Interpretation of native flowers planted in flower gardens created by my wife. I walked around and took photographs of her flowers and started painting in October, 2023. Catalogue number EGM-215, oil on canvas (48”x48”) by Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2024.
Catalogue Number: EGM-159
Adaptation of aerial drone view of bubble curtain created in a Fibonacci pattern by a team of three Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The Humpbacks used the curtain to trap and feed on Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in Antarctic Ocean, March 2020. Modified from video with permission by Richard Sidey, filmmaker and nature photographer, www.richardsidey.com. To date, Humpback and Bryde’s whales are the only cetaceans known to use a Fibonacci pattern bubble curtain to feed. Oil on canvas (48x48”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D.
Catalogue Number: EGM-153
Diana Fritillary (Speyeria diana), Oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2020.
Catalogue Number EGM-104
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2019.
Catalogue Number EGM-152
Cloudless Sulfur (Phoebus sennae), Oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2020.
Catalogue Number: EGM-106
Kαλοκαιρινό κήπο μου (my summer garden).. Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2019.
Catalogue Number: EGM-146
Black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2020.
Catalogue Number: EGM-144
Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta), oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2020.
Catalogue Number: EGM-108
Oil on canvas (30”x40”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2019. Schreckstoff is the chemical alarm signal {hypoxanthine-3N-oxide (H3NO)} released by epidermal club cells of minnows that alerts other minnows (through their olfactory receptors) of a danger such as a predator.
Catalogue Number: EGM-154
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2020.
Catalogue Number: EGM-138
Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2020.
Catalogue Number: EGM-109
Oil on canvas (30" x 40")©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2019. Turbulent flow, also called chaotic flow, occurs when the Reynolds number, the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces, increases significantly. Chaotic flows are created by obstructions in streams such as cobble and small boulders, and by the gravel mound nests constructed for spawning by males of the 13 species of fishes in the genera Exoglossum, Nocomis, and Semotilus – the focus of much of my research with colleagues and students.
Catalogue number: EGM-139
Potomon potamios (freshwater crab). Oil on canvas (12x12")©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2020. One American colleague, some Greek colleagues and students periodically, and I conducted exhaustive surveys of all of mainland Greece, and numerous islands such as Samothraki, Chios, Andros, Tinos, Naxos, Paros, and Crete from 1993-2010 to map the distribution of all four freshwater crab species of Potamon relative to a host of abiotic, biotic, and human factors. The title is derived from a Cretan octogenarian who explained to us how he used to collect freshwater crabs for food.
Catalogue Number: EGM-140
Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria), oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2020. Valley of the Butterflies, While collecting Potamon fluviatile on the Cycladic island of Paros during summer, 2006, my research colleague and I happened upon the Valley of the Butterflies, a protected biotope for thousands of Jersey tiger moths... yes, tiger moths, and unlike other moths, the species is active during the day feeding and resting on foliage.
Catalogue Number: EGM-145
Morning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2020.
Catalogue Number: EGM-151
Falcate Orangetip (Anthochanis midea). Oil on canvas (12x12”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2020.