Barry W. Van Dusen is an internationally recognized wildlife artist living in central Massachusetts. His articles and paintings have been featured in Bird Watcher's Digest, Birding, and Birder's World magazines and he has illustrated a variety of natural history books and pocket guides in association with the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
In 1994 Barry was elected a full member of London's Society of Wildlife Artists. His work has been exhibited regularly in the prestigious Birds in Art Exhibition (Wausau, Wisconsin) as well as in many galleries in the United States and Europe. At the invitation of the Artists for Nature Foundation, Barry has travelled to Spain, Ireland, England, Israel , India and Peru, working alongside other wildlife artists to raise money for conservation of threatened habitats.
Birds are my favorite subjects, and my preferred medium is transparent watercolor, but you’ll find a great variety of nature subjects portrayed in a range of media here .
I love painting and drawing outdoors, and I always carry a sketchbook to record my observations of nature (click on the “sketchbook” tab for a sampling!).
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In early March 2009, Barry travelled to Israel with an international group of nature artists on a project organized by the Artist for Nature Foundation. The project's focus was the Hula Valley - an internationally important migratory flyway for birds travelling from their wintering grounds in Africa to breeding areas in Asia and Europe.