Discovery” botanical illustration at US Botanical Garden, Washington DC and Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD
- 2007 “Mexico Fest” Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
- 2006 “Fossil Fest”, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
- 2005 “Bugfest”, Smithsonian Instution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
Recognition:
2015 First place Oil/acrylic painting and Watercolor categories, Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Art Show, Greenbelt MD,
2013 First Place in Forests Category, "Art and Agriculture" juried exhibit, Washington, DC
2012 First Place in Agriculture Production Category, "Art and Agriculture" juried exhibit, Washington, DC
2005 Finalist, Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, National Science Foundation
Education:
- M.S. 1981, Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- B.S. 1977, Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Professional Affiliations:
- Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, past President of the Greater Washington DC Chapter
- Entomological Society of Washington