BIO | CV | Sealacanth

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Deanna Derosia is an illustrator and biologist raised in the sunny Treasure Coast of Florida, and currently living in Arlington, Massachusetts. Growing up amongst the biodiverse estuaries and sandy pinelands of Florida ignited her curiosity for the natural world, and inspired her to preserve wild landscapes for generations to come. Her artwork now is designed to help others explore our natural world, discover its oddities, and instill pride in their own local ecosystems through the storytelling quality of art.

behind the logo

"Sealacanth" is a play on words for the first animal that inspired Deanna to study biology - the Coelacanth. This living fossil was once assumed to be the "missing link" between sea and land dwellers, and in the same sense, Sealacanth Studios strives to be a much needed link between science and art. The coelacanth also reminds us that even though extinction is a possibility, we don't know all the things nature hides from us. There's always potential to reverse the harm we've done if we still have hope.

Press + Publications

2021 - Liveview Oak Unveils New Mural Celebrating Florida Wildlife Corridor

2020 - MarineBio.Life podcast

2020 - TCPalm

2019 - USCS Science Notes, Author Tom Garlinghouse, Turning the Tide: Revitalizing Elkhorn Slough

2017 - Vero Beach Portfolio Magazine

2016 - D. DEROSIA, N. HO, A. L.F.C. HO, J. LIN. Morphological identification of hybrid offspring between seahorse species Hippocampus erectus and H. reidi.

Clients

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Path of the Panther

Florida Native Plant Society

Smithsonian Marine Station

FIT Vero Beach Marine Lab

Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex

Coastal Connections, Inc.

Pelican Island Audubon Society

Indian River County Stormwater Division

Research Background + Affiliations