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bonnielatham
 Bonnie Latham (age 25) began her art career at a very young age. Inspired by her creative family and their love of the outdoors, she paints nature, landscape, animals, birds, and the occasional portrait. She works in watercolor, acrylic, oil, inks, graphite/charcoal and others, however watercolours have become her medium of choice. She achieves a unique quality of depth and shape in her work, drawing the viewer into her paintings. Bonnie works in a assortment of sizes and formats, ranging from larger miniature paintings to very small ones rendered less than one square inch. Bonnie feels driven by her love of the outdoors and wildlife. She is particularly drawn to render raptors and predators in her artwork, though she enjoys painting all wildlife subjects. Her travels have taken her to countless areas of the United States to study wildlife and habitat first hand. Her dedication to environmental conservation is evident in her paintings and drawings. "The balance of nature is so delicate. I only hope that through my paintings more people will realize that, unless we do our part, nature won't be here for us to enjoy. I enjoy helping wildlife and nature programs in any way I can." She spends as much time as possible studying her subjects. Her knowledge of each species is reflected in her artwork. " It's important to see not just the animal, but the the twigs, grass, moss, etc. I try to bring these things into my studio." The original meaning of the term miniature refers to technique and not size - it means to paint very detailed. Often it's called painting "in miniature" and it has been stated that a piece of art that is as large as a wall could be painted in miniature. My family andI paint in that style exclusively and have done extensive research as well as talking to quite a few experts about it. Here is a little more in depth information. Website: http://www.lathamstudios.com Wildlife Art Blog: http://www.lathamstudios.com/bonniesblog/blog Email: bonnie@lathamstudios.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My family and I are featured in the March/April issue of Wildlife Art Magazine. :D Great Art: It's All in the Family: "A 24/7 Family Affair" See article here - http://www.lathamstudios.com/art/images/pdf/0802_lathamarticle.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS) - http://www.mpsgs.org/  "Light - Mute Swan" was awarded Honorable Mention-Birds & Animals View other award winners including my sister Rebecca's entries that received two First Places and the "Manny Sullivan Memorial Award for Excellence" (2nd in show). http://www.mpsgs.org/MPSGS-Exhib.htm#CurrentExh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   2000 Federal Junior Duck Stamp by Bonnie Latham Junior Duck Stamp Program http://www.fws.gov/juniorduck/stamps/2000jrstamp.htm Check out the value of a stamp - Sam Houston Duck Co. website http://www.shduck.com/ click on Junior Duck Stamps National Wildlife Galleries website http://nationalwildlife.com/junior_duck_stamps.htm    "No amount of skilful invention can replace the essential element of imagination." - Edward Hopper
Latest page update: Aug 31 2008, 10:00 PM EDT
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