Coming To LINDSAY WILDLIFE: Explore Wildlife Through Watercolors

News from Lindsay Wildlife:

Celebrate Earth Day’s 45th Anniversary and explore wildlife through watercolors and oil on canvas board at Lindsay Wildlife’s new exhibit: Wild Life featuring water colors by award-winning fine artist Linda Darsow Sutton and meet the artist at a reception.

The 31 paintings exhibited on two floors feature wildlife from California to Africa, living in protected open spaces surrounded by the complementing light of their environments. A native Californian, Sutton is an acclaimed ‘plein aire’ painter, working ‘on location’ to capture her subjects in nature. Her works have been exhibited and published worldwide. In addition to painting, she is an instructor in Transparent Color Theory in Watercolor, the elegant atmospheric effects enhanced by light bouncing through color from the white surface.

Where: Lindsay Wildlife, 1931 First Ave., Walnut Creek, adjacent to Larkey Park.

When: Wild Life runs April 18 – May 31, 2015; artist reception on Sunday, April 26, 2 to 4 p.m.

Cost: $8.50/adults; $6.50/child, ages 2-17; $7.50/senior; free for members. Free parking.

For more information: Please call 925 627 2913 or visit www.lindsaywildlife.org.

Painting: Great White Stripes, Linda Darsow Sutton.

About Lindsay Wildlife:

Celebrating its 60th anniversary, Lindsay Wildlife connects people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share. It is a unique natural history and environmental education center where wild live animals are just inches away from visitors. It serves more than 100,000 children and adults and treats more than 5,000 animals each year, includes the first wildlife rehabilitation hospital established in the U.S. Lindsay Wildlife is open Wednesday through Sunday; general admission is $8.50/adults; $6.50/children ages 2-17; $7.50/seniors age 65 and up, free for members. Free parking. Checkwww.lindsaywildlife.org for hours and directions.

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