The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting at the Alley Pond Environmental
Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362 >Map of location<
at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Free admission. Refreshments
served (ice cream this month)
Public transportation users: Meeting location is one mile from Bayside LIRR
station; you can either walk, take the Q12 bus, or use car service located
at station.
Mike DiGiorgio will present "A Bird Painter's Journey"
Wildlife artist Mike DiGiorgio writes: "The profession of
illustration is an extremely difficult one today. Add the element of
primarily painting birds, and you come up with an almost impossible
endeavor." The modern-day bird illustrator has many obstacles to overcome,
from publishers' easy access to bird photography to shrinking magazine and
book sales. In his presentation, DiGiorgio will trace his personal journey,
beginning as a boy with a hopeless obsession with common city backyard
birds, to later rural searches for warblers, herons, and nightjars - all in
his quest to capture them in line and color. Louis Fuertes was his main
artistic hero, and Don Eckelberry, who asked him to join his group of
artists, his primary mentor.
Michael DiGiorgio is a nationally recognized artist who is currently
living in Madison, CT. Mike's painting and drawings have appeared in a
variety of nature books and journals, such as such as: Breeding Bird Atlas
of CT, Master's Guide to Birding, Audubon Field Guide to Birds/ Eastern and
Western region, Bird Watcher's Digest, Sanctuary (Massachusetts Audubon
Magazine), Audubon Magazine and Audubon Nature Yearbook. Mike is currently
illustrating plates for a new guide to Brazil with Robert Ridgley and Guy
Tudor. To find out more about Mike, see his website www.mdigiorgio.com
Copies of his prints will be available for sale after the meeting.
Nancy Tognan
nancy.tog...@gmail.com
Vice President, Queens County Bird Club
See http://www.qcbirdclub.org/ for more information on trips, speakers,
and other events!
See our 'Birding Maps & Locations' page for directions to and info about
many local birding hotspots
* QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}. *
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