Field Notes | Walter Matia
Field Notes | Walter Matia with essays by Claudia P. Pfeiffer, Deputy Director and George L. Ohrstrom Jr Curator, National Sporting Library & Museum and Walter Matia, Artist. Foreword by Elizabeth von Hassell, Executive Director, National Sporting Library & Museum. Published 2021 by the National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) The fifty-two page catalogue includes high resolution images and personal commentary from artist Walter Matia on over thirty bronze works in Field Notes | Walter Matia, an exhibition at the NSLM. Walter Matia is a contemporary bronze sculptor. His work is influenced by his study of biology, his experience as a taxidermist, a successful career as a conservationists, and a life-long drive to observe nature as a hunter-naturalist. The exhibition is on view June 19th, 2021 - January 9, 2002. Seven large-scale works of wild turkeys, a pointer, a Peregrine Falcon, Mourning Doves, Blue-winged Teal Ducks, Whooping Cranes, and a Great Blue Heron greet