Forgotten Forests Project

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=70 BGCOLOR="#999980" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040467f1eoxqcf.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Californian FB" >Barry W. Van Dusen - events and projects</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B><B>|  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barry W. Van Dusen"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="events and projects"><U><B>events and projects</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Four Corners Print Offer"><U>Four Corners Print Offer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="British Duck Stamp"><U>British Duck Stamp</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Fen Project"><U>Great Fen Project</U></A>   |   <B>Forgotten Forests Project</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>A</B></I><I><B>rtist</B></I><I><B>s for </B></I><I><B>Nat</B></I><I><B>ure</B></I><B> </B>project in</div> <div>  Peru/Ecuador</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Californian FB" ><B> </B></FONT>May/June 2003</div> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=410 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Forgotten Forests Project</B></div> <bR> <div> In late May and early June, 2003, Barry joined eight other international wildlife artists on a fund-raising project sponsored by the <I>Artist for Nature Foundation </I>and<I> Bosques sin Fronteras</I> to northwest Peru and southwest Ecuador.   During the three week project, the artists sketched and painted the diverse and unique wildlife that occurs in the  region.</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a6158c0.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="396" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Amazilia Hummingbird - Chaparri Reserve, Peru   </I><I> </I><I> </I><I> June 2, 2003   </I>watercolor, 11" x 14"</div> <bR> <div> The Tumbesian region, divided equally between Ecuador and Peru, is an area of Pacific Equatorial Seasonally Dry Forests in the foothills of  the Andes.  The area is home to 80 endemic bird species, nine endemic mammal species and many plants, insects, reptiles and amphibians found nowhere else in the world.</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="564" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 331 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1aa24450.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="325" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1ac02440.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I>above: King Vulture Head Studies - Chaparri     May 31, 2003   </I>watercolor 13" x 11"</div> <div> <I>right: Ringed Kingfisher - Chaparri     June 1, 2003   </I>watercolor 13" x 10 1/2"</div> <bR> <div> The artwork created during the project is showcased in a lavish full-color book entitled <I><B>TREASURES of the Forgotten Forest </B></I>published by <I><B>The Wildlife Art Gallery</B></I>  (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Californian FB" >see link below</FONT>).  Profits generated by the book, as well as proceeds from a series of exhibitions, will be used for conservation initiatives in the Tumbesian region.</div> <bR> <div>   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="1ae22a40.jpg" border=0 width="546" height="420" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Laughing Falcon in Ceibo Tree - La Ceiba Reserve, Ecuador    June 9, 2003   </I>watercolor, 11 x 14"</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1b081eb0.jpg" border=0 width="385" height="491" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Green Kingfisher at the Waterfall - La Ceiba Reserve   June 7, 2003</I></div> <div> watercolor on tinted paper 12" x 9 1/2"</div> <bR> <div> for more information about <I>A</I><I>rtists for Nature Foundation</I> and <I>Bosques sin Fronteras</I>, visit these websites:</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Californian FB" ><A HREF="http://www.anf-yb.nl" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.anf-yb.nl"><U>http://www.anf-yb.nl</U></A>    </FONT> <I>                 </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Californian FB" > <A HREF="http://bosquessinfronteras.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bosquessinfronteras.org"><U>http://www.bosquessinfronteras.org</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wildlifeartgallery.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wildlifeartgallery.com"><U>www.wildlifeartgallery.com</U></A>   <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Californian FB" ><I>               </I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>