DOUG McNAMARA’S BIODIVERSIONS
Interview by Tod Lippy


“I’m not a field scientist, discovering new and exciting creatures for the world to see. So one way I entertain myself is to invent an organism or process and then try to draw it convincingly so it makes sense.”

Business analyst—and former biology teacher—Doug McNamara combines form and function in his exquisite line drawings of invented organisms. They are shown here, printed on a rare paper stock meant to reproduce the feel of originals, for the first time. Includes an interview with the artist by editor Tod Lippy.

Doug McNamara is a business analyst living in Brooklyn with his wife, the poet Amy McNamara, and their two children.








Esopus 10 (Spring 2008)

CONTENTS:
ARTIST’S PROJECT: BEREND STRIK
“Untitled, 2008" (removable insert)

ARTIST’S PROJECT: YVONNE JACQUETTE
"Untitled, 2008"

50 FRAMES: PETER HUTTON’S AT SEA (2007)
Introduction and interview by Scott MacDonald

DAILY REMINDERS
Letters by Robert Guest

ARTIST’S PROJECT: DULCE PINZÓN
"The Real Story of the Superheroes"

NEW VOICES: “PLATE TECTONICS”
By Lesley Clayton

DOUG McNAMARA’S BIODIVERSIONS
Interview by Tod Lippy

THE DESERT
By Jen Bervin

MODERN ARTIFACTS 4: DRAWING COMPARISONS
Introduction by Michelle Elligott

1929 IN RETROSPECT
By Angus Trumble

GUARDED OPINIONS 3
By Berhanu Taffa. Edited by Paul VanDeCarr.