© 1983 Richard Sloan ...Science Art-Birds

Title: Cactus Flower
Species: Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Artist: Richard Sloan (for further information, click on the artist's name)
Image size: 20 x 23 "
Media: Acrylic on compsition board
Date: 1983
Collection of the artist

In his review of "The Raptors of Arizona" in The Auk, Marc Bechard wrote:

"The book includes 42 color plates by Richard Sloan that depict each of the Arizona raptors in its native habitat. Sloan is the recipient of the prestigious Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Award for Birds in Art, and his works are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution. These paintings are exquisite, and each species is shown in a characteristic pose."

Bechard concludes his review, "The goal of this book is to highlight the diversity of raptor species in Arizona and to entice readers to discover these birds and to help in their conservation. The book accomplishes this goal well."

Richard Sloan enticed viewers in this way in one painting after another, as we see here.