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Jan. 9 artist reception for Richard Sloan



Howdy again!

Have any of you heard of Richard Sloan? Pat Bazany, with the NC Museum
of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, called to tell me about an artist
reception at the Museum on Thursday, January 9, from 6-9 pm for Richard
Sloan. I told her I would forward the information. She's hoping for a
good turnout for the reception and says his macaw and hornbill pictures
are beautiful. More information about the artist below. Maybe we'll see
some of you
Thursday night!

Happy birding! Karen Bearden
Raleigh, NC
chickadeebirders@earthlink.net

Nature Art Gallery features the dean of rainforest painters: Richard
Sloan


(RALEIGH)-The Nature Art Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Natural
Sciences presents the acrylic paintings of Richard Sloan, nationally
recognized rainforest artist, from January 9 to February 17. The exhibit
includes more than 25 of Sloan's deep pigment paintings of macaws,
tigers, rhinoceros, hornbills and jaguars, richly saturated in the
purples, greens and golds of the rainforest.

Naturalist, author and wildlife artist, the late Roger Tory Peterson,
said of Sloan's work: "Richard Sloan has painted the world's rainforests
with accuracy, creativity and passion for his subject. He truly captures
the spirit and essence of the place and its inhabitants."

Considered the dean of rainforest painters, Chicago native Richard Sloan
attended the American Academy of Art and worked as an advertising
illustrator and zoo staff artist before embarking a lifetime journey of
capturing the world's rainforests in paint. Since his first trip to
British Guiana in 1969, Sloan has made 16 expeditions to the Amazon
Basin, the Peruvian Andes, Guatemala, Trinidad, Tobago, Belize and the
Yucatan peninsula.

Sloan's paintings have been exhibited at the National Geographic Society
's Explorer's Hall, the American Museum of Natural History, the
California Academy of Sciences, the Carnegie Museum, the Royal Scottish
Museum and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Since 1979, Sloan's work
has been included in 21 "Birds in Art" exhibitions at the Woodson Art
Museum, where he was honored as the museum's Master Wildlife Artist in
1994.

Sloan has been commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund to design postage
stamps and first-day covers for Trinidad, Tobago, Guatemala, the
Philippines and the Falkland Islands. His works appear in many
publications including the magazines Reader's Digest, Wildlife Art and
US Art, and the books The Raptors of Arizona, Wildlife Art: More
Paintings of the Modern Masters and The Best of Wildlife Art, volumes 1
and 2.

Sloan's works are included in the permanent collections of the
Smithsonian Institution, the Illinois State Museum, the Denver Museum of
Natural History and private collections throughout North America, South
America, Europe and Japan.

The Nature Gallery, inside the Museum Store, hosts new exhibitions by
Southern artists every six weeks. All exhibited art is for sale. Gallery
hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Sunday, noon to
4:45 p.m.; and the first Friday of each month until 7 p.m. Admission is
free. For a complete schedule of Nature Gallery exhibits, please visit
www.naturalsciences.org or call the Museum Store at 919/733-7450, ext.
369.

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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh
documents and interprets the natural history
of the state of North Carolina through exhibits, research, collections,
publications, and educational programming. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Visit the Museum on
the web at www.naturalsciences.org. The Museum is an agency of the N.C.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross Jr.,
Secretary.

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