February 6 - May 4
John and Peggy Maximus Gallery

John James Audubon was eighteen years old when he came to America and fell in love with the pristine forests and woodlands of his adopted homeland. The American wilderness in the early 19th century was teeming with an immense variety of wildlife. Audubon’s greatest joy was roaming the countryside hunting, observing, and drawing its birds.

Later in life, “America My Country” became his motto when it was incised on a small stone along with his drawing of the Wild Turkey, made into a ring, and used as his personal seal.

“In health and sickness, in adversity and prosperity, in summer and winter, amidst the cheers of friends and the scowls of foes, I have depicted the birds of America.”

- John James Audubon


Gray Fox, The Quadrupeds of America