We made it! Our flight from Seoul was rescheduled to the following day due to high winds in UB. (Luggage drama story to come). So, instead of arriving Monday, we arrived Tuesday. Yesterday, Wednesday, was spent sorting out the intinerary with Jan at Nomadic Journeys for a variety of reasons I’ll go into later since [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Sain Bain Uu from Ulaanbaatar!
Posted in Mongolia, Mongolia 2008, Travel, tagged Bishrelt Plaza Hotel, Mongolia, Nomadic Journeys, Ulaanbaatar on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hurry Up and Wait, Part 2
Posted in Mongolia 2008, Travel, tagged Mongolia, Seoul, Seoul Hyatt on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
To resume, we were just starting to discuss options in case of a missed connection when they called our flight. Down to San Francisco and onto the SF to Seoul leg with no muss or fuss. Snoozed for awhile, as per the anti-jet lag program that I follow, which is from the book “Overcoming Jet [...]
Hurry Up and Wait- Departure Day, August 24
Posted in Mongolia 2008, Travel, tagged Mongolia, travel to Mongolia on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting in the waiting area at the Eureka-Arcata Airport, which is less than ten minutes from our house. The ceiling, due to our “summer air conditioning” aka ground fog, is well under the minimum of 500′ for planes to land. Our plane is en route from San Francisco, which is good news. Our flight on [...]
Here’s the Gear; Reviews When I’m Back
Posted in Art Thought for the Day, Equipment, Mongolia, The Artist, Travel, tagged Mongolia, travel gear for fieldwork on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
To conclude my postings about fieldwork, here’s a partial list of the gear that I’m taking to Mongolia next week. Everything has to meet certain requirements of function, weight and cost. This isn’t extreme travel (read anything by Tim Cahill for that), but we will need to be self-sufficient and ready for dramatic swings in [...]
Mongolia Monday: The Five Snouts, Part 5
Posted in Mongolia, The Artist, Travel, tagged Ikh Nartiin Chuluu, Mongolia, Mongolian herders, Mongolian horses, morin khuur, Rainbow horses on August 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
At last we come to the most important “Snout” of all for Mongolians, the horse. I was told that Mongolians sing about three things: the land, their mothers and their horses. The classic Mongolian musical instrument is the “morin khuur” or horse-headed violin. Here are some that I saw at the Mongolian Artists’ Union gallery [...]
Friday Features- I’m Invited!
Posted in Environment/conservation, Planet Saver Tip of the Day, tagged John Muir, Planet Saver tips, Rachel Carlson, Thoreau quotes, Wendell Berry on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This will be the last one until probably October since we are approaching the final countdown to departure for Mongolia on the 24th.
However, I’ve just gotten a letter informing me that I am invited to participate in the 2009 Marin Art Festival and bypass the jurying process! The answer is “Yes!”, so my first festival [...]
Fieldwork for Wildlife Artists-What I Use
Posted in Mongolia, Paintings and process, The Artist, Travel, tagged art supplies for wildlife art fieldwork, camera equipment for wildlife artists, Mongolia, Shawn Gould, Southstream Art Services, Wild Visions 2, wildlife art fieldwork on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m leaving for Mongolia on August 24, coming home on September 21st. As is the case with fieldwork in any really “interesting” place, self-sufficiency is critical. As is the ability to “get the shot”, which means the camera equipment has to be reliable and ready to go at all times.
On the road in western Mongolia, [...]
Mongolia Monday: The Five Snouts, Part 4
Posted in Gardening, Mongolia, Travel, tagged angora goats, cashmere, cashmere goats, Hustai National Park, Ikh Nartiin Chuluu Nature Reserve, Mongolia, Tuul Gol on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Almost everyone has heard of cashmere. It’s traditionally been associated with other high end luxury goods, like silk and gold jewelry. What isn’t widely known, and I’m hoping this will change, is that the best cashmere in the world comes from Mongolia. Cashmere is superfine angora goat wool. But the goats are pretty special, given [...]
Friday Features- FLASH!
Posted in Backyard bird list, Miscellaneous, On a Lighter Note, Pets, Wildlife, tagged cats, cheetah, crocosmia 'Lucifer', Derek Bond, house cat, John Wesa, leopard, Linda Parkinson, lion, Paula Golightly, Shawn Gould, Wild Visions on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JUST RECEIVED WORD-“Morning Break”, below, has been accepted into the Mendocino Art Center Animal Art exhibit! It will be on view there in Mendocino, California from Sept. 3-27.
AND…if you live in central Humboldt County, tonight is the opening reception for Wild Visions 2, a group show of nationally recognized nature and wildlife artists, including yours [...]
Fieldwork for Wildlife Artists
Posted in Equipment, Making a living, Paintings and process, The Artist, Travel, Wildlife, tagged lions, Kenya, safari, wildlife artists, wildlife art, fieldwork, wildlife art reference, Simon Combes, Gobi Desert, Lewa Downs Conservancy, Samburu, Rothschild's Giraffe, Kigio Nature Conservancy, elephants on August 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When I made the decision to specialize in animal subjects, I also took a deep breath and made a personal commitment to reach the highest level of excellence that I was capable of (still chugging away). Then I researched the approach and working methods of the best current and past wildlife artists, figuring the odds [...]
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