The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD (map)

Matthew Hillier’s wildlife paintings seek to offer the viewer a fresh vantage point, expressing more than the physical characteristics of a species and revealing a passion for his subject matter.A former illustrator for a variety of wildlife publications, Hillier has traveled widely since his boyhood on the south coast of England. Since moving to the United States, he has begun painting marine subjects and North American animals in addition to the dramatic African and bird subjects for which he ...

The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD (map)

An amazing variety of art and photography from scratchboard to watercolors, cartoon art to stop-action photographs, will appeal to environmentalists of all ages. Works by Green Earth Book Award and honor book recipients depict topics as diverse as exploring every child's backyard, the reforestation of Kenya, protecting the tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea, and the melting ice of the arctic. The Green Earth Book Award (GEBA) was created by the Newton Marasco Foundation in collaboration with Sal...

The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD (map)

The Ward Museum is proud to present Artistic Expressions of Nature, featuring Gallery of Artists, a collaborative group of award-winning wildlife artists diverse in medium and unique in style, join together in an intimate and engaging atmosphere in the LaMay Gallery. Works include oil, water and acrylic paintings, photographs, etchings, pyrography, sculptures, and pencil, utilizing varied styles, materials, and surfaces.Each brings a unique perspective that supports a love of animals and nature,...

The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD (map)

Taxidermy, from the Greek for “arrangement of skin” is the art of preparing and mounting the skins of animals for display and as sources for study. The practice has its roots in embalming and preservation methods familiar to the ancient Egyptians, but developments by European apothecaries in the middle ages as well as 17th-century innovations for mounting birds have all contributed to a contemporary art form in which anatomically accurate figures incorporate every detail of a species in artistic...

The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury MD (map)

Associated with Halloween due to the solitary, nocturnal habits of most species and their eerie, hooting calls, owls have a fascinating natural history and physical characteristics as well as a rich cultural presence in symbolism, mythology, and literature. Specialized sight and hearing functions, nearly perfect camouflage, and the ability to fly almost silently make them among the stealthiest night hunters – only the large, vividly colored eyes may give it away as it sits in wait and listens fo...