Parker, Colorado, United States
Charlotte Ricker has a deep love and appreciation for the wonders of nature and enjoys illustrating its miraculous stories. She has had the privilege of creating illustrations, graphics and conceptual art for several zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, parks and recreation organizations and natural history museums. Charlotte teaches botanical and natural science illustration for the Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration and the Natural Science Illustration program at Rhode Island School of Design. She has also taught botanical art courses at Filoli Gardens and both online and in-person foundations, illustration and interior design courses for Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and Savannah College of Art and Design. When she is not working in her studio or engaging with students in the classroom, Charlotte can be found exploring nature, conducting research for her art.
Develop content, build and teach asynchronous courses for the Natural Science Illustration program Courses: The Artful Bird: Ornithological Illustration Reimagining Audubon: Illustration Studio (ornithological illustration in the style of John James Audubon) Rendering Realistic Raptors Zoological Illustration: World of Mammals Geometry in Nature Youth program - Illustrating Nature (focus on nature journaling)
Teaching Botanical Illustration Courses: Core classes: Light on Form, Intro to Perspective, Composition, Color Layering, Colored Pencil 1, Colored Pencil 2, Mixed Media, Pencil 1, Pencil 2, Pen & Ink 1, Pen and Ink 2, Watercolor 2 Electives: Mixed Media, Gouache, Scratchboard, Dried Botanicals in Sepia Ink, Zoological Illustration, Cactus and Succulents, Drawing Poinsettias, Grasses and Sedges in colored pencil, Demystifying Linear Perspective, In the style of Georgia O’Keefe, In the style of Ernst Haeckel
Providing natural science and botanical illustration, graphic design, exhibit design, architectural conceptual design, rendering & master planning services. Client List: CSU Extension - Signage, Graphic design, Illustration Historic Saranac Lake (Saranac Lake, NY) graphic design, signage Denver Zoo (Denver, CO) - conceptual design, illustration The Exhibits Dept. (Pacific Grove, CA) - Exhibit graphics, illustration City of Roseville (Roseville, CA) - illustration and graphics for Roseville Utility Center Exploration Center Fairfield Museum (Fairfield, CT) infographic, digital mural 40 West Arts and City of Lakewood (Lakewood, CO) Pollinators ground mural, coloring book pages Colorado Mills and 40 West Arts (Lakewood, CO) mural Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (Pacific Grove, CA) exhibit design, illustration Denver Parks and Recreation (Denver, CO) Interpretive/Educational Signage for La Lomita Park Renovation and Lily Lake at City Park Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibits Department (Monterey, CA) Illustration, Exhibit Design Audubon Society of Greater Denver Exhibits Department (Denver, CO) Illustration, interpretive signage, botanical illustration workshops US Botanic Gardens Exhibits Department (Washington DC) Interpretive Panels, Graphic Design, Illustration, Infographics, digital murals ECOS Communications (Boulder, CO) Exhibit Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, digital murals Halperin Creative (Denver, CO) Technical Illustration and graphics AMWUA Burke Museum Herbarium (Seattle, WA) Illustration for "Flora of the Pacific Northwest" field guide Laura Macey Design (San Francisco, CA) - Graphic Design City of Lyons (Lyons, CO - Illustration, Conceptual Design for site planning and architecture OZ Architecture (Denver, CO) - Conceptual Design for site planning and architecture, Illustration MAI Design Group (Boerne, TX) - Conceptual Design for site planning and architecture, Illustration
Contractor: February 2023-June 2023 Full time: July 2023-September 2025 Develop renderings and conceptual illustrations for the Planning, Design and Construction Management department as visualization tools to communicate concepts to important stakeholders and potential donors.