by Executive Director | Jul 6, 2022 | Conservation Art, For Sale, Sculptures
I want to create water movement in the stone From the artist, Dale Weiler: The stone for the canvas back duck is the perfect vehicle for generating water movement. There’s a thin layer of quartz in the steatite (the stone used) that helps accentuate the effect...
by Executive Director | Jul 6, 2022 | Conservation Art, For Sale, Sculptures
I CREATED THIS PIECE TO COMMEMORATE MY FATHER. From the artist, Dale Weiler: Shorebird art is one way to honor my father. As a world-renowned sporting art watercolorist, my dad was captivated by how beautifully and simply the early carvers created their shorebird...
by Executive Director | Jul 7, 2022 | Conservation Art, For Sale, Sculptures, Uncategorized
I created this chipmunk art to see how many acorns a chipmunk can cram in it’s mouth Chipmunk art was not really on my mind when I watched a cute chipmunk jam its mouth full of acorns. Then I started thinking, why not sculpt one in stone? And carve it in Carrara...
by Executive Director | Jan 28, 2020 | Conservation Art, For Sale
LOTI AND I LOVE OWLS! Loti and I love owls! And owl art helps us connect with the raptors. They have a mysterious quality about them and are most active at night which adds to their allure. The exception to this behavior is the burrowing owl, which is more active...
by Executive Director | Jan 28, 2020 | Conservation Art, For Sale
OUR LARGEST LAND MAMMAL Being the largest land mammal, you would think that the elephant would not be in danger of disappearing. Well, think again. There are three species of elephants, two in Africa and one in Asia. The IUCN currently lists both African species as...
by Executive Director | Jan 28, 2020 | Conservation Art, For Sale
THE ORCA WHALE IS ANOTHER MISUNDERSTOOD ANIMAL ON OUR RADAR. The magic of a whale sculpture. The orca whale is another misunderstood animal on our radar. It’s in fact, not a whale but in the oceanic dolphin family. The orca or “killer” whale, is the largest apex...
