Artists & Books
Each artist was asked to build a reading list to accompany their work for the show, in addition to a statement. These reading lists were provided to visitors to encourage further engagement with the art, with links provided to access each book via the Norman Public Library catalogue.
Below are examples of their work in the show, as well as their accompanying reading lists.
Grace Potter
Books
Staying with the Trouble - Donna Haraway
Ways of Being - James Bridle
Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life - Dacher Keltner
Hyperobjects - Timothy Morton
Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler
Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Finding the Mother Tree - Dr. Suzanne Simard
Hannah Harper
Books
The Inner Life of Animals - Peter Wohlleben
The Hidden Life of Trees -Peter Wohlleben
Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting - John E. Carlson
Old Man’s Garden - Annora Brown
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems - Robert Frost
Lauren Rosenfelt
Books
Braiding Sweetgrass - Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Gathering Moss - Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Seven Mysteries of Life - Guy Murchie
Nature's Best Hope - Douglas Tallamy
Teaming with Microbes - Jeff Lowenfels
Teaming with Fungi - Jeff Lowenfels
Teaming with Nutrients - Jeff Lowenfels
Jennifer Larsen
Books
The Overstory - Richard Powers
Ways of Being - James Bridle
Gathering Moss and Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy
Animals in Translation - Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
The Lazarus Effect - Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom
The works of Sheri S. Tepper
Alex and Me - Irene Pepperberg
Field Guide to the Haunted Forest - Jarod K. Anderson
The Wild Robot - Peter Brown
The Salamander Room - Anne Mazer
Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
The Teeth of the Lion: The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion - Anita Sanchez
Nicholas Czaplewski PhD
Books
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Handbook
How Animals Move by James Gray, illustrated - Edward Bawden
How to Draw and Paint Anatomy: Creating Lifelike Humans and Realistic Animals - the Editors of ImagineFX Magazine
The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling - John Muir Laws
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards
Painting the Drama of Wildlife Step by Step - Terry IsaacThe Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature - Cathy Johnson
Tracking our Roots in Nature - Jon Young et al. forthcoming
Wild Animals I Have Known - Ernest Thompson Seton
The Wildlife Artist’s Handbook - Jackie Garner
Wildlife Painting:Techniques of Modern Masters - Susan Rayfield
Mauricio Antón (paleo artist)
Andy Goldsworthy (sculptor)
Francis Lee Jaques (artist)
Nancy Hart Stieber (artist)
Nicholas Wilson (artist)
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (organization)
VARIOUS Field Guides and other guides as references for Wildflowers, Fishes, Trees, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, Birds, Fungi, Western Forests, Eastern Forests, Weather, Natural Areas, Wildlife Refuges, etc.
An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists - W. Ellenberger, H. Dittrich, and H. Baum
Art Anatomy of Animals - Ernest Thompson Seton
Bev Doolittle New Magic - Elise Maclay
The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives - Alan Turner, illustrations by Mauricio Antón
A Celebration of Birds: the Life and Art of Louis Agassiz Fuertes - Robert McCracken Peck,
Clare Walker Leslie books:
Keeping a Nature Journal 2nd ed. - Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth
Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning
Nature Journaling: Learning to Observe and Connect with the World around You
Complete Guide to Drawing Animals - Gottfried Bammes; Search Press, UK, reprint 2014.
Dawn of the Dinosaurs: the Triassic in Petrified Forest - Robert A. Long and Rose Houk; illustrated by Doug Henderson, 1988, Petrified Forest Museum Association, Arizona.
Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives & Evolutionary History - Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford, illustrations by Mauricio Antón; Columbia University Press, NY 2008.
Extinct Madagascar: Picturing the Island’s Past - Steven Goodman and William Jungers, illustrated by Velizar Simeonovski; University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys: the Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South America - Darin A. Croft, illustrated by Velizar Simeonovski
Collaborative Drawing
Primary drawing by Haley Prestifilippo; additional drawings by Nicholas Czaplewski, Jennifer Larsen, Lauren Rosenfelt
40”x30”
Graphite on paper, on a curved wooden support.
This piece depicts a 1:1 scale recreation of my front yard in Oklahoma. Some participating artists were asked to hide a small drawing into the piece.
