15. 05. 2025
The illustration shows a black bear (Epicallia villica) on a common daisy (Bellis perennis); a species of butterfly that is also common in our region from mid-May to early June, in its three stages after the egg has developed. The larva (caterpillar) searches for food in the leaves of its host plant, the pupa hides safely on the underside of its leaf, and the butterfly feeds on nectar from flowers while resting.
Eva M. Štanta has a master's degree in illustration and works with various types of illustration and animation. Recently, in addition to book illustration, she has been focusing primarily on scientific and natural history illustration and reduction linocut. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana in 2015 with her independent animated film Jason and the Argonauts and received her master's degree in 2019 with the project Pictorial Map of Mountain Trails in the Logarska Valley. She has collaborated on various projects and exhibitions, including with the Celje Mohorjeva Society, the Slovenian Museum of Natural History, the Slovenian Forestry Institute, the Dagiba Institute, and the Slovenian Post, which also issued her Tulips stamps in 2022. She works in her studio in Podnanos.
