𓃩 dominique vassie 𓆧

• artist & biologist • wildlife art • creature design • environment art

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Studies from life of some swifts I met, who were under the care of a wonderful swift rehabilitator.

The climate crisis-fuelled heatwaves in Europe this summer have resulted in larger numbers of swift nestlings jumping early to escape the heat of their nests. These are some of the lucky ones who were found and given a second chance at taking to the skies of our changing world.

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My online shop is open this week! ✨

If anyone is interested in getting prints directly from me, I am doing a limited signed giclée print run of four of my most loved recent illustrations. They'll all be hand-signed, titled and numbered by me in pencil and some of my art books and original drawings are also up in the shop.

To avoid waste, I'm going to print in batches so this time please get your orders in by the 22nd July, they'll be shipped by August 3rd.

Sadly I can only ship original artwork (not prints or books) to the EU at the moment, but regular prints are available on my INPRNT too if that's a better option for some. 🌸

Thank you for all the support on recent works! Very grateful and I enjoy all your fun and lovely comments ❤️

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Please get any last orders in before Thursday, thank you! <33

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Reminder that my online shop is open until the 22nd July! 🌿🐉☀️

There are signed print preorders, little artbooks and some originals available. And if anyone is ever interested in the original of a piece I post when my shop isn't open, please do feel free to email me anytime for availability at niqvassie.art (at) gmail.com

Thank you so much to everyone who has ordered or shared/liked my shop posts already. It means a lot and encourages me to keep creating ❤️

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Some of these mini originals are available in my online shop which is open until July 22nd. They are all based on wildlife encountered in the last two months while helping out around my local nature reserve in Yorkshire. ☀️

There are also prints and art books available 🌼

I'm only able to open my online shop once or twice a year as I move around a lot, so thank you all for the orders so far ❤️

[niqvassieart]

My online shop is open this week! ✨

If anyone is interested in getting prints directly from me, I am doing a limited signed giclée print run of four of my most loved recent illustrations. They'll all be hand-signed, titled and numbered by me in pencil and some of my art books and original drawings are also up in the shop.

To avoid waste, I'm going to print in batches so this time please get your orders in by the 22nd July, they'll be shipped by August 3rd.

Sadly I can only ship original artwork (not prints or books) to the EU at the moment, but regular prints are available on my INPRNT too if that's a better option for some. 🌸

Thank you for all the support on recent works! Very grateful and I enjoy all your fun and lovely comments ❤️

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marsh harrier chick, close to fledging.

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Euplotes ciliates resting and feeding. These single-celled organisms have cilia hairs which are bunched up into tufts called 'cirri' which function like little legs, allowing them to walk along the substrate.

This individual was found in a water sample from the Tama river in Tokyo, painted in gouache.

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12-day old corncrake chicks from a local reintroduction project I've been helping with.

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National Meadows Day! 🌾🌼🦋

If any of you happen to be in or around Yorkshire, I'll be at this event on 4th July with some books, originals and prints! There will also be a chance to see some wildlife up-close with bird-ringing demonstrations and a moth trap.

It's also a lovely opportunity to meet some of the local community and nature reserve staff who help care for this beautiful landscape and its wildlife.

Message me if you need any other info. 🌸

Some photos I've taken this spring around the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve.

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little owls and cow parsley, may 2026.

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Pencil studies of an Amphileptus ciliate, who I watched ambush and swallow up a little Synchaeta rotifer into its cell and felt humbly reminded that multicellular animals are not necessarily above single-celled organisms in the food chain.

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I NEED a print of the microscopic dragon. Are you going to put it up on your store?

Hello! Thank you! I have put it up on my INPRNT shop but will also try and do a run of signed prints sent from my own shop at the end of the month too ☺️

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How can I access your shop if you have one??

Hello, this is my online shop! I haven't opened it for a while but hoping to do so at the end of May/start of June with some new zines and signed prints ☺️ <3

I also have an INPRNT shop for prints too.

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A little tiny microscopic dragon, rotifers passing by.

I've spent a lot of time peering down a microscope in the last few years, enjoying taking inspiration from the real tiny organisms to make one of my own.

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A sheep on my friends' farm, a study of the Fox's Path down from Cadair Idris in Dolgellau, Wales.

Caran d'Ache neocolor II on bristol paper.

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Do you sell prints of your work? I just stumbled upon your work and I am enamored beyond belief.

Aww thank you so much!

Currently I am just selling prints through my INPRNT store which I try to keep updated, but if there are pieces people like that aren't up there then feel free to ask me if I can add them ☺️🌱

Seems like INPRNT is having a sale at the moment too!

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My solo show is set up in Tokyo at GalleryBlue3143 in Aoyama! Please stop by and say hello if you happen to be nearby. On from today (13th March) until the 22nd, 13:00-20:00.

Thank you as always for the support! <3