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Watercolorst Allen Blagden (b. 1938) often summered in the Adirondacks at his family's camp on Upper Saranac Lake. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University, he began his career as an illustrator in the Department of Ornithology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Blagden's father, Thomas, was also a painter who provided his children with "paper, crayons, watercolors--all the essentials for creating art. So [we ] drew whatever we wanted to."
Fascinated with the natural world, birds in particular, Blagden finds "it is no longer possible to live a life totally absorbed in nature, but for me it is impossible to live life without returning, however briefly, to the constant beauty of the outdoors." In Buttermilk Falls, he captures the beauty of an Adirondack waterfall in winter.
Fascinated with the natural world, birds in particular, Blagden finds "it is no longer possible to live a life totally absorbed in nature, but for me it is impossible to live life without returning, however briefly, to the constant beauty of the outdoors." In Buttermilk Falls, he captures the beauty of an Adirondack waterfall in winter.
Title:
Buttermilk Falls, 1988
Artist:
Blagden, Allen
Date:
1988
Catalog #:
2004.006.0001
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