OIDOVIIN MAGVANDORJ Magvandorj was born in 1952 in Tsagaan Khairkhan, Uvs Aimag. He attended/graduated from the State Pedalogical University in 1980 From 1972 to 1976 he was an member of the Union of Mongolian Artists branch in Uvs Aimag From 1980 to 1990 he was an artist at […]
It gives me great, great pleasure to introduce the two Mongol artists who will be going on the WildArt Mongolia Expedition! I met them when I was in Ulaanbaatar last year and am very excited that they have signed on. Them are well-known in Mongolia and deserve to […]
I want to introduce you today to one of the supporters of the WildArt Mongolia Expedition, Association GOVIIN KHULAN, which is run by French khulan researcher Anne-Camille Souris. We’ve corresponded via Facebook for a couple of years and were able to meet and chat in person in Ulaanbaatar […]
I’m very pleased to announce that fellow Society of Animal Artists Signature Member Sharon K. Schafer has joined the Expedition! Sharon has a diversified background with skills ranging from wildlife biologist, naturalist, photographer, writer, and illustrator. Now as a full-time artist, she combines two loves – nature and […]
I arrived home from my seven week trip to Mongolia last Tuesday. I’ve been alternating catching up and doing….nothing or at least nothing more strenuous than watching a baseball game. The first order of business was to download and start categorizing the over 8000 images I shot on […]
As I noted in my previous post, in Mongolia flexibility is important. So when I got back from my weekend at Arburd Sands ger camp and found that the other artist had cancelled due to a family emergency, I had to get flexible and fast. The WildArt Mongolia […]
I leave for Mongolia a week from tomorrow! I posted about one of the three WildArt Mongolia Expedition destinations here. Today I’m going to cover the other two- the Altai Mountains and Sharga. The difficulty is that I have never been to any of them, so I don’t […]
Takhiin Tal is part of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area. It is to the west of Great Gobi A, which is larger and even more remote from people and towns. It is also part of the Dzungarian Gobi, where the last takhi/Przewalski’s horse was seen in […]
