Brandy Zzyzx is a commercial artist and scientific illustrator specializing in mineral specimen illustrations, commercial ad design, and contemporary symbolist Fraktur style hex signs. Knowledgeable in many mediums and crafts, her favorites are watercolor, gouache, and oil paint. She uses these to create her specialized mineralogical illustrations.
Smokey Quartz Crystal Peak, Colorado oil on canvas copyright 2010, Brandy Zzyzx *original currently available from Zzyzx Gallery Natural Science, Downtown, Los Angeles*

Smokey Quartz 
Crystal Peak, Colorado 
oil on canvas

copyright 2010, Brandy Zzyzx

*original currently available from Zzyzx Gallery Natural Science, Downtown, Los Angeles*

Tanzanite Merelani Hills, Tanzania watercolor on paper copyright 2010, Brandy Zzyzx

Tanzanite 
Merelani Hills, Tanzania 
watercolor on paper

copyright 2010, Brandy Zzyzx

Smokey Quartz Crystal Ridge, California watercolor on paper copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx

Smokey Quartz 
Crystal Ridge, California 
watercolor on paper

copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx

Quartz w/ Schorl Pala, California watercolor on paper copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx

Quartz w/ Schorl 
Pala, California 
watercolor on paper

copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx

Quartz w/ Epidote Inyo Co., California watercolor on paper copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx *original currently available from Zzyzx Gallery Natural Science, Downtown, Los Angeles*

Quartz w/ Epidote 
Inyo Co., California 
watercolor on paper

copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx

*original currently available from Zzyzx Gallery Natural Science, Downtown, Los Angeles*

Uvite Tourmaline Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY gouache on paper copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx

Uvite Tourmaline 
Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY 
gouache on paper

copyright 2009, Brandy Zzyzx

Fluorite w/ Smoky Quartz Eagle Ridge, Lake George, CO watercolor/gouache, paper copyright 2008, Brandy Zzyzx

Fluorite w/ Smoky Quartz 
Eagle Ridge, Lake George, CO 
watercolor/gouache, paper

copyright 2008, Brandy Zzyzx

Azurite w/ Malachite Metcalf Mine, Morenci, Arizona watercolor/gouache, paper copyright 2007, Brandy Zzyzx

Azurite w/ Malachite 
Metcalf Mine, Morenci, Arizona 
watercolor/gouache, paper

copyright 2007, Brandy Zzyzx

Garnet Var. Spessartineon Smoky Quartz Fujian, Putian, China watercolor/gouache, paper copyright 2006, Brandy Zzyzx

Garnet Var. Spessartine
on Smoky Quartz 
Fujian, Putian, China 
watercolor/gouache, paper

copyright 2006, Brandy Zzyzx

Kyanite Barra do Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil watercolor/gouache, paper copyright 2006, Brandy Zzyzx

Kyanite 
Barra do Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil 
watercolor/gouache, paper

copyright 2006, Brandy Zzyzx

Feldspar Var. Amazonitewith Smoky Quartz Pikes Peek Area, Colorado watercolor/gouache, paper copyright 2006, Brandy Zzyzx

Feldspar Var. Amazonite
with Smoky Quartz 
Pikes Peek Area, Colorado 
watercolor/gouache, paper

copyright 2006, Brandy Zzyzx