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| Jeffrey Whiting—Focus of Canadian Museum Exhibit |
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Jeffrey Whiting, founder and Director of the Artists For Conservation (AFC) - formerly the Worldwide Nature Artists Group, was honoured in a special exhibit at the Eastern Ontario Biodiversity Museum in Kemptville, Ontario (just outside of Ottawa). The exhibit focused on artwork created especially for Whiting's book "Owls of North America", which provides detailed paintings of all 19 species of owls found in North America. The hardcover edition, published in 1997 by The Heliconia Press Inc., is an acclaimed reference book for birders, artists and anyone interested in owls. This large format book took nearly two years of concerted effort to complete.
The impressive collection depicts each owl in four different life-sized views, with each piece done in acrylic paints to show all the detailed feather markings of the owls. Some paintings are over 2 feet by 6 feet (the Snowy and the Great Grey), while the little Saw-whet owl is painted in a more modest 1 foot by 2 feet size. A total of over 40 paintings are on display at the museum for the next four months.
Supplementing the exhibit are samples of Whiting's sculptures of owls, as well as a photo essay of the artist at work. The display will remain until at least September 2001.
The Eastern Ontario Biodiversity Museum is a centre for research, a repository for natural history collections and a gatherer and disseminator of information to the public. It has also become a leader in biodiversity education in Eastern Ontario through school and public programmes, field outings and publications. |
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