| Aug 27-28, 2011 Silverpoint Workshop |
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| Banjie Nicholas has lived most of her life in rural northwest Connecticut. Nature has been the strongest influence in her life and art since early childhood. During these years her observation of birds, plants and insects formed the foundation of what excites her as an artist today. Banjie is a wild bird rehabilitator with state and federal permits. This intimate contact with birds has provided her a unique perspective and reverence for birds which informs much of her work as an artist. Banjie is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and has earned certificates in Botanical Illustration and Natural Science Illustration from the New York Botanical Garden.  Egg tempera painting and silverpoint drawing are her chosen mediums for interpreting the great strength and fragility of the natural world as she sees it. Banjie currently teaches silverpoint and egg tempera in her studio in Warren, CT.. www.banjiesart.com |