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Leo's Cyber Shell Art Gallery

Leo Man in 't Veld is a Dutch artist, specialized in zoological objects. His portfolio includes scientific drawings of both habitus and anatomical parts of invertebrata (e.g. molluscs and crabs), cartoons, artistic impressions of shells and artistic composition of zoological expositions.

In the past he has contributed to a number of major expositions such as the dinosaur-exposition of the Rotterdam Zoo and the World Exposition of Sevilla, Spain.

Currently Leo is graphic editor and designer of the covers of Vita Marina, conservator of tropical gastropods in the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam, consultant for artistic composition at the Zeemuseum Scheveningen and free lance artist and scientific illustrator.

On a regular basis Leo gives demonstrations of airbrush-techniques at some of the major shell shows in Europe (in 1996: the Shell Show in Aarschot, Belgium and the NNM-symposium in Rotterdam).

Leo's main interest is the gastropod family Strombidae. He is the author of a number of popular as well as scientific articles on Strombidae and has described several new (sub-)species.

At the moment he is working on a monograph of the family Strombidae in which hundreds of his illustrations are published, both of the shell and (parts of) the animals.

You can contact Leo for illustrations for your (scientific) article or book, for cartoons, for an airbrush painting of your favourite shell or for the artistic composition and the paintings of your exposition.

It is possible to send Leo a sketch or a photograph of the object you wish to be illustrated by E-mail or snail-mail. Based on your sketch he can give you a price-quote and indication of the time he needs.

Go to Vita cover paintings

Go to Strombidae drawings

Go to Collection of cartoons

Go to Vita Marina home page.

For further information please contact:
Leo Man in 't Veld, 2e Maasboschstraat 27, 3134 XH Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
E-mail messages sent to spirula@wxs.nl will be passed to Leo.