#animalsinart

[harvardfineartslib]

Happy International Bat Appreciation Day!

Did you know that bats are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight? Their hand-like wings are formed from four elongated “fingers” covered by a cutaneous membrane. Pretty amazing!

Image: Bat with Young, 1881. Kyōsai Kawanabe (1831 – 1889) Plate from the illustrated book Kyōsai rankuga (Kyōsai’s Drawings for Pleasure)

Kyōsai's animal circus : from the Israel Goldman Collection Sadamura, Koto, 1982- [author] London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2022. English 河鍋暁斎, -- 1831-1889 -- Exhibitions. Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889 -- Exhibitions HOLLIS number: 99156378937403941

[paulawiegmink]

In celebration of World Wildlife Day 2023! #wildlife#wildlifeart#animalsinart #worldwildlifeday2023#conservation #celebration #savewildlife #artspeaks #artistsforconservation#animals#nature #natureinart #naturesbeauty#art#arte #nature_perfection #fineartcollection #fineart#naturesinspiration#instaartist #natureconservation #naturelover (at Dunsborough, Western Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYmrAvBHfQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jujuru-blog]

Cows in the Field, oil on canvas. I love farmlands. Available at judithrhue.etsy.com and judithrhue.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #20injanuary #17 #cows #cowsinthefield #judithrhue #landscape #animalsinart #farmanimals #farmland #farmlandscape #farming #naturelandscape #country girl #countryliving #acres #wideopenspaces #livinglarge #beautifulscenery #peacefulscenery #cowpainting #canvasartwork #canvaspaintings #timelessstyle #timelessdesign #viewsviewsviews #nepa #america #usatravel #tranquilsky #animalovers (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnuYFeyJi3m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sueclancy]

Odditerrarium by Clancy is now on @storyberries as a free #childrensbook #ebook !!! I loved art picture books when I was a kid (and I still do) and I would have loved to have a book like Odditerrarium when I was little! So for all the kids out there (no matter how old you are) who like #dogs, #cats, #whimsicalart and story-puzzle games this one's for you! 👇 https://www.storyberries.com/short-stories-for-kids-odditerrarium-by-sue-clancy-art-books-for-kids/ #authorartist #animalsinart #experimentalartbooks #artbooksforkids #artbooks (at Vancouver, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce9OQIupcwq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #FrogFriday:

343. “Rana” (Frog)

From the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the Pennsylvania Capitol floor.

#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

[katiajewelbox]

Halloween Countdown Day 6

Halloween Greeting Cards

Spooky Season is a time for creativity. Americans started sending each other Halloween cards in the early 20th century and now Halloween greetings are popular both online and in print. I have a tradition of making Halloween cards that double as birthday cards for my Mom, whose birthday is close to Halloween. I choose cute and spooky subjects from the natural world to brighten our Halloween decor.

Card 1: Spooky Owls

This Spooky Season card design features three species of British owls in a Halloween tree decorated with cheerful pumpkin lanterns. From the top, we have the Little Owl (Athene noctua), the Barn Owl (Tyto alba), and the Long Eared Owl (Asio otus).

Media: pen and ink with coloured pencil on paper.

Card 2: Fluffy Black Halloween Kitty

Here is a sweet Halloween kitty admiring the full moon while bats flutter past. A cheerful jack o lantern illuminates the scene in this cheerful Halloween greeting card illustration.

Media: pen and ink, coloured pencils

Card 3: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat

Another cute Halloween card featuring a cadre of whimsical winter squash from my own garden and a British Long Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus).

Media: oil pastels, coloured pencils, pen and ink

#Halloween#halloweencards#halloweengreetingcard#owls#cat#bat#colouredpencils#myartwork#wildlifeart#animalsinart#bats#spookyseason

[davidwfloydart]

Artworks by Greg ‘CRAOLA’ Simkins 🎨 #artistshoutout #artistspotlight🔦 #fantasyart #fantasyartist #animalsinart #animalcrossing #animalart (at Catalina Foothills, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrb9NFpbgD4v5vlLPD3n1zq6xSwXuqfUCg4gQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[pinkstarlightcomputer]

Zahra Nouri Zenouz “Tiger and Cuckoo” 2020 Acrylic on canvas 100×110 cm

[disguisedcats]

Cat just wearing a parka. It's been raining a lot these days. 😺x🌧

[codyjlukedraws]

'Longtail' (2020), digital speed-painting

Vocal narrative cover artwork from a story I wrote called The Fox with the Extraordinarily Long Tail. I accidentally deleted my sketches so I have no process shots 😭 Does that ever happen to you?

Listen @ https://soundcloud.com/codyjluke/long-tail

[harvardfineartslib]

Having a field day or a terrible horrible bad day? That depends on if you’re a cat or rat in this woodblock print!

Kyōsai was one of the most celebrated painters of late nineteenth-century Japan. He was keen to reverse power relationships in his animal themed work, often giving smaller animals a chance to get their revenge on their predators, as we see in this humorous woodblock print.

Image: Kyōsai Kawanabe, “Rat’s Revenge”, 1871-89, Color-woodblock print, 24x25cm

Kyōsai's animal circus : from the Israel Goldman CollectionSadamura, Koto, 1982- [author] London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2022. English 河鍋暁斎, -- 1831-1889 -- Exhibitions. Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889 -- Exhibitions HOLLIS number: 99156378937403941

[paulawiegmink]

A huge thank you to Ronny for signing the poster! 🤗🐾🐾🐾 In support of FLOE and Betsy, the rescued laboratory Beagle. Take action: http://forlifeonearth.eaction.online Visit for more info: https://www.besureisofficial.com/say-no-campaign.html facebook.com/besureis www.betsybeagle.org #ronny #supermodel#activism #vivisection#betsybeagleambassador #floe#savinglife#artspeaks #saynomore #sayno #animalactivism#animalactivist #artforanimals #animalsinart#art#arte #artistsunite#beagles#artactivism #beaglesofinstagram #artactivist #poster #action #savetheanimals #sign #unite #passionforlife #lifeonearth #originalartwork #wiegminkart (at Dunsborough, Western Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClADPllBigq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jujuru-blog]

Lovebird I. The original painting has sold. Emily Dickinson wrote, "Hope is the thing that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all." Prints and products featuring this artwork are available through judithrhue.pixels.com. More original oil paintings are offered by judithrhue.com and judithrhue.etsy.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . #lovebird #lovebirds #moonlight #moon #sun #sunlight #colorfulbird #colorfulartworks #colorfuldecor #bird #birds #perch #outonalimb #hope #hopeful #littlebird #sweetbird #natureart #animalsinart #decoratewithart #judithrhue #canvasartwork #colorsofnature #brightcolors #brightenyourday #livewithhope #flowersandsky #artistsoninstagram #treesandflowers #landscapeflowers (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmrcNDsJuc1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rogue-taxidermy-of-sarina-brewer]

FLASHBACK FRIDAY~

Without question, the most significant event of the last decade came to me in the form of a radio show in 2017. To the surprise of everyone participating in the show, a PETA spokesperson issued a statement sanctioning the use of humanely acquired dead animals for the purpose of art. 

  It was an episode of The Current on CBC radio, hosted by the acclaimed radio and television journalist Anna Maria Tremonti. The show was about the genre of rogue taxidermy art and how the genre spurred the current taxidermy revival. The show featured several interviews with people associated with rogue taxidermy. As co-founder of the genre and the subsequent artistic movement, I was among the interviewees. The genre was the brainchild of co-founder Scott Bibus, co-founder Robert Marbury, and myself. In 2004 we coined the term “rogue taxidermy” and formed an online artist collective based on our respective styles of sculpture. We then began recruiting artists working in a similar vein to join our collective and unite under the moniker of rogue taxidermy. The definition of rogue taxidermy that we set forth is: “A genre of pop-surrealist art characterized by mixed media sculptures containing conventional taxidermy-related materials that are used in an unconventional manner”. The genre encompasses a variety of materials and doesn’t always involve animal parts, it can be entirely synthetic. However, the foundation of our collective was a doctrine that mandated animals could not be killed for the sake of art and all members of the group were required to adhere to this directive. Ultimately our efforts led to the collective spearheading an international artistic movement centered around our ideology and our aesthetic. It became known as the Rogue Taxidermy art movement. Predictably, PETA denounced it.

  Prior to forming our collective I had a long history of using animal remains in my art. And a long history of receiving pushback. I began incorporating animal parts into my art in the early 1990’s while earning my BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Because of my love for animals, the philosophy underlying my work dictated that I only use animals that died of natural causes and roadkill. Out of respect for Mother Nature my mantra in the studio was “waste not, want not” because nothing that was once living should ever be taken for granted. So when I sat down with my fellow co-founders, Scott Bibus and Robert Marbury, to write up a charter for membership to our collective I clearly needed those precepts to be included. We wove them into the philosophical framework of the genre and this code of ethics was explicitly laid out on our collective’s website, just as it had been laid out on my own personal website for many years prior to forming the collective. My ethical practices had always been front and center on my personal website in the form of my artist statement and biography. My site conveyed the special bond I had with animals during my formative years and how the intimate relationships I had with them shaped my art. It explained how my work was an homage to the animal. How turning an animal’s body into a piece of art was the purest form of veneration; a type of veneration akin to the bejeweled remains of saints enshrined in Medieval Churches, or to the Victorian practice of creating mourning art out of the hair and teeth of deceased loved ones. I talked about my work being deeply rooted in a personal belief system that could be traced back to my childhood; a belief system that occupied the same place in my psyche that formal religion occupied in other people’s psyche. My work was a form of zoolatry.

  But none of that mattered to my sanctimonious haters. I was persecuted for my belief system for years. The lambasting often came from hypocrites who experienced no moral dilemma when eating or wearing a cow, yet they had a problem with me utilizing roadkill. It was the early 1990's and using an animal’s body in art was taboo. Animal activists throwing red paint onto the fur coats of celebrities and fashion runways was at the height of its popularity during this era. I was the victim of bullying for nearly 20 years in the form of endless hate mail, death threats, and being slandered in literature by prominent animal rights authors. The attacks generally had one of two themes; my art was disrespectful, and/or I needed to give the animals a proper burial. Apparently all animals are Christian LOL…. FTR, burying the dead would be sacrilege in many cultures… But I digress. I never lashed out at my critics. Instead, I spent endless hours of my life responding to their misdirected hate with courteous email responses that reiterated the principles behind my work. I attempted to initiate conversations about tolerance by gently reminding them it was not their place to impose their standards, customs, and beliefs on other people (or onto a dead animal...) The concept of reverence is contingent upon intent and context. No one has the right to decide how someone else is allowed to venerate something. Nor does anyone have the right to force their aesthetics on someone else simply because something doesn’t appeal to their tastes. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This (uphill) battle continued for years.

So fast forward to 2017... Never in my wildest fantasies did I think I would someday be sitting in a radio broadcasting booth where the sound bite following my interview would be a PETA representative speaking these words: 

“[When discussing rogue taxidermy] The most important thing is to look at how the animal died. If the animal died naturally or in an accident, then PETA doesn’t have a problem with preserving their carcass. . .” 

  The moment was surreal. Our mission finally resonated with the largest animal rights group in the world. And in that moment, this became a landmark radio broadcast. It was testament to the merit of our core values. Those of us who fought on the front lines took flak for decades as we carved out our niche. In doing so, we laid a path for others to follow. And many did. Via strength in numbers, and sheer perseverance, dialogue developed that began engaging the mainstream. Dialogue about human/animal relationships. About how humans process death. About the concept of reverence. And about making space for practices outside those of the dominant culture. The radio show was an achievement of a lifetime for me. Appeasing PETA was never a goal, and that’s not the achievement. (I have probably taken issue with as many of their activities over the years as they have taken with mine.) The fact that they acknowledged our mission represented a higher accomplishment – it was an indicator that the movement’s ideology had influenced mainstream sensibilities. As an artist who has had to defend her work and her character for her entire life, it was incredibly validating in that regard. PETA’s statement was vindication of the tenets I had been actively championing for a quarter of a century. 

  The "no kill" ethics platform of the Rogue Taxidermy art movement is a first-of-a-kind. Prior to the inception of the genre of Rogue Taxidermy art, never before in history had taxidermy been associated with the humane sourcing of animals. Conversely, taxidermy had been associated with the killing of animals. This stigma created a seemingly insurmountable hurdle for the movement. Historically, all groundbreaking cultural movements were considered deviant and radical at their inception. Encountering resistance is part of the birth of any movement that calls into question long-standing traditions and moral standards. But challenging established societal norms is how horizons are broadened and new concepts are assimilated. It's the fundamental basis of how culture evolves.

Clearly the statement issued by PETA is in no way saying all art created within the genre of Rogue Taxidermy is acceptable to them. Not everyone working under the umbrella of Rogue Taxidermy adheres to the genre’s cornerstone values. There is no lack of people exploiting the genre’s popularity to line their own pockets. I regularly see the catchphrase “ethically-sourced” thrown around in situations where that descriptor is a real stretch. Of course there are gray areas, and of course there is room for interpretation on both sides of the fence. However, PETA’s statement was inarguably a milestone; one that was reached after an arduous journey of baby steps. To the artists working within the genre who are purists, and as such practice true humane-sourcing of their animals; hats off to every single one of you. #You’veComeALongWayBaby

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I encourage you to replace your daily podcast time slot with this radio broadcast. It’s worth every second of the 20-minute time investment, especially the last half  – You absolutely don’t want to miss the extremely insightful interview with author, lecturer, and researcher Joanna Ebstein, founder of the Morbid Anatomy Museum. The segment also features the immensely talented Beth Beverly who was a fellow member of the rogue taxidermy artist collective.

  Click here to listen to the show ~

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Unabridged history of the art movement https://www.sarina-brewer.com/introduction.html

My biography & artist statement https://www.sarina-brewer.com/taxidermy-sculpture-artist-sarina-brewer.html    

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[clarencewardartlibrary]

Animal Art

The magical connection between people and animals can be seen in a variety of ways: through pictures, words and even art. The Clarence Ward Art Library offers a variety of books about Animals in Art that offer a glimpse into the special connection between people and animals through photography, sculpture and painting.

Learn about the differences and evolution of animal art in Europe and Asia.  Look at animals in the wild, those in the common household, as well as those created from stories and myths passed on generation by generation.

Animal art is a whole new world to explore here at the art library; most of the books can be found in the N 7660 section! These books can be checked out and read next to your favorite pet! But please, the dog ate my book excuse will not work here.

How to Draw Fur, using pen and ink. From Keys to Painting Fur and Feathers, Edited by Rachel Rubin Wolf.

Cat in a Rainbow, painted by Louis Wain (1860-1939). From the book The Cat, 3500 Years of the Cat in Art. By Caroline Bugler.

Barbershop with Monkeys and Cats, painted by Abraham Teniers (1629-1670). From the book The Cat, 3500 Years of the Cat in Art. By Caroline Bugler.

Alogism (Cow and Violin), Kazmir Malevich 1913. From the book All Creatures Great and Small made available by The State Russian Museum. 

Fox Hunting..Ralph Lambton. Esq. His Horse Undertaker and Hounds by James Ward (1820). From the book Picturing Animals in Britain by Diana Donald. 

A pair of kara-shishi carved from Camphor Wood in the Yosegi Style. Japanese, early edo period. From the book Creatures Real and Imaginary in Chinese and Japanese Art by Walther G. von Krenner and Ken Jeremiah. 

Daphne by Mary Britton Clouse, Sepia Photograph 2006. From the Book Artist | Animal by Steve Baker. 

A Cock, Hens and chicks by Melchior D’Hondecorter (1636-1695). From the book Animals in Art by the National Gallery in Great Britain. 

[katiajewelbox]

Happy Birthday to the great biologist Charles Darwin (1809-1882)!

Charles Darwin revolutionised science as well as humanity's worldview with his theory of evolution, inspired by his voyages around South America between 1831 to 1836. For 20 years after his journey, Charles Darwin pondered his experiences and observations of life's diversity until a fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace wrote to him about a similar idea germinating in his mind. This spurred Darwin and Wallace to present this idea to the Linnean Society of London in 1858. Darwin went on to publish the book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859.

My original AI art made with DALL E 3 honours Darwin and his discoveries, envisioning the great thinker dwelling in his vivid memories of nature's dazzling diversity at the end of his long life.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

(Charles Darwin)

#darwinday #darwinday2024 #charlesdarwin #darwinism #evolution #steampunk #victorian #surreal #symbolism #art #darwin #greatthinkers #evolutionary #evolutionarybiology #biology #science #history #originofspecies #wildlife #animalsinart #katia_plantscientist #aiart #dalle