I’m back home after my three plus week trip back east and pretty much caught up. I had a great time at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner and down south visiting a number of wildlife refuges. The frosting on the cake was the opening reception on March 31 and also weekend activities for “Wildlife Art: Field to Studio” at the Flinn Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut. Five of the seven participating artists were able to attend. From left to right in the photo above: David Rankin, Alison Nicholls, Susan Fox, Sean Murtha and Karryl. All our hard work has paid off. It’s a fantastic exhibition that I’m so proud to be part of!
Here’s a album of photos from the events…
Susan Fox poses with her takhi paintingsSean Murtha with some of his workKarryl chats about her sculpture with a guestAlison Nicholls with the UN Ambassador from Botswana and his wifeDavid Rankin in front of his work and. on the left, KarrylLooks like I had a young admirer. We each had one of the framed “fieldwork boxes” on the wall with our work to carry out the main theme of the exhibition, which is that we all do fieldwork, including sketches, paintings and sculpture, which inspires and informs our art.Carel Brest van Kempen’s work. And the snake which was one of the models for a Saturday morning event.Sean Murtha checking out Kelly Singleton’s fieldwork boxDavid Rankin created a video featuring all of us in the field and examples of our work. It’s playing on a loop at the gallery.I was honored to have guests from the Mongolia Permanent Mission to the UN and some of their friendsExhibition curator Lillian Tung Lum and guestCurator Claudia SchipperCurator Alice Sherwood (right) and Alison Nicholls
On Saturday morning the gallery hosted a special event for children, bringing in live animals from Animal Embassy for them to draw.
Chris Evers of Animal Embassy and the emerald tree boaAfrican bull frog; A young one, less than half the size of an adult. They are the second largest species of frog in the world. He was the model for my groups.Explaining how to see larger shapes firstScorpion, one of three who “modeled” for the kidsAll the kids did a great job! David Rankin on the left showing how to draw a scorpionWe had five tables of young artists going. In the background you can see Sean Murtha and his model, a small parrotA final group shot. As animal artists, of course we couldn’t resist the opportunity to pose with the emerald tree boa
“Wildlife Art: Field to Studio” will be open until May 4 at the Flinn Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut. You can find out hours and more at the Flinn Gallery website.
Susan Fox, American Artist 
It was great to be there, Susan. I think we are all very proud of the exhibition and its been receiving rave reviews in print too!
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