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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 was
nationally known as a wildlife artist, but to many Alaskans, he was also a kind
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 was absorbed by the diversity of
living creatures with which he shared the world. Years of observation 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 observation. Each fully rendered creature has
its own character, presented with respect for its individuality as well as
accuracy for its individuality as well as 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 wider audience.
The book is grouped into four sections: Denali Park, color sketches, Point
Hope, and around and about Alaska. Within each, 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 wish to capture the essence
of animals and captivate viewers. It is surely one of the reasons that his
sketches continue to please all who cherish wilderness.