Highstead art exhibit

Subtitle:
Highstead collaborates with the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators' Greater New York chapter to showcase artwork on the theme of "Habitats, flora & fauna in natural settings".
Background:
Highstead is a 150-acre preserve/arboretum/research area in Redding, Connecticut.
The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) is a 1000-member society of artists working in the field of, well, depicting natural science through works of art. 

Browsing the "Habitats" exhibit on opening day.

Today's story:
This morning, Saturday, September 8, 2012, nearly fifty people gathered at Highstead for the opening reception of the art show and a conservation presentation that followed.  Guild members exhibited drawings and paintings on the theme of Habitats.  With such a broad topic, the pieces were bound to be diverse, and they were.  

attendees intently studying the artwork and accompanying texts

To start off the presentation, Highstead staff introduced Guild leaders who introduced the show and then invited artists to give brief descriptions of their work.  This is the second Guild show I have participated in, but the first grand opening I've attended.  I was as much viewing the artwork as taking in the scene of my colleagues, their evident pride in their accomplishments, and the exhibit space at Highstead.

Dorie Petrochko talking about her Milford Harbor painting.

My entry into the juried show was my watercolor painting of the Red-cockaded Woodpeckers - which has been well documented in this blog.  And, like my colleagues, I was proud and pleased to see the effect of my piece within the show as a whole.

Me describing the unique habitat of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker.

http://www.highstead.net/
http://www.gnsi.org/