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BioLab 4
Exercise 1
Patricia Fagerland's Biodiverse Art
Objectives:
- To explore plant and animal life through the work of a contemporary artist.
- To utilize the Internet as a tool to learn more about selected plants and animals.
- To submit answers in writing to your instructor based on your observations and work.
Materials:
- A computer.
- Internet access through an Internet service provider (ISP),
and a browser such as Netscape Navigator.®
- Pen and paper.
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Background:
- In this exercise, we will explore biodiversity through the work of a contemporary artist, Patricia Fagerland.
Originally from Long Island, NY, Patricia Fagerland is a multi-media
media artist and educator living in Washington State with her
husband and two teenage sons. Her experience includes solo and
group exhibitions, book illustrations, poster and label design,
design for printed fabrics and teaching. Fagerland works in most
two-dimensional mediums, including oils, acrylics, watercolors
and printmaking methods of etching, monotype and linoleum block.
Fagerland has spent a lifetime making and studying art. Nature has provided much of her inspiration, whether from the towering forests encountered on yearly summer backpacking trips, mountains bursting with wildflowers, her Dad's garden or her own.
Fagerland is an advocate for the arts and believes that all children should have the benefit of education in the arts. She has been actively involved in her community, first by volunteering her time in the classroom, and then as an after school art instructor. She is currently an arts consultant for her school district. As a consultant, she has the privilege to train classroom teachers to use legitimate art materials and teach grade appropriate art lessons that often integrate with math, science or literature. Fagerland states, "It is very exciting work, offering children the tools for creative expression and empowering them with a mastery in visual communication."
- Fagerland has shared her art work with us,
so that we, too, may see the diversity of life through her creative
mind. As we work our way through this exercise, we will study
samples of Fagerland's work. As you study each piece of art, you
will link to a related Website with information on the plant or
animal presented. You will then complete the related exercise.
Are you ready? Here we go...
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Methods:
- Fagerland has named this painting of amaryllis, "Finding Solace".
Go to the following web sites to read about Amaryllis, and then return to this page to continue:
Amaryllis
Culture
The Amaryllis
Try your hand at growing amaryllis.
Go to the following web sites for instructions and information
on growing these beautiful flowers.
Planting And Care
Amaryllis
If you were to meet the artist, Fagerland, what would you ask her about this painting? Submit your answer via email to your instructor and continue...
- Irises are flowers that Fagerland has often captured on canvas. Three examples of these include "A Good Friend" and two unnamed works shown below.
Go to the several web sites listed in BioLab 5 Exercise 2 - Botanical Photography, to learn more about irises. Then return to this page to continue:
Answer the following questions based on Fagerland's iris paintings and submit your answers to your instructor via email.
- Compare and contrast Fagerland's irises with those in the photographs in BioLab 5 Exercise 2 - Botanical Photography
- Do Fagerland's iris works reveal the details of this beautiful flower? Explain.
Let's continue...
- Below is an unnamed painting of sunflowers by Fagerland.
Go to the web sites listed below to read more about sunflowers. Then return to this page to continue.
Sunflower
Sunflowers
Growing Sunflowers
Based on your reading and observations, answer the questions below in essay form and submit them to your instructor by email:
- How do Fagerland's sunflowers compare with those of Dr. Stavroulakis in BioLab 2 Exercise 1?
- Does the artist bring these flowers to life? Explain.
- Which do you prefer, the painting or the photographs? Why?
- If you were writing an article on sunflowers, would you include the painting or the photograph to accompany your text? Why?
Let us continue...
- There were a number of other works Fagerland submitted for this web page. Some of these are shown below:
Use the Additional Links below to explore more web sites.
Additional Links:
- Elk
- North American Elk
- Yellowstone's Wildlife - Elk
- Chinook Salmon
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