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- West Palm Beach artist Paul Gervais’ exhibition “Imperiled: Florida’s Wildlife and Habitats” will be at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in West Palm Beach from Oct. 1 to Jan. 11.
- The exhibition features more than 30 paintings of Florida’s natural landscapes and colorful birds.
- Gervais’ work aims to raise awareness about the conservation of Florida’s natural world.
A local artist is bringing his vision of nature back to the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens to kick off the coming season.
Paul Gervais‘ exhibition, “Imperiled: Florida’s Wildlife and Habitats,” will be open Oct. 1 to Jan. 11 at the Norton House Galleries at 253 Barcelona Road, West Palm Beach.
The exhibition features more than 30 paintings that showcase Florida’s natural beauty, and is presented in partnership with the National Wildlife Refuge Association, the sculpture gardens said in a news release.
Many of the paintings are landscapes of local environmental gems such the Loxahatchee Slough west of Jupiter, Pond Cypress near West Palm Beach, Archbold Biological Station’s scrub northwest of Lake Okeechobee, Blowing Rocks Preserve on Jupiter Island and Big Cypress National Preserve, which is part of the Everglades.
Gervais’ paintings also feature colorful Florida birds: hawks, mockingbirds, owls, red-headed woodpeckers and roseate spoonbills, the sculpture gardens said.
While his work is about the art, Gervais said he also thinks about conservation.
“The preservation of the natural world, I point out, is sadly diminished and further threatened due to our indifference,” Gervais said in the news release. “We need to understand that once this patrimony is gone, it’s gone forever. I want to remind us of that fact with these paintings.”
This is the second exhibition for Gervais at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens. His “An Endangered Landscape: Recent Paintings of the Hypoluxo Scrub” show opened the venue’s 2023-24 season.
Margaret Horgan, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens’ executive director, said in the news release that the institution is thrilled to once again host Gervais’ work.
“Following the overwhelming response to his previous show here on Florida’s Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area, the new exhibition invites us to see the quiet majesty of the natural world that still thrives around us,” Horgan said. “Through his brushwork and attention to detail, Paul brings to life the landscapes in our own backyard, those rare places where the destructive hand of human activity is least evident.”
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens will also host the first installment of its “Conservation Conversations” lecture series in December with a presentation about Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge in western Palm Beach County, according to the news release.
That series will continue through March, the sculpture gardens said.
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free for members, $15 for non-members adults, $10 for people age 65 and older, $7 for students and free for children age 5 and younger.
For more information, go to ansg.org or call 561-832-5328.
Kristina Webb is a reporter for Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at kwebb@pbdailynews.com. Subscribe today to support our journalism.
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