Focus on Nature VIII

April 24 – September 12, 2004

Previous Purchase Prize Awards: The recipients of the Purchase Prize Awards at Focus on Nature VIII in 2004 were Fernando Jorges Simões Correia, Sue de Learie Adair, James Coe, Wendy Smith and Dick Rauh.

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Fernando Jorges Simões Correia
Coimbra, Portugal
Cabrera's Vole Skull
Microtus cabrerae
Digital, 2002
13″ × 10″

Sue de Learie Adair
Schenectady, NY, USA
Boat-billed heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
Graphite on paper (Bienfang Bristol, 100 lb), 2003
12″ × 15″

James Coe
Hannacroix, NY, USA
Rocky Coast Shorebirds
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani), Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala), Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Surfbird (Aphriza virgata), Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus)
Watercolor/gouache on paper (Saunders, HP, 200 lb), 1994
16″ × 20″

Wendy Smith
Boulder, CO, USA
Lasiurus Bats of North America
Eastern Red (Lasiurus borealis), Seminole (L. seminolus), Northern Yellow (L. intermedius), Southern Red (L. ega), Hoary (L. cinereus), Silver-haired (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
Watercolor on paper (Arches, HP, 140 lb), 2002
14½″ × 18¼″

Dick Rauh
Wilton, CT, USA
Black Cohosh or Black Snakeroot
Cimicifuga racemosa
Watercolor on paper (Arches, HP, 300 lb), 2002
34″ × 26″