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New Exhibit - Mr. Linnaeus’ Larks & Owls

In time with the wildflowers blooming outside, is a very interesting piece of art on exhibit at Grange Insurance Audubon Center by Brandon Antczak (United States, b. 1985).

Brandon earned his Bachelors of Fine Art from The Columbus College of Art & Design in 2007. It was here he combined components of collage and printmaking with modern day digital photography, and photo mechanics, the process of transferring photographic media to another materials surface. His work frequents plant and animal life, an influence sealed early on when his parents owned a Virginian house that bordered woods and a small stream. His large-scale childhood influenced prints, are unconventional in that they embrace technical imperfections as integral part of the work. The piece exhibited is titled Mr. Linnaeus’ Larks & Owls, and refers to Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus’ (1707 – 1778) flower clock. An idea he published in 1751 that would take advantage of certain plants that characteristically open and close their blooms at certain times to predict the time of day. The idea remains purely theoretical in that one such garden was never planted successfully. In celebration of this idea, Brandon compiled images for each specific plant species from herbariums around the world. Using water as a solvent he transferred the ink from each plants image onto paper using a printing press. The swelling of the paper, combined with the pressure from the press caused creases to form in the paper, a physical attribute reminiscent of plant roots. Brandon estimates for this one image’s creation, it passed through the printing press over 132 times. The artwork will be on display through June 2012.

Nature Photography Exhibit at GIAC

GIAC is pleased to feature beautiful photos by Kim Graham on the wall between the classrooms in the front lobby. They can be viewed anytime during normal business hours and are visible after hours from the path into the front door of the Center or through the glass windows near our beautiful rain gardens and rain chain collection barrel.

On his website, Kim elaborates on his work and vision: “The images you see here represent a portion of 32 year odyssey of trying to capture the beauty all around us, the play of light on both the natural and man-made. I have worked in 35mm, medium format and extensively in large format. My work is in both black and white and color and my galleries will reflect a wide range of subject matter.”

One of our very favorite photos from Kim is called “The Waving Warbler”. We hope you will love it as much as we do! We would like to thank Kim, for sharing his beautiful work and for his continual support of Audubon. His photos will be on display at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center through June/July 2012.