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www.indianawildlifeartists.org
Who’s Who and contact info:
President:
Diana Hunter
Vice President:
Marianne Ballenger
Secretary:
Martha Wagoner
Assistant Secretary:
Shari Jardina
Treasurer:
Larry Hemdal
Executive Assistant:
Marian Betts
VP - Northern Chapter:
Bev Garner
VP - Central Chapter:
Marian Betts
VP - Southern Chapter:
Linda Spencer
Membership Chair
Kris Bontrager
Newsletter/Facebook: Shari Jardina
Webmaster: Marian Betts
Instagram: Jenny Smith
Mailing Address:
Indiana Wildlife Artists
P.O. Box 361
Kouts, IN 46347-0361
Email:
A publication of:
Indiana Wildlife Artists, Inc.
Spring-Summer 2017
Winter didn’t make much of an appearance this year, but I, for one, am still grateful for the coming of Spring. The awakening of the earth
gives one a feeling of hope and inspiration for new beginnings.
Winter's Ending
© Jrlinson
The final throes of winter fade, And life is again renewed.
The chilling bite of winter's blade is Broken by spring's light dew. Now light touches once again. All things beautiful and green
While blossoms bloom with brilliant reds And fragrant flowers make the scene.
Quiet brooks flow ever on With melted snow as fuel
To quench the thirst of newborn fawn And haste life's great renewal!
Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/winters-ending
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Our Member Spotlight in this issue features photographer Marvin Groves.
Marvin became a member of IWA in 2008 after a friend in Minnesota sent him an email. After seeing some of Marvin’s images his friend asked if he was a IWA member... and said if not... he should be. Marvin’s media is photography He is retired and spent his photographic career mostly with Lifetouch Senior Portraits where he was the Production Manager for 28 years. He continues to provide some photo workshops and several times a year provides a "Composition Class" for Jack's Camera Shop in Muncie, Indiana. He loves to create images in Photoshop and does all of his own printing at home. He attempts to "pay back" his good fortune by helping others in photography as much as possible. While he enjoys all photography (He has done weddings, portraits, auto racing, sports, etc.), but he always comes back to his love for wildlife. Marvin says his recent trip to Africa has truly been a "wow" photographic opportunity. “Spending 12 hours a day with the camera "plastered" to my face photographing wildlife has been the most incredible photo-adventure of my life.... I intend to return to Africa.” While in Africa, Marvin visited the Ngorongoro Crater as well as the Serengeti and had an opportunity to photograph lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, giraffes and many more. Marvin certainly has been on some very amazing trips. Last July he had the opportunity to board a Russian Ice Breaker and travel North of Norway, well North of the Arctic Circle, within a few hundred miles of the North Pole. While there he photographed seals and polar bears. Thank you, Marvin for sharing your amazing adventures and your photos. Here are a few from his trips.
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“Brown Trout” by Jeff Klinefelter
Snow Geese and Sandhills in flight by Jenny Smith
Includes photography by Shari Jardina
Member news
Jenny Smith has been doing quite a lot of traveling and photo-documenting her trips. Jenny will be participating in a “Three Indiana Artists" show at Blackford County Arts Center. The exhibit is titled "Blending Interpretations of the American Southwest.” The exhibit dates are June 5-July 14, 2017. Public Reception June 11, 2:00-4:00PM. In this exhibition, Jenny will show mostly landscape photographs. Jenny recently joined the Muncie Community Enhancement Projects Board, and is serving on the Muncie Mayor's Arts Awards Steering Committee. Cedric Hustuce just concluded a most successful solo exhibit at the Rumjahn Gallery and Framery, in Evansville, featuring over 60 original acrylics on canvas paintings of scenes from all around the world. He also will have 14 original acrylic paintings in a solo exhibit at the John James Audubon Museum in Henderson, Kentucky, which will run through the middle of August. Marian Betts is working on a mural restoration project for Dr. David Eddelman of the South Anderson Veterinarian Clinic. She says he will also be purchasing several of her images for the walls of the front office. Bob Meyers’ painting entitled “Natural American Spirit” won a merit award in the Watercolor Society of Indiana's annual juried show and also won a merit award at the Will Vawter juried show in Greenfield. His painting entitled “Crescendo Rock” also won an honorable mention at the Will Vawter show. Linda Spencer, our Southern Chapter, VP has been hard at work on her latest sculpture inspired by Macaroni Penguins from Antarctica. The 2017 Delaware Troup Stamp winner is our own Jeff Klinefelter, for his painting of a brown trout. Jeff also received an honorable mention in the 2017/2018 Waterfowl stamp contest for his painting of a rainbow trout. Robin Myers won second place in the 2017/2018 Waterfowl stamp contest. You can find artist Roseanne Crowell at the Nickel Plate Arts in Noblesville, Indiana at the First Friday Open House every month from 6–9 pm, and at the ArtSplash Gallery in Carmel at the Second Saturday Art Walk every month from 6-9 pm Sixty of Shari Jardina’s wolf photographs were published in the 2017 Desk Box Calendar entitled “Spirit of the Wolf”, by publisher Willow Creek Press. Another photograph was published in one of their 2017 wall calendars featuring Adirondack Chairs.
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IWA 33rd Annual Exhibit
This year’s Annual Exhibit was sponsored by the Central Chapter and held at the Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian in Indianapolis. Exhibit dates were August 26 – September 29, 2016.
Congratulations to the following award winners.
Category 1. PAINTING: 1st Place Anna Roberts “Surfing”
2nd Place Jeff Klinefelter “Small Island”
3rd Place Monty Jones “The Pumpkin Seed”
Honorable Mention Robert Meyers “Glades Perch”
Honorable Mention Jean Smith "The Lion"
Category 2. DRAWING: 1st Place Martha Wagoner “Keeping a Watchful Eye”
2nd Place Carol Hemdal "Endangered"
3rd Place Bev Garner Short-eared Owl
Honorable Mention Roseanne Crowell "American Kestrel"
Category 3. PHOTOGRAPHY: 1st Place Shari Jardina "Double Trouble"
2nd Place Jennifer Smith "Let's Dance"
3rd Place Shari Jardina "Sitting Pretty"
Honorable Mention Diana Hunter "My Burrow"
Honorable Mention Bob Marlin "Moving On"
Category 4. THREE DIMENSIONAL: 1st Place Linda Spencer "Freedom's Wings"
Honorable Mention Allen Salhoff Saw-whet Owl
Category 5. MIXED MEDIA and OTHER: 1st Place Deb Anderson "Song Birds"
2nd Place Monty Jones "Hawkeye"
The entire exhibit catalog, including photographs of the winning artwork, can be seen on the IWA website.
The 34th Annual Exhibit The exhibit will be once again held at the Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis. In the normal rotation, the Northern Chapter would be hosting this year. Since, for various reasons they are unable to do so, a committee was appointed to coordinate and organize this year’s exhibit. It will be chaired by Marian Betts. Other committee members are Shari Jardina, Robyn Meyers, Diana Hunter, Sara Wilson, Jenny Smith, and Linda Spencer. This year’s exhibit will be held on August 27–September 28, 2017. A link to the Prospectus can be found here.
Hartford City Exhibit 2017 IWA has been invited back to exhibit at the Blackford County Art Center in Hartford City. The “Flora and Fauna Around the World” exhibit will be May 1 – June 2, 2017. Once again, this is not solely a wildlife exhibit but also includes plant life as well.
Deliver Artwork: Saturday, April 29th Reception: Sunday, May 7th, 2 – 4 pm Pick up Artwork: Saturday, June 3rd
Click here for more information.
IWA Sale Corner
This is a new feature for the newsletter. The Board agreed to begin including a section in the newsletter where members can sell their art related items, i.e. art supplies, easels, etc. It is not mandatory, but the Board thought it would be a good gesture for the seller to donate a portion of their sales to IWA. Again…this is totally up to the seller. In this issue, Carol Hemdal is selling her art show display. Please contact her to purchase these items or with any questions. She has graciously agreed to donate a portion of the money from this sale to IWA.
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Social Media Exposure A reminder that IWA now has an Instagram account. For those of you not familiar with Instagram it works much like Facebook. And if you’re not familiar with Facebook, well you might want to get caught up. Instagram is a free app you can download to your phone or access online. The purpose of the Instagram for our members is basically just to upload photos of your artwork and promote yourself. There is no charge to do so. Just do a search for “indianawildlifeartists” to locate the account and view the photos from our Annual Exhibit that are already there. If you wish to promote your artwork on Instagram, just contact Jenny Smith at [email protected].
For the Love of Wildlife – Barn Owls & Falcons I’m sure most of you have heard about, or have been watching with anticipation, April the giraffe and the birth of her baby. Well it appears as if Indiana has somewhat of an Internet star of its own… barn owls. The State DNR offers streaming video of this rare bird, offspring in nesting box. You can read more about, and see the live streaming of barn owls in this article in the Indianapolis Star.
~Thanks to Diana Hunter for sharing this article.
If you’re a falcon fan (and I don’t mean the Atlanta Falcons football team) you might be interested in the DNR’s falcon nest cam that keeps an eye on a pair of nesting falcons in downtown Indianapolis. Yes, right in downtown, overlooking Monument Circle, on top of a 30-story building. Unfortunately, it isn’t streaming video, but there are 2 cameras focused on the inside and outside of the nest box that refresh at 30/60 second intervals. You can view the Falcon Cam here. The female falcon, named KathyQ, ruled the skies over downtown Indy and this nest box for an amazing 16 years. I work on the 25th floor of the building and have watched KathyQ and her mates for 16 years. Each March I wait in anticipation for her new hatchlings to take turns learning how to fly. I have watched her and her families land on the ledges outside my windows eating their lunch and posing for photographs. I have even watched the young ones being banded by the DNR. However, on March 23 a new female flew into town. KathyQ heroically tried to defend her territory but was defeated by the new lady. Kathy Q lived a wonderful and prolific life during her reign in Indy. But her legacy will live on. This new lady falcon has mated with her son and there are 4 eggs in the nest. I will again watch in anticipation as the new generation soars past my windows. I hope Miss KathyQ is at peace with the legacy she left behind. Read more about her story and the Indy Falcons in this article.
Falcon article and photos by Shari Jardina
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Indiana Wildlife Artists, Inc. is a not-
for-profit organization which
promotes the advancement of
wildlife art as a fine art, providing wildlife
artists an opportunity to meet,
to learn and to exhibit. With our
artwork we encourage the
appreciation and understanding of
wildlife among the general public, and assist conservation
groups with education for the benefit of wildlife.
“Art enables us to
find ourselves and
lose ourselves at the
same time.”
~Thomas Merton
Put some Spring in your step!
SEEKING NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTORS: Do you have a talent for writing? Would you like to contribute an article to the next issue? It can be about anything related to the nature and the wildlife art world. Contact me for more information. [email protected]
FUNDRAISING IDEAS: We are always looking for ideas to raise funds for IWA. If you have any ideas on fundraising or experience in this area, please contact one of the board members.
A Word from Our President . . . Do you enjoy God’s wildlife even in the winter? Fortunately, I was able to go to Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. You can read more about this sanctuary at http://corkscrew.audubon.org/ Located about 45 minutes east of Naples, FL, it features a 2.5-mile boardwalk with naturalists and volunteers. Although I visited it in January, there were more birds to be seen when the water level dropped in March. Then all of the birds and alligators seemed to congregate in 2 remaining (shrinking, as in drying up) ponds. Often, I would see Ibis or egrets, but this time I saw a spoonbill, a wood stork, and an anhinga, as well as alligators. Going there often gives me some good photographs for the annual IWA exhibit. I hope all of you are looking forward to the annual exhibit on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Also, do not forget to visit the Flora and Fauna Exhibit at Hartford City, Indiana, from May 1 to June 2, 2017. ~ Diana Hunter
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson