poems & paintings by Barry Hill & John Wolseley Lines for Birds is the result of a collaboration between two distinguished artists, both long fascinated by nature’s beauty and power. Containing images by acclaimed painter John Wolseley and words by award-winning poet Barry Hill, this book weaves together a conversation between two venerable artists who, in [...]
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Wild Form & Savage Grammar
Posted in Asia, Natural History, Poetry, South Asia on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Andrew Schelling La Alameda Press, 2003. These essays are reports from an increasingly important crossroads where art and ecology meet. Andrew Schelling belongs, in the words of Patrick Pritchett, “to a small group of poets who are actively engaged with the rhythms and pulses of the natural world.” He is also the preeminent translator [...]
Neptune’s Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas
Posted in Natural History on May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By David Rains Wallace Illustrations by Ken Kirkland University of California Press, 2007. Neptune’s Ark illuminates the dramatic saga of evolution spanning 500 million years of marine life along the magnificent Pacific coast of western North America. In an engaging narrative that artfully blends elements of science, history, folklore, and personal observation, renowned naturalist David [...]
