Wildlife Ilustrator & Essayist, Creator of Beautiful Objects
Wildlife Ilustrator & Essayist, Creator of Beautiful Objects
Wildlife Ilustrator & Essayist, Creator of Beautiful Objects
Combining my skills as a wildlife illustrator, storyteller, journalist, and certified Environmental Educator, I create two major illustrated nature series: Listening to Raven and The Art of Paying Attention, an ongoing collection of animal drawings accompanied by written and spoken radio essays focusing on Southwest critters--birds, reptiles, insects, and mammals.
Materials
Wildlife Ilustrator & Essayist, Creator of Beautiful Objects
Wildlife Ilustrator & Essayist, Creator of Beautiful Objects
I use many different mediums, always with heart and mind,
all in service of celebrating beauty.
If you have an idea for a visual art commission or a written piece inspired by nature, bring it to me. Some of my best work has been generated by "what if" and "could you possibly..." including designing museum exhibits, painted and mosaic murals, silk paintings, stained and etched glass, Hawaiian shirts, Hebrew prayer shawls, scientific illustrations, mermaids, and whatever comes next.
Inspiration
Wildlife Ilustrator & Essayist, Creator of Beautiful Objects
Inspiration
Much of my wildlife art and nature writing is integrated with practicing the Art of Paying Attention, observing and researching the behavior and physical details of wild creatures.
And being grateful.
Writing life
Beth Surdut, winner of the 2013 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award for Non-Fiction for Listening to Raven, specializes in illustrating animal nature in words and drawings.
Since July 2015, she creates, exhibits, and fosters The Art of Paying Attention illustrated nature radio series heard and seen on NPR.
Eye of the heron
Black-crowned Night Heron, the landscape around the lake reflected in his eyes, has stores within stories. My photograph, awarded First Place in the Plants & Animals category, is on display at Sahuarita Town Hall, Arizona.
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