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The mission of this project has been to encourage public awareness of native plant conservation through promoting the role that the visual arts can play in supporting that effort. Primarily set up as a means to create a continual source of visual documentation of the flora that make up such a large portion of our nation's rich cultural heritage, the Traveling Artist Wildflowers Project has grown to include interpretive, educational and outreach programs. For more information: donalddepicts@msn.com or 202.744.3647.
The watercolor wildflower illustrations displayed on this website were created on location by Donald Davidson for the National Park Service Volunteers-in-the-Parks Program. You can follow Donald's trips through various National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish & Wildlife Service areas by viewing the watercolors on this site.They are meant to be used for study and enjoyment with the Celebrating Wildflowers website. All of the artwork is copyrighted and is not in the public domain (see copyright statement for more information). NEW PROGRAMS FOR 2009: Study along with other biologists, writers, and artists while helping increase the native flora visual database. College credit optional: BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION OF NATIVE DESERT FLORA Click on the Spring Botanical Illustration Weekend Field Workshops link to the left for the latest information. Past Participatory Programs 2007. Exhibit of sixteen prints of Mojave National Preserve watercolors at the Quiet Places Art Space in Henderson, NV. 2006. Exhibit of sixteen prints of native flora watercolors at Death Valley Visitor’s Center. 2005-2006. Exhibit of fifty originals from the Chihuahuan Desert botanical watercolor collection at the Amistad National Recreation Area visitor center in south Texas. 2004-2006. Nature enthusiasts and artists alike were given the opportunity better appreciate the ever changing blooming periods in the Mojave Desert, Donald Davidson taught two different Botanical Illustration Weekend Field Workshops presented by California State University, San Bernardino and the University of California, Riverside at the Desert Studies Center in Zzyzx, CA. He also taught a continuing education workshop for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 2003-2004. The Chihuahuan Desert Native Plant Conservation Initiative was created so that you, too, can make an important contribution to better appreciation and understanding of native plants and their habitats. Wildflower enthusiasts, students, teachers, artists and writers, can now participate in creative, hands-on, interdisciplinary field workshops held throughout each April at Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. For more information, please see the event website. |
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