suggested that Tangerini wear an eyepatch so that she could continue her work at the museum, and offered her his son's pirate patch as support. Tangerini returned to work and, in addition to wearing an eyepatch, started to use a graphics tablet and Adobe Photoshop and relied more on digital technology to give her a clearer view of an image. Awards and recognition In 1999, Tangerini received the "Distinguished Service Award" from Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. In 2008, she was honored with the "Excellence in Scientific Botanical Art" award from the American Society of Botanical Artists. On August 24, 2016, the Smithsonian Institution Archives selected Tangerini for its Wonderful Women Wednesday, describing her as a "Groundbreaker". Order Sons of Italy in America called her "one of the world's best botanical illustrator". Warren H. Wagner described her as the best artist in her field, and the Smithsonian Associates called her a "leading contemporary practitioners" in botanical illustration. In 2020, Tangerini was awarded the Jill Smythies Award from the Linnean Society of London. The bromeliad species Navia aliciae is named after her because her illustration added extra detailed information to the plant description. References Citations Book sources External links Alice Tangerini on the National Museum of Natural History website 1949 births Living people People from Takoma Park, Maryland Artists from Maryland American women illustrators American illustrators Botanical illustrators Smithsonian Institution people Virginia Commonwealth University alumni People from Kensington, Maryland 20th-century American artists 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American artists 21st-century American women artists