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In this issue you will find:  

Update on the Jacoson Hole Arts Festival, an Extravaganza of Openings, Lectures, Photo Safaris And Auction. Click here to read more!

From Kuhn to Carlson, True Patrons Without Peer  - Curtice And Bob McCloy Share A Remarkable Collection And A Game Plan For Amassing Masterpieces. Click here to read more!

Japan, On The Rise
- After Decades Of Relative Obscurity, More Japanese Artists Are Reaching An International Stage - Click here to read more!

And much more!


Exhibitions and Openings

2009 Jackson Hole Falls Arts Festival poster.

Leo Osborne, Lindsay Scott Featured Artists At Western Visions Miniature Show

Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival An Extravaganza of Openings, Lectures, Photo Safaris And Auction

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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AESTHETIC RECLASSIFICATION ONE: 198 PERCHING BIRDS, oil (2007), Kristen Letts Kovak

Flocking To Wisconsin: Catch A Glimpse Of Birds In Art

Annual Woodson Museum Gathering Is A Cherished Rite Of Fall, Draws International Crowd

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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Bookshelf

CODE ORANGE–MULE DEER acrylic, 12 X 18, Bob Kuhn (1920-2007) McCloy Collection

From Kuhn to Carlson, True Patrons Without Peer

Curtice And Bob McCloy Share A Remarkable Collection And A Game Plan For Amassing Masterpieces

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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Gallery of the Commons

One Species at a Time

Letter from

TOP OF THE MORNING, bronze on polished granite, 24 X 12 inches (edition of 21).  This work will appear in the Allied Artists of America Exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York City November 13 to December 1, 2009.

A Letter From: The Valley Of Flowers (And Pheasants)

Montana's Ott Jones Says Days Afield With Sons Inspired 'Top Of The Morning'

Written by Ott Jones

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Five Questions/Five Art Works

Sculptor Simon Gudgeon at his studio in Dorset.

(4) Five Questions/Five Art Works Meets English Sculptor Simon Gudgeon

Julie Chapman Asks Gudgeon To Riff On Monumentality, Authenticity, And The Current Economy

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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Artist Julie Chapman immersed in the elemental forces of her work.

(3) Five Questions/Five Art Works Meets Julie Taylor Chapman

Painter Andrew Denman Asks Former High Tech Engineer To Talk About Taking Risks

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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Andrew Denman, photo by Troy Ziel

(2) Five Questions/Five Art Works Meets Andrew Denman

In WAJ's Progressive Interview, Susan Fox Asks Painter Denman To Define Success

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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Susan Fox in the studio with her painting TAKHI STALLION, HUSTAI NATIONAL PARK

(1) Five Questions/Five Art Works Meets Susan Fox

WAJ's Progressive Interview: Artists Play Tag By Chatting With Other Artists

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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You Ask/We Answer

Features

AHEAD OF THE STORM, oil on canvas, 24 X 32 inches, 2008, Tucker Smith, sold at 2008 Coeur d

Wildlife Art Journal: An Introduction

We Aim To Be Your Confluence For Thinking About Art, Nature and Conservation

Written by Jared Swanson

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MOV

An Interview With Lindsay Scott

African Native, Yankee Forged, The Kiwi Transplant Makes Her Statement

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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TENDERNESS, charcoal on paper, 20 X 25.5 inches,

Wildlife Continental: Fresh Interpretations From 10 French And Belgian Artists

Works By Cochet, Fagniart, Wetterer, Gohin-Safran, de Crem, Limosani, Greban, Fournier, Tollari, Saunois

Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

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Wild Bird Painters Of The Netherlands

Works By 7 Dutch Avian Artists Plus Interview With Oog voor Natuur Founder Willem H. Smith

Written by Todd Wilkinson and Willem H. Smith

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BIG BROOKIE

Fishscapes To Make Anglers Swoon

WAJ Interviews American Fish Painter Mark Susinno: What Would You Give To Be On The Water Now?

Written by Todd Wilkinson

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Painter Barry Van Dusen birding and sketching at Wachusett Meadow, a place also beloved by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau.

How One Man's View Changed Another Artist's Life (And Can Change Yours, Too)

Painter-Naturalist Barry Van Dusen Reflects On John Busby And His Classic "Drawing Birds"

Written by Barry Van Dusen

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Friend Barry Van Dusen presents John Busby with the Master Artist medal at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. (Photo by Ysbrand Brouwers).

The Remarkable Mr. Busby

John Busby Of Scotland Is Woodson Museum Master Artist (Not To Mention A Living Avian Legend)

Written by Todd Wilkinson

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POSSESSION, watercolor, 18 X 39.5 inches, 1983.  This painting is featured in The Art of Thomas Quinn.

Thomas Quinn: The Watercolor Samurai

New Book Celebrates Painter Who Has Charted His Own Vision Apart From The Maddening Crowd

Written by Todd Wilkinson

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THE LAKE AT HAKONE. Ukiyo-e from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (東海道五十三次 Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi

Japan, On The Rise

After Decades Of Relative Obscurity, More Japanese Artists Are Reaching An International Stage

Written by Todd Wilkinson

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Swimming with Elephants - Bulls, Oil on Linen, 40 x 48 inches

Swimming With Giants

Painter John Banovich Raises Awareness of the Connection Between Hunting and Wildlife Conservation

Written by Scott McMillion

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In desperate times like these, armed guards with automatic weapons often represent the last futile line of defense against poachers and starving neighbors who see game animals as food for the dinner table.  Here, a guard stands in front of a crocodile and hippo-filled lake in the Matopos.

Enduring Zimbabwe's Long Nightmare

A Treasure In His Native Country, Carver Mopho Gonde Celebrates Wildlife While The Brutal World Around Him Crumbles Into Chaos

Written by Todd Wilkinson

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Guest Essay

Robert Bateman (Canada, b. 1930), Self-portrait with Big Machine and Ancient Sitka, 1993. Acrylic on Canvas. 72 x 72 inches (9 panels). On loan from Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, B.C.

Why I Am A 21st Century Conservative

Painter Robert Bateman Takes On The Meaning of Real Conservative Values

Written by Robert Bateman

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Brilliance Behind the Lens

Grizzly Bear 399 and her triplet yearling cubs.  Cal McKitrick

Grizzly Bear 399: The Story Behind A Dazzling Bruin And Magazine Cover

Cal McKitrick Catches Image of Famous Bruin While Attending Photography At The Summit

Written by Todd Wilkinson

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