Hi Folks,
 
I'm forwarding this message from Paul Baicich regarding an influential bird artist from Ohio.
 
Casey
 
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Dear Fellow Bird Educators -

 Today (Feb. 6) is the birthday of Robert W. Hines (1912-1994).

 Bob Hines was an extremely talented - and self-taught - wildlife artist. Hines turned to art as a way to share the wonders of nature during the tough times of the Great Depression. His real career started in Ohio, working for the state, but by the late 1940s he joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, serving as their only official artist-in-residence.

 His first boss at the Service was none other than Rachel Carson, and the artwork that Hines eventually did for Carson's highly successful Edge of the Sea (1955) brought his skills to the attention of a general public But Bob Hines had already produced the artwork for the 1946 Federal Duck Stamp and, starting in the early 1950s, he managed the stamp's artwork competition. He did this for over thirty years.

 His prolific artwork seemed to appear everywhere in the 1950s and 1960s. For example, his compact and popular guide, Ducks at a Distance, was distributed by the millions! 

 Indeed, Hines drew birds, mammals, fish, and other wildlife that even today continues to circulate  - available as free government-supported clip-art.  (Hint for bird educators:  start looking  here ... and give him credit if you use the free artwork!)
   
 We bird educators should certainly become more familiar with Bob Hines.  A good place to start is here:
        
          http://www.fws.gov/midwest/2013duckstamp/bobhines.html
                 and
          http://refugeassociation.org/?p=5497#book
                 and
          http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Hines-National-Wildlife-Artist/dp/1592984401   


                          best,
                          Paul


 P.S.    There is a Bob Hines art exhibit now at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute (Jamestown, NY).  I saw it a couple of weeks ago.  Wonderful.  See details here:
          http://rtpi.org/bob-hines-national-wildlife-artist/
                                          
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