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Colleen
Helgeson Nelson |
Colleen Nelson's magnum opus, Downy Waterfowl of North America, is a detailed study of the young of 54 waterfowl species. (See bibliography.) This monograph, the culmination of 30 years of study by an exceptionally talented artist is also the product of a dedicated researcher whose detailed descriptions and measured drawings provide a basis for the study of variation in plumage patterns and behavior in these day-old young. Nelson, mother of seven, Phi Beta Kappa and biologist lives in Winnipeg. Disabled since 1989 by a rare, progressive, non-fatal brain-stem disorder, Nelson no longer draws or paints, but still has available a number of watercolors (no ducklings), about 24 copies of a color print, and line-serigraphs of life-sketches. |
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Style:
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Realism |
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Media:
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Watercolor, Line Serigraphs |
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Preferred
species:
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sparrows, nestlings |
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Preferred
geographic region:
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North America |
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Preferred
use of earlier or new work:
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Earlier Work |
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See
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published images: |
Animal
Ecology, by S. Charles Kendeigh |
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