Read this Wildlife Art Journal article

Lindsay Scott first made a name for herself as a draftswoman,  her graphite drawings of birds and large mammalian subject matter revealing that before she started to assert herself with paint, she had a command of animal anatomy.  
Scott is an expatriate, and if you raise the topic with her, she does not count herself among the diaspora of humans, white and black, fleeing her former homeland, Zimbabwe, because of tension related to the regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.  Make no mistake, the trauma besetting all residents hailing from the former British colony of Rhodesia has left emotional scars on Scott and her family.
But when she left the country of her birth half of her adult life ago, Scott did not go to get away but rather to set out on an artistic exploration. It's one that, in 2009, resulted in her being honored as featured artist at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in the U.S.
Growing up in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city located in the southern reaches of the country, Scott then studied in South Africa, lived in the U.S. and now calls New Zealand home. 
 Over the course of her geographic progression, she also has undergone a fascinating journey as a visual artist.   Not only was her talent recognized, but Scott won art competitions based upon the strength of her design, composition and understanding of light and shadow—no small accomplishment considering her work involved merely black and white.

"I had grown up...