The Spring 2023 issue of Bay Nature landed in mailboxes in March and I’m pleased to have my Field Guide series featured in the magazine’s “Nature In The Arts” section.
Published in the print edition as "Bird Watching Reimagined," the write-up is by terrific Bay Area arts writer Matthew Harrison Tedford, who provides a thoughtful overview of Field Guide. I especially like his concluding paragraph:
“[Reiger’s] field guides also prod us to think about how and why we classify and perhaps to look at birds a little differently afterward. Reiger sees turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) every day, but through his classification system he began to see them differently, noticing colors that he describes as deep indigo ink, coffee, and dark chocolate, rather than simply seeing a black bird.”
You can also read the piece online (where it appears with the delightful title, “An Artist Goes Bird-Swatching").