I often come up with ideas for art series while working on other projects (or in the middle of the night when I get a flash of insight). I jot down my ideas in my art journals for later contemplation, with the intention of having my ideas turn into amazing works of art in the future! My honeybee pesticide idea was inspired by my concerns about bee population declines, which expanded (in my head at least) to a whole series of toxicology art. Why not unite my years of work in toxicology with making art?! As you can see in the sketch, I'm rolling around the idea of incorporating chemical structures with the animal and/or plant affected by the chemical. In my sketch, I'm showing conceptually that a certain class of pesticides has been shown to negatively impact honeybees and other pollinators. I'm really excited about this concept and will continue to share sketches as I come up with new ideas!