Two Special Society of Animal Artists Shows

Art That Matters to the Planet

With a very moving theme, the Society of Animal Artists exhibition "Art That Matters to the Planet", consists of SAA member's artworks dealing with issues that our wildlife and the environment face today. Climate change, pollution, overpopulation, and the destruction of habitat are just a few of these serious problems. Many of the works juried into this exhibition, cause the viewer to stop and ponder what's happening to the planet and its inhabitants, hopefully inspiring them to make positive changes whenever possible, and to do their part to help our wildlife and planet. 

"Art That Matters to the Planet" is currently on exhibition at the beautiful Roger Tory Peterson Institute, located in Jamestown, NY, where it will be displayed through October 25th. From there it will travel to The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum in Oradell, NJ, where it will be exhibited from November 20th, through January 16th, 2022. From there it will travel to The Sternberg Museum of Natural History located in Hays, KS, exhibiting there from February 5th through May 5th, 2022. 

Enjoy this video below of the exhibition and view the entire show online here 

Animal Impressions Show

This SAA Special Show is currently on display at The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, located in Tucson, AZ, where it will be exhibited through November 7th.   

See the virtual online gallery here

View the entire show online here

Click here for membership application to join the Society.

Click here to become a Patron Member of the SAA.

Until next time ~ SAA Artist Rachelle Siegrist

Society of Animal Artists 2021 Special Exhibitions

The Society of Animal Artists is holding three upcoming exhibitions this year! The first exhibition, which will also tour to additional venues, has the very moving theme "Art That Matters to the Planet". SAA members entered works dealing with issues that our wildlife and environment face today, being climate change, pollution, and over-population and destruction of habitat to just name a few of the serious problems. Many of the works juried into this exhibition, cause the viewer to stop and ponder what's happening to the planet and its inhabitants, and hopefully inspire people to want to make a positive change whenever possible, and to do their part to help our wildlife and planet. 

Society of Animal Artists Art That Matters to the Planet Show

August 14 – October 25, 2021: The Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY

View show online

"Left Behind" by John Brennan

 "It’s For Your Own Good" by Aleta Rossi-Steward

Tour Venues for Art That Matters to the Planet:

November 20, 2021 – January 16, 2022: The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ

February 5 – May 5, 2022: The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS

Society of Animal Artists Animal Impressions Show

August 21 – November 7, 2021: The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ

View show online

"Fair Warning" by Jennifer L. Cook

"Ghost Of A Chance" by Lori Dunn

Society of Animal Artists The Kingdom Show

November 26, 2021 – January 16, 2022: The Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI

View show online

"Through the Night" by Jhenna Quinn Lewis

"Tree Swallows #1" by Jamie Cassaboon

Click here for membership application to join the Society.

Click here to become a Patron Member of the SAA.

Until next time ~ SAA Artist Rachelle Siegrist

Andrew Denman: The Modern World

Society of Animal Artists Signature member Andrew Denman's exhibition opens in September at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek, California.

ANDREW DENMAN: THE MODERN WILD

David J. Wagner, Ph. D., Curator/Tour Director

Lindsay Wildlife Museum

September 19 - 27, 2015

Walnut Creek (San Francisco), CA

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

October 31, 2015 - January 3, 2016

Tucson, AZ

Society of Animal Artists Signature member Andrew Denman announces  ANDREW DENMAN: THE MODERN WILD, a museum exhibition consisting of a diverse range of paintings, drawings, and studies showcasing Denman’s unique style, a style that has brought him to the leading edge of an evolving genre.  The exhibit will premiere in September, 2015 at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek (San Francisco), CA, and tour to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum into 2016.  Additional venues are anticipated.

In the overly crowded and often overly conservative wildlife art genre, Denman’s cutting edge blend of hyper-realism with stylization and abstraction immediately distinguish him from his peers.  The sense of fearless experimentation he brings to the easel expresses itself in a diversity of stylistic approaches and subjects, from birds to big cats, landscape, trompe le’oeil still life, the human figure, and even surrealism. “Between the drudgery of illustration and the vacuity of decoration lies the evocative; that is the province of the artist, and that is the realm to which my work belongs,” says Andrew Denman of his edgy portrayals of the natural world.

Denman possesses a deep and abiding love of animals and the wild places they inhabit, and his dedication to technical accuracy rivals that of any other living wildlife artist, but his true passion is a decidedly contemporary interpretation of nature, not a classical representation of it. While the artist often includes naturalistic settings in his work, he is just as likely to depict an animal subject in an entirely non objective space.  These contrasts vary from the subtle to the extreme, but always the blend is visually seamless and intellectually challenging.  The artist often incorporates letters, numbers, and snatches of his own poetry to create intriguing and even sometimes humorous juxtapositions.  Informed by an understanding of art history, poetry, nature, and science, Andrew’s work embodies not only a mature visual expression beyond his years, but an intellectual depth and conceptual significance seldom found in “animal art.”

Denman possesses a deep and abiding love of animals and the wild places they inhabit, and his dedication to technical accuracy rivals that of any other living wildlife artist, but his true passion is a decidedly contemporary interpretation of nature, not a classical representation of it. While the artist often includes naturalistic settings in his work, he is just as likely to depict an animal subject in an entirely non objective space.  These contrasts vary from the subtle to the extreme, but always the blend is visually seamless and intellectually challenging.  The artist often incorporates letters, numbers, and snatches of his own poetry to create intriguing and even sometimes humorous juxtapositions.  Informed by an understanding of art history, poetry, nature, and science, Andrew’s work embodies not only a mature visual expression beyond his years, but an intellectual depth and conceptual significance seldom found in “animal art.”

“I consider myself deeply fortunate,” says the artist, to have possessed such clarity as to my life’s purpose since childhood.”  At just thirty two years of age, it is that clarity of purpose, coupled with an adventurous spirit and unflagging dedication, that has already cemented Andrew Denman’s reputation amongst his peers and collectors, and which will no doubt propel him to a station of high regard amongst the next generation of great artists.

For further information, visit: http://davidjwagnerllc.com/exhibitions.html or

http://andrewdenman.com/Modern_Wild.html