Friday, October 17, 2008

photographer John E. Marriott


John E Marriott Nature and Wildlife Photography

Canadian wildlife and landscape photography Check out His Gallery
by nature photographer John E. Marriott






Thursday, October 16, 2008

Days of Autumn

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Days of Autumn

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/days_of_autumn.html

Autumn is here - a time for transition. In the northern hemisphere this means cooler, shorter days, the appearance of colorful foliage, harvest time, and feasts and festivals. Collected here are 34 photos of the season, from around the world. (34 photos total)

A red stag stands in the early morning fog in Richmond Park on October 11, 2008 in London, England. Autumn sees the start of the rutting season where the large stags can be heard roaring and barking in an attempt to attract females. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/nwca/images/nwcah16b.jpg

WHERE SEA AND LAND MEET

Biography:
BILL HOLM

Born in Roundup, Montana in 1925, Bill Holm began his lifelong involvement with Native American art and culture playing on the sandstone bluffs in the Musselshell valley. After moving to Seattle as a teenager, his interests broadened to include the cultures of the Northwest Coast. Following Army service in the Second World War, he entered the University of Washington, earning a Bachelor's Degree and Master of Fine Arts Degree in painting. After teaching art in the Seattle Public Schools for fifteen years, the publication of his first book Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form (now in its thirteenth printing) led to appointments in the Burke Museum as Curator of Northwest Coast Indian Art and in the Art History Division of the School of Art at the University of Washington.

Bill retired in 1985 after 17 years as a curator and professor. For thirty-two years he had focused on teaching, research and field work among Northwest Coast people. Following his retirement he began a series of paintings, mostly in acrylic, of the Native people of the Plains, Plateau, and Northwest Coast, the areas of his professional expertise. He has always been interested in the materials and technology of Northwest Coast Native cultures, making nearly every kind of object, from full size plank houses, canoes, and totem poles to bead- and porcupine quill decorated clothing of the Plains and Plateau. He has published eight books and many articles on Native Northwest arts and cultures, and has lectured widely in North America and Europe. He has also served as a consultant on Northwest Coast art for many of the world's major museums.

Bill Holm and his wife Marty live in Seattle, Washington. Their daughter Carla lives in Brussels, Belgium and their daughter Karen in Seattle. He can be contacted at:
1027 Northwest 190th Street
Seattle
Washington 98177
U.S.A.
(206) 542-8486
Bill Holm in a canoe he made in 1968
photo: Peter J. Fromm


NEW PUBLICATION:
Sun Dogs and Eagle Down: The Indian Paintings of Bill Holm, published by University of Washington Press. ISBN: 0-295-97947-X.

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/bhc/index.html

"Potlatch Guests Arriving at Sitka, Winter 1803"

Monday, October 13, 2008

The wonderful Art of Bill Holm




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First Sail

Northwind on Puget Sound Giclee

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Artist J.H. Johnson

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J.H. Johnson
Wildlife Artist
P. O. Box 544
Victor, MT 59875
406-642-3213
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This award winning artist gets the inspiration for his paintings by roaming the west with a cluster of cameras hanging from his neck. Living in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana, Jerry Johnson has been a full-time working artist since 1987, fulfilling his lifelong desire to portray wildlife in its natural surroundings.

With a focus on the role that light plays on his subjects, Jerry creates images that seem to breathe and appear as though they could step right off the canvas at any moment!


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http://www.jhjohnson-wildlifeart.com/

Sunday, October 5, 2008

A Pretty, Scenic Golf Course























































Thank you Ray!
Yes the pictures are lovely, a very pretty Golf Course:)