Watercolour

Painting stories of worlds, whether they are whimsical or factual. Or both.

Fir trees, dock, kayaker, dragonfly, rocky coast with trees, mountains, moon, shooting star; watercolour and ink painting by Marie Preston
Watercolour painting, titled Tomorrow: Brown path winding up through forest from grey rock, with young and old coniferous trees. ©2022 Marie Preston
Watercolour painting: House, flower, moose, hare, human, and coniferous trees along path toward mountains. ©2022 Marie Warner Preston
Watercolour painting: Rainbow over mountains with tent, trees, and people in foreground ©2022 Marie Preston
Watercolour painting: Night sky, mountains, water, coniferous trees. ©2022 Marie Preston / Outspoken Images
Watercolour painting: Small green fir sapling with red shrub, leafless birch trees, person on path toward blue and grey mountains. Title: Around the Bend by Marie Preston
Watercolour painting: Yellow, green, and blue hot-air balloon in blue sky with yellow stars. Yellow sun rays over white and green mountains. Blue water reflecting sun and stars ©2022 Outspoken Images by Marie Warner Preston
Illustration. Black ink: snowy owl in flight, top left corner. Watercolour: Red sunset, purple mountains, green fir trees and lichen. ©2021 Outspoken Images by Marie Warner Preston
ACS Physical Chemistry Au journal cover: Journal cover artwork featuring orange (upper) and blue (lower) potential energy surfaces, with the progress of an ion-molecule reaction shown using stick-and-ball drawings superimposed on the potential energy surfaces. ©2021 Marie Preston

I cannot recommend Marie highly enough. Within a few days, and with only a general idea to work from, Marie created a number of sketches to illustrate her ideas for our cover artwork. All of her sketches were excellent; it was challenging choosing between them! We selected the sketch that best captured the concept we wanted to depict, and Marie then created a polished version based on our feedback. Marie discussed all elements of the artwork with us, to ensure that the scientific content was being accurately represented. She also (very quickly) made a number of small tweaks when we requested changes to the artwork. The cover artwork was finalised well within the agreed timeframe, and we are very happy with the final product. Marie was a pleasure to work with and I look forward to working with her again on future projects.

Dr. Brianna Heazlewood, Research Scientist: University of Liverpool, England