Chumash Indian Cave Paintings Chumash culture Locations inhabited by Chumash ("Chumash Indians." ) Artist’s Depiction of Chumash Village ("Native Americans of San Buenaventura." ) Chumash Culture Artist’s depiction of Chumash Indians travelling by canoe to the Channel Islands (Firpo) Painted Rock on Carrizo Plains, a well known location for Chumash pictographs and religious ceremonies ("Panted Rock Pictograph Site." ) Chumash culture Valuable Abalone shells used as currency (Tilhini) Acorn meal, a staple of the Chumash diet (Chapman) Diseases brought by European settlers decimated the Chumash population Junipero Serra, a leader of the Spanish missionary movement along the California coast (Brekke) Cave paintings An outline painting. Only the outline of the subject is drawn (Stiles) Solid colored painting with bright red pigment (Stiles) Cave paintings Abstract painting using simple lines and circles (Stiles) Zoomorphic figure, with legs spread widely (Stiles) Split end cave painting motif. This particular figure may represent an aquatic animal (Anderson) Four horseman cave painting in the “Cave of the Four Horseman” (Mattern) Swordfish cave painting from “Swordfish Cave”. The swordfish was one of the animals that the Chumash worshipped (Elliot) Different cave painting styles and subjects Chumash cave painting ("Chumash: Chumash Cave Painting." ) Cave painting in painted cave (Discover Central California) The spiritual aspects of cave paintings Shaman named Samala, a historically well known Shaman. (" Chumash Village.“) Momoy, god of Datura plant family, which includes Jimson weed (Took) Producing the cave paintings Diatomaceous earth used for white pigment (Esther) Cave painting done with yellow pigment (" Chumash Village.“) Producing the cave paintings Sandstone walls of painted cave in Santa Barbara ("Rock Art." ) Degradation of paintings Pictograph in Painted Rock on the Carrizo plains ("Panted Rock Pictograph Site." ) Pictograph in painted rock on the Carrizo plains ("Panted Rock Pictograph Site." ) Problems with vandalism Pictograph subjected to graffiti in Painted Rock ("Rock Art." ) Painted Cave CA state park in Santa Barbara ("Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park." ) References • The Cave Paintings of the Chumash Indians. Dir. Steve Penny. Perf. Gay Tegler. The Cave Paintings of the Chumash Indians. The Southwest Museum, n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2015. • Stiles, Michael. "Chumash Rock Art." Chumash Rock Art. California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2015. • "Panted Rock Pictograph Site." PETROGLYPHS.US. PETROGLYPHS.US, 2008. Web. 4 Aug. 2015. • Mattern, Jim. "Cave of the Four Horseman." Death Valley Jim. Death Valley Jim, n.d. Web. 4 Aug. 2015. • Elliot, Jack. "Swordfish Cave, Earliest Chumash Rock Art On California's Central Coast." Jack Elliotts Santa Barbara Adventure. N.p., 11 Feb. 2014. Web. 06 Aug. 2015. • Esther. "The Benefits of Diatomaceous Earth." Off The Grid News. Off The Gird News, 2015. Web. 4 Aug. 2015. • Took, Thalia. "Momoy." The Magical Art of Thalia Took. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Aug. 2015. • Anderson, Todd. "Honda Ridge ARt." Chumash Rock Art. California Polytechnic State University at Pomona, n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2015. Natural History The natural range of the black rhino included most of southern Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana. Black vs. White Rhino - Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and scrublands; Desserts and Xeric Scrublands Range States • Rhino range map Rhino Population • Rhino Poaching in numbers Threats Kills for horns Just for horns More… horns Medicine Rhino Horn Art Living as a group Living Solitary Chauvet Caves Caves Art: Chauvet-Pont d’Arc Book: The private Lives of Animals by Casa Editrice Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer vs. Black rhino Works cited • • • • • • • Samuel, Henry, and Nick Squires. "French Cave Paintings Inscribed on Unesco World Heritage List." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 23 June 2014. Web. 06 Aug. 2015. . "Black Rhino." WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 28 July 2015. . "Black Rhinoceroses, Black Rhinoceros Pictures, Black Rhinoceros Facts - National Geographic." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 27 July 2015. Wikipedia contributors. "Black rhinoceros." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 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Margaret Ursula Mee Her Life: • Born on May 22, 1909 in England • Family of artists and naturalists • Attended classes at St. Martin's School of Art in London • Worked briefly as an art teacher in Liverpool Beginning of Her Adventure: • 1952 Margaret and her husband Greville Mee made a permanent move to São Paulo, Brazil • Margaret began taking notes and painting botanical species • 15 expeditions – harsh environments, challenges, obstacles • Artwork presents deep details, accuracy and precision Margaret’s response to the commercial exploitation of the forest was to publish a book with her artwork and discoveries showing the beauty and importance of the Amazonian forest. She discovered the rarest of plant species, many new to science, some of them now extinct as a result of deforestation. Several have been named after her, including Aechmea meeana E. Pereira & Reitz,Nidularium meeanum Leme , Wand. & Mollo and Neoregelia margaretaeL.B. Sm. Inspirational… …unique “Her conservationist attitude was mirrored in her illustrations, as she began to include the natural habitat in the background of the paintings, her hope being that by including the natural habitat, this would emphasize the interdependency between plant and environment”. Tillandsia tenuifolia var. surinamensis(Bromeliaceae) Collection Vriesea billbergioides (Bromeliaceae ) Collection Vriesea incurvata (Bromeliaceae) Collection “By torchlight, she captured the whole life-cycle of the scented white flowers, from opening bud to withered petals. It was to be her last project, for later that year she was killed - not in the rainforest but in a car accident in England” “I know my death will not be the end of my work. Wherever I go I will try to influence those who are destroying our planet, so the earth will have a chance to survive” – Margaret Mee References: • http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000046847 • http://www.audubonhouse.org/Mee.aspx • http://www.kew.org/heritage/people/mee.html • http://botany.si.edu/botart/mee.htm • http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/60330 • http://www.nonesuchexpeditions.com/margaret-mee/meestory/margaret-mee.htm • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/southamerica/brazil/732 927/Brazil-The-lady-who-loved-the-river.html Ocean’s Artist Society OAS www.oceanartistssociety.org • Their Mission • Their Vision • Their Theme • Their Values Founded in 2003 by Wyland, Guy Harvey, and Bob Founders Talbot Founders • Wyland is a marine life artist Wyland Inspiring Mural Wyland Another mural from Wyland Wyland Another beautiful mural by Wyland Founders • Dr. Guy Harvey is a well known sport-fishing artist Dr. Guy Harvey Sea Turtle painting Founders • Bob Talbot is an acclaimed nature photographer Bob Talbot A young “blue back” hooded seal resting on an ice floe. Bob Talbot Beautiful family of dolphins. Bob Talbot Dolphins setting the pace for a huge ocean liner Ocean Society Artists Members Danita Cole – Encaustic Painter • Danita Cole is one of the many painters that is a member of the OAS. Danita Cole Beautiful example of her Encaustic painting technique. Danita Cole Can you see the dolphin? Tony Wu – Underwater Photographer • Underwater photographer devoted to creating ocean awareness –especially focused on getting shark fin taken out of menus. Tony Wu I can’t imagine being this up close and personal with whales! Turtle – Sculptor of Glass • Turtle expresses his love of the ocean through glass sculpture. Turtle Many Octopi.. Perhaps trying to free the tiny one from the glass bottle? Dr. Sylvia Earle – Scientist Extraordinaire • “Her Deepness” • First “Hero for the Planet” Deano Cook – Tattoo Artist of the Deep • He is an artist, tattoo artist, scuba diver, and photographer. Deano Cook Realistic underwater scenes. The Ocean Artist’s Society is committed to bringing awareness of our aquatic environment to people around the world. These artists have been dedicated to saving our oceans, and continue to be advocates through their craft. In Conclusion