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Nothro y nosotros
I spoke in this post of some exciting giant-ground-sloth-related news upcoming on Creek Running North, and, well, it’s exciting to me, anyway. My pal Carl Dennis Buell — who comments here as “OGeorge” — very thoughtfully crafted a painting of Nothrotheriops shastense, the Shasta giant ground sloth, enjoying a fine day in the Mojave desert sometime a bit more than 12,000 years ago with a couple of friends.
I’m quite pleased with the result. I wish I could go there for real. 12,000 years ago, the Mojave was a land of lakes with fringing foliage and wildlife, and junipers and Joshua trees growing in woodlands on the valley floors. There were probably trout in the Mojave River.
Carl has been working on launching a blog for the last few months, though his busy life has gotten in the way somewhat. He tells me he’s pretty close to launching it, and when he does you’ll be able to see more of his artwork there. He’s been published in some rather prestigious places in his career, and in Earth Island Journal too, but I think a blog is long overdue for him. I’ll take the liberty of quoting a sentence from his email to me tonight:
Maybe if you put it up and people kick my butt enough about it, I’ll actually start blogging.
That sounds like a thrown gauntlet to me, folks. See the “comments” link just below? Kick Carl’s butt.
Posted by: Chris Clarke
I’ll buy a limited edition print.
By: By Rita Xavier on 2005 10 11
so, carl dennis buell — when are you going to start blogging? and how can we get prints of your work? your extended family [pretty extended, but i’ll go with someone else’s definition] wants to know.
we could use a sloth around here, if only to intimidate the native household wildlife.
By: By kathy a on 2005 10 11
Wow. I was just looking up ancestral whales and stumbled across some of Carl’s work, then found this page as well.
I’m an art major in college and would love, above anything else, to someday become a scientific illustrator. I’m unsure of exactly how to get to that end result…I was unfortunately not able to double-major in biology, though perhaps grad school of some sort isn’t out of the picture.
Anyway, a personal blog from someone in this field such as Carl would be an invaluable resource to multidisciplined people like me who wish to combine art and science in their careers.
Please, Carl, the next generation of artists needs your wisdom!
By: By Shannon on 2005 10 29
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