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The Mazatlan Bird Festival is proud to announce the enthusiastic participation of San Franciscan artist David Tomb and photographer William Brennan. Both have generously provided their valuable material for the promotion of the first edition of the festival and their work will be prominently featured throughout the festival. Treasures of the Sierra Madre - Birds of West Mexico by David Tomb featuring work inspired by Tomb’s birding trips to Mexico and research from the California Academy of Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, and the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. Best known for his portraits of people, the artist is presenting his first non-portrait show in over twenty years. With this exciting departure Tomb is recreating the sights and sounds of this Sierra Madre region of west Mexico. Review from Ifitshere.Wordpress Please visit David Tomb’s website at: davidtomb.com David Tomb and the Mazatlan Festival Organizing Comité are currently working on a similar arrangement to benefit the Tufted Jay Preserve near Mazatlan with an painting of the highly endemic Tufted Jay. This enigmatic bird is being protected through an environmental easement set up by Pronatura Noroeste and the Ejido El Palmito in Sinaloa and facilitated by Sendero Mexico. The Mazatlan Bird Festival will feature the work by amateur photographer William Brennan who has traveled and worked in the Mazatlan area. At left and in the home page of this site is the Tufted Jay. William Brennan’s photo (features at left) will be featured throughout the Festival. Photographer William Brennan at the Tufted Jay Preserve with Sendero Mexico tour leader Carolyn Felderhof the moment the picture featured above and in the home page of this site was taken. The organizers are grateful that Bill has allowed this photo to be used widely to promote this Festival and the cause of the Tufted Jay Preserve. The Tufted Jay illustration, featured at left and on the homepage of this site by Hans Peeters, one of the worlds finest wildlife artists, was used by Unidos Para la Conservacion (United for Conservation), one of Mexico’s pioneering conservation organizations directed by international award winning wildlife and nature photographer Patricio Robles Gil, for a collaborative arrangement with Mexico’s postal system to raise awareness for the Tufted Jay conservation initiative that Sendero Mexico put forth seven years ago. The stamp was released in 2001. Hans Peeters and his work was featured in the book “The Best of Wildlife Art”, by Rachel Rubin Wolf. To visit his website clik here |
