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Sue deLearie Adair
AFC, SAA, CPX
Birds, Herps & Other Animals |
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Sue’s artwork is inspired by her love of the natural world, and all creatures great and small. She has been an avid birder for over twenty years and an equally avid butterflier for the last dozen. Sue is fascinated by everything in nature and portrays many different animals, but birds are her favorite subject and comprise the majority of her work. She features detailed subjects with simple, sometimes even stylized, backgrounds. Graphite pencil is her favorite medium, and her mixed media paintings often have a somewhat limited color palate. Sue has recently begun to use a combination of graphite and colored pencils and is excited about the possibilities for this pairing.
Sue grew up near Syracuse in central New York State and was fortunate to attend a public school known for excellence in art education. She also took several art courses while attending college at St. Lawrence University. Sue was interested in the natural sciences from a young age and traveled across North America and Canada on family camping trips to visit numerous national parks in her youth. The birding “bug” and subsequent interest in nature and conservation bit Sue in her-mid twenties. Sue has worked as a volunteer on numerous surveys of birds and butterflies in New York State, and served as an officer or board member of her local Audubon chapter each year from 1985 to 2010. Sue regularly donates original drawings or paintings for conservation fundraisers and has pledged a percentage of the proceeds from her original wildlife art to conservation causes.
Sue’s work has been included in many prestigious national and international exhibits including Birds in Art (Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum) Art and the Animal (Society of Animal Artists annual exhibition, various venues), Art of the Animal Kingdom (Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington VT) and The Art of Conservation (Artists for Conservation annual exhibition, various venues). Her drawings are included in three of the "Strokes of Genius" best of drawing books. Sue is a signature member of the Society of Animal Artists, Artists for Conservation and the Colored Pencil Society of America.
Today Sue lives near Albany, New York which is centrally located near wonderful natural areas such as the Adirondack Mountains, Long Island beaches and the shoreline of Lake Ontario. She spends many hours in the field observing, photographing and sketching wildlife.
Sue has traveled extensively in North America, and has made several trips to the neo-tropics. In 1996 she visited the Antarctic Peninsula, and in 2008, northern Tanzania--awe-inspiring places in every way. Sue quotes from author Barry Lopez's book Arctic Dreams, "I am full of appreciation for all that I have seen". Her desire to share this appreciation and sense of wonder in the natural world helps her bring her favorite subjects to life on paper. She strives to create artwork that captures the character and beauty of the creatures she loves.
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Support for Conservation:
Active member of local chapter of National Audubon Society (Onondaga Audubon, 1985-1997, President, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor; Audubon Society of the Capital Region, 1998 – 2010, Treasurer, Board Member).
Donated artwork images and original artwork for the annual "Montezuma Muckrace", a 24-hour birding competition and fundraiser. Funds are used to support projects in the Northern Montezuma Wetlands Complex which includes Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. 2007 - present.
Active on the board of the New York State Ornithological Association 1997 – 2001 (Board Member, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor).
Volunteer for bird surveys including New York State Breeding Bird Atlas (New York State Ornithological Association/NYS Department of Environmental Conservation), Breeding Bird Surveys (US Fish and Wildlife Association), Lake Ontario Migration Study (The Nature Conservancy), Grindstone Island census (The Thousand Islands Land Trust) and others.
Special Achievements:
- 2011 - First Place Central Adirondack Art Show
Fist place in the Drawing/Graphics category at the 60th annual Central Adirondack Art Show at View (the arts center of Old Forge, New York).
- 2010 - Legion Paper Award for Outstanding Recognition
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Award for recognition in the Colored Pencil Society of America's annual mixed media show, Explore This!
- 2007 - North American Butterfly Association Art Award
First Place in Biannual Butterfly Art Competition. Painting appeared on the cover of the fall 2007 issue of "American Butterflies".
- 2007 - Conservation Artist of the Month
Honored as Conservation Artist of the Month by the AFC for December 2007
- 2004 - Focus on Nature VIII Purchase Award
Natural History Illustration Exhibit Purchase Award
Collections:
Publications:
- Strokes of Genius 5: Composition (2013)
My drawing, "Bushtit with Spiderweb" will be included in this best of drawing book. -
Author: Editor Rachel Wolf
Published by: North Light Books
- Southwest Art magazine (2012)
My drawing, "Nothing Is" was included in the portfolio section of the October 2012 issue. -
- Strokes of Genius 4: Exploring Line (2012)
My drawing, "Shades of Gray" is included in this best of drawing book. -
Author: Editor Rachel Wolf
Published by: North Light Books
- Strokes of Genius 3: Fresh Perspectives (2011)
3 Drawings - 3 of my graphite drawings have been selected for this best of drawing publication to be published in October 2011.
"Soaking Up the Sun", "Hector and Kilwillie" and "At the End of the Fair".
Author: Editor Rachel Wolf
Published by: North Light Books
- CreaturesAll magazine (2010)
More about CreaturesAll magazine
My painting, "Beau Brummel Bantam" was the cover image for issue #23 of this on-line magazine. -
- The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (2008)
Major illustrator for the publication - The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State documents and illustrates the current distribution of breeding birds within the state and the significant change in bird distribution that has occurred since the publication of The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State, edited by Robert F. Andrle and Janet R. Carroll, in 1988. Each species account features a black-and-white illustration of the bird, color maps of the current (2000-2005) breeding distribution and of the twenty-year change in distribution, and an overview of the species' breeding range, habitat preferences, history in the state, trends in distribution, and conservation implications.
Author: Edited by Kevin McGowan and Kimberly Corwin
Published by: Cornell University Press
- American Butterflies (2007)
More about American Butterflies
Cover Painting - "Spreading the News"
Published by: North American Butterfly Association
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the Worldwide Nature Artists Group) www.natureartists.com.
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