Date: 11/11/25 3:38 pm From: Marina Suh via groups.io <marina...> Subject: [sbcobirding] SB Audubon November Program: A Brief History of Bird Painting and Illustration #SBAS
Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of History are pleased to present:
*A Brief History of Bird Painting and Illustration*
Date: November 25, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Fleischmann Auditorium at the SB Museum of Natural History
Free - all are welcome to attend!
Join us for this informative presentation that will survey the art of painting birds since the nineteenth century, both as fine art and as illustrations for field guides. The talk will begin by covering artists like John Gould and John James Audubon and their contributions to the field of ornithology, then will show the evolution from early avian artists to more modern painters like Louis Fuertes, Don Eckelberry, Roger Tory Peterson, Albert Gilbert, and Guy Tudor. The talk will also include a personal history of Michael DiGiorgio’s own life as a bird artist and the methods he uses to create vibrant paintings and assure accurate illustrations.
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Michael DiGiorgio is a nationally recognized artist whose paintings and drawings have appeared in nature books and journals, such as: Birds of Brazil , vol. 1&2, Birds of Honduras, Breeding Bird Atlas of Connecticut , New York State Breeding Bird Atlas , and The Narrow Edge by Deborah Cramer. From 2007 to 2012, DiGiorgio was contracted to completely revise all of the birds of Hawaii for an updated edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Birds.
