Outdoor Palette Archive
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Oftentimes the first question a young child asks upon entering a natural history museum and seeing the stuffed specimens is: “Are these real?” Barn Owl with Rust #2 begs the same question . . . is this real? Is this a photograph or a painting? Is this a living bird or a piece of taxidermy? Don Hanson works hard to… (more)
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The primary goal of natural history illustration is scientific accuracy. Since the work is used to educate, it must portray a species with precision and a high level of detail. If it’s beautiful, it’s even better. Asuka Hishiki’s illustrations are beautiful. Her work is detailed, scientifically accurate, and elegant, as is evident in the image below, entitled Monarch Butterflies. But… (more)
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I like to think of Sarah Knock as a topographer. She records the surface features of water as light purls across it, showing us with amazing verisimilitude the fusion of light and liquid. Knock explains that for her, “water is a vehicle to explore the abstract qualities of patterns and reflections.” How difficult to convey the nature of something so… (more)
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Thomas Deininger is an artist, an environmentalist, and an iconoclast. His large assemblages often fracture traditional artistic premises in an overt and seductive manner. By using decidedly untraditional materials – unrecyclable detritus – in conjunction with familiar iconography, he rattles our preconceived definitions of art and beauty. In Vermont Foliage: Out of the Landfill into the Woods, Deininger skillfully arranges… (more)
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