Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art
Welcome to the Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art. Exhibited at anytime is a selection of sixty to seventy works from the Andrews Collection of Wildlife Art of over 700 artworks. In 2006, the Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art, a permanent installation, was established as a gift from Andy and Sandy Andrews longtime residents of Jackson, Michigan and lifetime connoisseurs of fine art. Their gift included their entire collection of wildlife art which had been amassed during forty years of collecting. Every medium is represented with bronze sculptures, bird and decoy carvings, paintings, prints, and taxidermy mounts. Most art is meant to capture our imagination and although wildlife art fulfils this virtue, this form of art also accentuates realism. Taxidermy mounts are featured in the collection as all wildlife art is fundamentally based in nature. In many respects, only with taxidermy, as Audubon would first attest, can an artist become consciously aware of characteristic nuances which in most natural settings would be rare to capture. In most cases, nature reveals itself only with time and introspection and the best wildlife art is a result of these abilities. The artists exhibited in this gallery best reflect an underlying beauty revealed to them by nature and presented to us as their interpretation.
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