William D Berry: 1954-1956 Alaskan Field Sketches

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This book offers a unique glimpse of Alaska and its creatures, rendered on paper by a man who loved and respected them. William D. Berry used to be nationally referred to as a natural world artist, but to many Alaskans, he used to be also a type of state treasure and certainly a natural resource. Berry’s clear vision, conveyed with his disciplined skills, captured Alaska’s creatures and their habitats in works that are both scientifically accurate and artistically compelling.

From his childhood in the southwestern desert to the closing days of his life in the taiga forest of Alaska, Berry used to be absorbed by the diversity of living creatures with which he shared the world. Years of remark gave him a singular capability to perceive animals; years of study gave him an equally singular ability to convey them to observers through an array of artists’ media. Fox cubs or caribou, his animals are what you might see–if you had his patience or powers of remark. Every fully rendered creature has its own character, presented with respect for its individuality in addition to accuracy for its individuality in addition to accuracy for its species characteristics.

It is a privilege for the University of Alaska to bring this sampler of Bill Berry’s private efforts from the 1950s before a much broader audience. The book is grouped into four sections: Denali Park, color sketches, Point Hope, and around and about Alaska. Within Every, the animals are in taxonomic order, the way Berry arranged and filed them.

Berry’s friend, zoologist William O Pruitt, once observed that this artist’s field sketches were the equivalent of the scientist’s field notes. Perhaps it is that honesty that makes his work a challenge to other artists who need to capture the essence of animals and captivate viewers. It is surely some of the reasons that his sketches continue to please all who cherish wilderness.

 

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