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Claire Emery is an artist, naturalist and educator. Her career began in the mountains with a field journal and pen in hand and evolved into a freelance illustration business that focuses on conveying the beauties and mysteries of nature through art and education. Since 2000, she has illustrated several books, posters, interpretive signs and publications. Her clients include W.W Norton, Montana Audubon, US Forest Service, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, California State Parks, Mountain Press, and Orion Magazine. She leads workshops for students ages 2-82 on field journaling, nature drawing and scientific illustration in Montana, Alaska, and California. Claire's latest passion is transforming her sketches and observations of Montana's natural history into wood engravings. Using knives and picks, she pecks away at the end grain maple blocks, drawing images out of the darkenss of the wood andi nto the light. Her work focuses on illuminating Montana's natural and cultural heritage. When she isn't drawing or teaching, you can find her on her hands and knees playing with her wee tykes Oliver and Emmeline, singing, gardening, or cooking with her husband Jim, hiking, procuring, or putting up locally grown foods. Hers is a lifelong quest to know and celebrate the place in which she lives. |
Her
botanical and scientific illustrations have been exhibited in juried
shows nationwide, including the Oakland Museum's California Species
show in 2001, the New York State Museum's Focus on Nature show in
2002 and the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum's Guild of Natural Science
Illustrators Exhibition in 2004. She holds an M.S. in Environmental
Studies from the University of Montana, and a Graduate Certificate
in Natural Science Illustration from UC Santa Cruz.
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