tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379190152011-04-21T14:18:52.051-04:00Galenoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37919015.post-1165547656160256482000-12-31T22:00:00.000-05:002006-12-11T20:29:50.896-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.naturalistsalmanac.com/media/snowflake.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.naturalistsalmanac.com/media/snowflake.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The illustrations that enliven this blog are by Libby Walker Davidson, a talented young artist who is trying to make a living with her art. If you would like to use any of them, please contact her for permission at <a href="http://www.starflowerstudio.com">Starflower Studio</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37919015-116554765616025648?l=libbysillustrations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Galenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37919015.post-1165611061157783222000-12-30T15:43:00.000-05:002008-01-12T16:51:09.439-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.naturalistsalmanac.com/media/sundial.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.naturalistsalmanac.com/media/sundial.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Artist Libby Davidson has been illustrating Vermont's landscapes and wildlife for 20 years, working primarily in pen and ink and watercolor.<br /><br />Her most comprehensive illustration project has been for the book <span style="font-style:italic;">Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont</span>, published by The Nature Conservancy of Vermont and Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, from which she has created a series of limited edition prints and note cards. Other books that she has illustrated include <span style="font-style:italic;">Wild Adventures: A Guidebook of Activities for Building Connections with Others and the Earth</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Life in the Cold</span>, a winter ecology textbook published by the University Press of New England.<br /><br />Over the years, her illustrations have appeared in publications for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Vermont Conservation Commission, <span style="font-style:italic;">Wild Earth</span> magazine, and several community newspapers.<br /><br />Libby has also created several large scale murals. She has painted the backdrop for a 35' long wetland diorama as well as background habitat displays for the <a href="http://www.birdsofvermont.org">Birds of Vermont Museum</a> (http://www.birdsofvermont.org) in Huntington, VT. She has recently added a fall migration mural, as well as a backdrop for Bob Spear's life-sized carving of a Wild Turkey. More of Libby's murals can be found at Dr. Dan Beisiegel's orthodontics office in Colchester, VT, where she has created the effect of a Vermont countryside, including a 3-dimensional maple tree painted on a central column and spreading onto the ceiling of the waiting room. <br /><br />Libby lives in Colchester with her husband, Rich, and children.<br /><br />To view some of her work and available cards, prints, and children's activities, visit her Web site at <a href="http://www.StarflowerStudio.com/">Starflower Studio</a> (http://www.StarflowerStudio.com/).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37919015-116561106115778322?l=libbysillustrations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Galenoreply@blogger.com0