Focus on Nature
Common Octopus Emily Kearny-Williams Pen and ink on clay-board, 2017
On view July 21 – January 20, 2020
Roberson is pleased to host the 15th Focus on Nature exhibition in collaboration with the New York State Museum. Experience the depth of nature through these vibrant and dynamic contemporary natural history illustrations in this biennial, international, juried show.
Where Nature’s Best Photography brought viewers rare scenes from the natural world, Focus on Nature is a unique and intimate study of life on Earth.
This exhibition has been running for over 30 years, and in that time 448 artists have shown their work. This year more than 60 of these studies of nature will be on view at Roberson.
There’s also an underlying story many of the artists are presenting within their pieces, and it’s one of struggle and survival. Human activity has presented challenges for many of the creatures featured in this exhibition—challenges they are not equipped to overcome.
Artists featured in FON XV
- Sue deLearie Adair
- Bobbi Angell
- Marcela Gomes Ataíde
- Belinda Biggs
- Sharon Birzer
- Kathryn M. Chorney
- Wilma Ander de Oliveira
- Maria Alice de Rezende
- Dorothy DePaulo
- Monika deVries Gohlke
- Pauline Jane Dewar
- Emily M. Eng
- Michael J. Felber
- Linda M. Feltner
- Kelly Elizabeth Finan
- Susan Fox
- Nancy C. Gehrig
- Christian Gerisch
- Margo Elizabeth Glass
- Markjohn Glass
- Jann Griffiths
- James M. Gurney
- Linda Hampson
- M. Genevieve Hitchings
- Jack Randolph Hornady
- Gary Hoyle
- Jasmin Chantal Huber
- Barbara Ierulli
- Beverley J. Irwin
- Rebecca L. Jabs
- Emily Kearney-Williams
- Yun-Kae Kiang
- Karen and Barrett Klein
- Elayne Leighton
- Pam Little
- Janet M. Matthews
- Lee McCaffree
- Beverly Diane McKay
- Sean R. Murtha
- Sharron L. O’Neil
- Mafalda Sofia Paiva
- Samantha N. Peters
- Xavier Pita
- Dino Pulerà
- Richard Gary Raham
- Dick Rauh
- Kim Renders
- Michael Rothman
- Stephanie Rozzo
- Susan Elmblad Rubin
- Bart C. Rulon
- Hugo Salais López
- Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido
- Tomás Merchán Sánchez
- Lizzie Sanders
- Carol Schwartz
- Nora Sherwood
- Wendy K. Smith
- Heidi A. Snyder
- Linda Thomas
- Ning Tsai
- Rob Tuckerman
- Esther vanHulsen
- Ava Varszegi
- Sophie Webb
- Catherine E. Wilson
- Tami Winch
- Chen Zha
