![Trip into a Japanese iris Garden](https://phelpsmandala.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Japanese-Iris-Mandala-website-1080x675.jpg)
![Trip into a Japanese iris Garden](https://phelpsmandala.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Japanese-Iris-Mandala-website-1080x675.jpg)
![Year’s End and Ready for 2024](https://phelpsmandala.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Tie-Dye-Butterflyfish-Journey-web-1080x600.jpg)
Year’s End and Ready for 2024
2023 is coming to a close. I hope to be a better blogger and share more about the art I produce and my thoughts on my professional and personal art road ahead. I humbly submit that I received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Association of Medical Illustrators...![Biodiversity Classification](https://phelpsmandala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Organism-Classification-Mandala-website-1080x675.jpg)
Biodiversity Classification
Sometimes my 60+ year brain does not quickly conjure up and sift through the 1100+ mandala and nature panel images I have created over the past 10 years until I ruminate on the topic I seek and search external hard drives. Ah-Ha—there you ARE! This mandala was to...![Greetings from Biodiversity](https://phelpsmandala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Greetings-from-Biodiversity-website-1080x675.jpg)
Greetings from Biodiversity
During my flurry-filled creative acts I let the art process and wandering thought lead me down unplanned and serendipitous paths— IT is a wonderful experience!
![Flyingfish Have Landed in Baltimore](https://phelpsmandala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Flying-Fish-Wave-Website-1080x625.jpg)
Flyingfish Have Landed in Baltimore
Winged flyingfish with large eyes and large pectoral and pelvic fins fly through the air in Baltimore.