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Bob Nugent, a California based artist, is a painter whose view of the world has been focused on the life occurring, and rapidly disappearing, in the eco-systems of the Brazilian Rain Forests. Since 1984 Nugent has made annual trips to the Amazon Rain Forest, and records his impressions in stunning etchings, watercolors and canvases. His interest lies in the diversity and beauty found in the existing flora, and it's play in the incredible natural wonder of Amazonian Brazil. Nugent's work also draws attention to the ever increasing need to preserve and record these ancient species and his time among them, before the modern world completely extinguishes them. A Sonoma State University art professor, Nugen has participated in over 60 one-man exhibitions and 400 group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. Since receiving his Master of Fine Arts Degree in painting from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1971, he has been awarded numerous grants and awards including a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship, a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship, a Fullbright Travel Grant and a California Arts Council Grant for his work in Brazil.
Donated by Bob Nugent
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