When The Earth Whispers Back: Nature's Hope
March 15, 2026 – September 6, 2026at the California Nature Art Museum, Solvang, CA live
Award Winners
Nancy Rossi – Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizards
24×18 oil pastel $800
Lynette K. Henderson – Standing Wolf
30 x 22 Ink and acrylic on paper. $1,500
Nancy Fint – Southern Sea Otter
14×11 Watercolor $475
Mina Ferrante – Endangered
11×14 Mixed Media $450
Carole Garland – Rock On
40×30 Oil on Wood Panel $2,400
Buena Johnson – Deliverance
22×32 Colored Pencil $3,700
Award Winners
1st Place: Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizards by Nancy Rossi
2nd Place: Standing Wolf by Lynette K. Henderson
3rd Place: Southern Sea Otter by Nancy Fint
Honorable Mention: Deliverance by Buena Johnson
Honorable Mention: Endangered by Mina Ho Ferrante
Honorable Mention: Rock On by Carole Garland
“When The Earth Whispers Back: Nature’s Hope” is centered around California’s species and landscapes “on the edge” of survival. It highlights plant and animal species that are endangered, or threatened, or even extinct, and areas of land set aside for conservation & preservation of these species. We will be presenting this show with the purpose of bringing attention to their beauty and fragility, as well as promoting better protection and stewardship of our ecosystems including natural spaces dedicated to the protection and preservation of nature.
When The Earth Whispers Back: Nature’s Hope Images
Julianna Aparicio-Curtis – Baja Rose and The Willow Flycatcher
20×16 Mixed Media Collage $680
Susan Bagrationoff – Surreal Discovery
22×22 Modeling Paste and Acrylic Paint with Metallic Med $700
Joan Mall Baral – Buckwheat, Yarrow & Oak
14×16 Monotype, AKUA Ink $1,200
Bonny Butler – Buzzed
24×30 Acrylic $800
Bonny Butler – Bombus Bees & Flowers Please
11×14 Mixed Media $600
Carol Caley – California Wild Roses
Heather Coen – Joshua Trees
11×14 Oil $750
Victoria Dean – Catalina Island Oak
16×20 Oil NFS
Judy Deitch – Franklin’s Bumble Bee
16×12 Watercolor $600
Judy Deitch – Hermes Copper Buetterfly
8×10 Cloisonné $500
Debra Dobkin – Do Stripes Bug You?
16×20 Original Photo montage & mixed media on wood panel $1,100
Debra Dobkin – California Spotted Owl
14×11 Oil on Mixed Media $875
Mina Ferrante – Endangered
11×14 Mixed Media $450
Nancy Fint – Dudleya in the Hills
14×11 Watercolor $475
Nancy Fint – Southern Sea Otter
14×11 Watercolor $475
Marian Fortunati – Giant Coreopsis And Gnatcatcher
16×20 Oil/Linen Panel $1,900
Marian Fortunati – Reflecting On A Sea Cave
18×14 Oil/Linen Panel $1,500
Lynn Gadal – Santa Inez Valley in the moonlight
13×19 Watercolor $1,500
Carole Garland – Autumn Glow
40×30 Oil on Wood Panel $2,400
Carole Garland – Rock On
40×30 Oil on Wood Panel $2,400
Ellen Glick – Save the California Condor
24×30 Oil $1,200
Lynette K. Henderson – California Scrub Jay
12 x 9 Ink, acrylic & conte crayon on paper $650
Lynette K. Henderson – Standing Wolf
30 x 22 Ink and acrylic on paper. $1,500
Carolyn Holden – Grey Wolves Diorama
20×16 Oil $950
Michaela Hughes – Rarities
24×20 Acrylic on Gallery Canvas $350
Buena Johnson – The Proud Family
22×32 Colored Pencil $3,700
Buena Johnson – Deliverance
22×32 Colored Pencil $3,700
Diane Karpel – The Yellow-billed Cuckoo
24×24 Collage $1500
Lorraine Kushynski – Vision of Hope
18×24 Mixed Media $400
Ellen Levine – A Lone Bighorn Endurance on the Edge
12×12 Acrylic $850
Jane Mick – A Solitary Shell at Dusk
36×24 Acrylic on canvas $750
Anahid Minatsaghanian – Symphony of Nature
24×24 Acrylic $3,800
Andrea Monroe – Disappearing Together
20×24 Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas $1,650
Karen A. Morgenstern – Only in Sonoma Pitkin Marsh Lily
16×20 Oil $2,000
Laurie Plevin – Malibu Lagoon
12×16 Acrylic NFS
Lori Pollack – Monarch Landing
12×9 Watercolor $310
Lori Pollack – Coastal Agave
Lori Pollack – Coastal Agave 15×23 Mixed Media $850
Andrea Raft – Find Yourself Lost in the Woods
24×24 acrylic $1,200
Andrea Raft – Lost in the Woods-Save Me
24×24 acrylic $1,200
Jean Richardson – Winter Flyway
20×20 Oil $600
Patti Robbins – Chorro Creek Bog Thistle, San Luis Obispo County
14×18 Oil on linen $595
Nancy Rossi – Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizards
24×18 oil pastel $800
Nancy Rossi – Blue Smith Butterflies
12×12 oil pastel $600
Kellie Stoelting – Mustard and Mauve
12×16 Oil $250
Carol Tanenbaum – Fiscalini Miracle
16×20 acrylic and collage $500
Bonnie Taylor – Celestial Light
24×30 Oil $1,100
Bonnie Taylor – Retreat
16×20 Oil $1,200
Elizabeth B. Tucker – Sabertooth Tiger
11×14 charcoal & white pastel $1,800
Susan Whitley – Rolling Hills, I Love You
16×20 Mixed Media $500
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