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10/22/2010

Invitation to BIRDS show at the Michelson Museum in Marshall, TX July 6 - September 26, 2010
Birds: A Collection of Verse and Vision by Isabelle Scurry Chapman & Jim Blackburn

Chapman's current body of work initially began as a group of portraits of her favorite Galveston birds, but she has included many Caddo Lake birds for this exhibit. The birds are painted on cigar boxes, chosen because they represent a place to store treasures. The depiction of birds, used as a symbol of spirit, is a subject Isabelle Scurry Chapman has returned to over the years. This passion was instilled early on through her father's gift of a  Peterson Field Guide to Birds , and their shared trips to a fishing camp where she became acquainted with a blind man who could identify birds by sound.  I n 1975 she met Jim Blackburn through her husband, and it was he who taught her the true art of bird watching.

216 North Bolivar Street

Marshall , TX 75670

903-935-9480                       

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