Conserving the Magic of Our Planet: A Virtual Community Art Exhibition
Honored to be a featured artist in this virtual exhibition at The Walt Disney Family Museum.
The piece featured is, “No. 3”, from the Brothers Series. The Brothers Series is a small series of paintings representing my brothers and I, and our time growing up in the forests of the Midwestern United States. Each piece is painted on circular canvas mounted on board, measuring 36” in diameter, using a technique I call Pointillism Maximumism.
Use the link below to view the exhibition. Navigate to the left door of the second-floor of the exhibition, No. 3 is featured in the middle of the second floor gallery.
https://www.waltdisney.org/magic-planet/start
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Below from The Walt Disney Family Museum
“Conservation isn’t just the business of a few people. It’s a matter that concerns all of us. It’s a science whose principles are written in the oldest code in the world, the laws of nature. The natural resources of our vast continent are not inexhaustible. But if we will use our riches wisely, if we will protect our wildlife and preserve our lakes and streams, these things will last us for generations to come.”
—Walt Disney
The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to announce its next virtual community art exhibition, Conserving the Magic of Our Planet, which will debut to the public on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Adult and teen artists from around the world are invited to submit artwork inspired by Walt’s passion for stories based on our natural environment and the protection of our planet.
Walt Disney is celebrated not only for his transformative and lasting impact on our culture through the pioneering and perfecting of animation, family entertainment, and theme parks, but also for his reverence of nature and support for habitat conservation. Consistently ahead of his time, Walt recognized the importance of inspiring younger generations to both understand and actively protect our natural world and the diverse forms of life with which we share the planet.
Walt paired never-before-seen wildlife film footage with enriching storytelling in the Academy Award®-winning True-Life Adventures series—the first of its kind to expose the greater public, through film, to the importance and diversity of nature. Audiences were transported to the plains, deserts, mountains, waterways, and forests of our planet, not as mere background scenery for human activity, but as real, balanced ecosystems that support a variety of fascinating creatures. The True-Life Adventures films ultimately fueled a mainstream appreciation of wildlife conservation, created the template for the modern nature documentary, and set many conservationists on their career paths.
