Exploring the Sierras as a Naturalist and Artist

A Napa-Solano Audubon Society Presentation - Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM

Florence Douglas Senior Center, Carl Manner Room, 333 Amador St., Vallejo, CA 94590.

Presented by John Muir Laws

Naturalist, educator and artist John (Jack) Muir Laws delights in exploring the natural world and sharing this love with others. He has worked as an environmental educator for over 25 years in California, Wyoming, and Alaska. He is trained as a wildlife biologist and is an associate of the California Academy of Sciences. His illustrations capture the feeling of the living plant or animal, while also including details critical for identification. His most recent book, “The Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada,” is an illustrated field guide to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals and is beautifully illustrated with 2,710 original watercolor paintings. This comprehensive and easy to use guide allows botanists to identify the insects that come to their flowers, birders to identify the trees in which the birds perch, or hikers to identify the stars overhead at night. Jack will present an illustrated lecture about the natural history of the Sierra Nevada, and the process of creating a field guide. He also teaches field sketching and natural history classes throughout the state and will bring original illustrations that have been painted in the field.. Bring a pencil and a notebook for a quick bird sketching lesson. Click here for more information on John Muir Laws.