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For the Birds
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2018/08 - August
The Carolina Gallery is spreading its wings with a new exhibition, “For the Birds,” August 4 through September 4.
The showing features artists Ed Boos, Dick Dickerson and John Sill. Gallery artists, in keeping with 2018 Audubon Society’s Year of the Birds, join them with their own amazing avian images.
Growing up in Illinois, Boos was a child of nature. That love led him to graphic arts as a photography teacher/artist, initially specializing in sports photography. After retiring in 2004, he reunited with his first love, creatures of the wild. His award-winning animal photos have been published in Birds and Blooms, Carolina Country, Laurel Magazine and other regional publications.
Florida’s west coast was Dick Dickerson’s photojournalist training grounds. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune and The St. Petersburg Times kept him busy for nearly a decade. There he accumulated many prestigious awards including a National Press Photographers Association first place in the nation for spot news. Today he devotes himself to his true passion, nature and wildlife photography. He took top honors in a worldwide Audubon photography competition, which awarded him the honor of an Audubon Magazine cover.
Few people know that just down the mountain live Cathryn and John Sill, award-winning author and illustrator for the “About” and “About Habitats” wildlife series. John is also a freelance wildlife artist, and long-time illustrator of the Bird Identification Calendar for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. His work has appeared in “Birds In Art” at the Leigh-Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and “Art of the Animal Kingdom” at Bennington Center for the Arts. He has painted for a number of books and magazines and sells commissions to private and public collectors.
Let your imagination take flight at the “For the Birds” reception and Sills’ book-signing August 11, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Carolina Gallery in Highlands. The gallery is located at the corner of North Fourth and Carolina Way, upper level. It’s open daily from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; and Sundays from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. For information, call (828) 526-3705.
