Re: For the artists

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: Danvarner@aol.com

> I must recommend the 6/02 issue of Natural History magazine. In an
> article titled,"A Beautiful Hand", botanist Rob Nicholson discusses >the 
> South American jungle paintings of Frederic Church (1826-1900). >Church, 
> who was the next-door neighbor of the Osborns (HF, not Ozzie) >was 
> America's favorite painter and when his latest gigantic painting >would go 
> on tour it was greeted by the public much like a new Star >Wars movie is 
> today. There are some terrific reproductions in the >article, especially a 
> "sketch" in oils of a tree fern that is a tour->de-force. A magic brush. 
> His paintigs need big dinosaurs.

If Dan's talking about the same article I was flipping through yesterday 
(didn't manage to catch the title of the magazine or the article) while at 
the library, I highly recommend checking it out as well.  So many of the 
paintings featured therein were breathtaking and have a very primeval feel 
to them.  Big dinosaurs indeed... :)

Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/

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