Event Details
The Art of Nature at Brukner Nature Center is an annual fundraiser supporting wildlife conservation.
INDULGE in a gourmet spread by our featured chef.
QUENCH your thirst with ‘earth-friendly’ wine or local brew.
ENCOUNTER our Wildlife and Mingle with friends'
BID on our unique silent auction items!
MEET our featured artist and view their amazing work!
This event seamlessly combines conservation, culinary delights, art, and community engagement for an unforgettable experience. Please join us for this event in support of Wildlife Conservation!
EVENT FEE: $50/person, with all proceeds supporting our mission.
For more information, please contact us at 937-698-6493 or info@bruknernaturecenter.com
Featured Artist - Jane Dippold
This year’s featured artist is Jane Dippold. Jane is a collage artist and children's illustrator from Coldwater, Ohio. She creates personal collage art, children's illustrations for books and magazines, makes art for product designs, and also paints commissions for public spaces and individuals. Jane is also the owner of Pennyjane Art Co. gallery & studio which features 35 local artists.
Jane has been an artist and children's illustrator for almost 30 years. After graduating from Miami University with a Bachelor of Fine Art, she started her career working as an artist for Gibson Greeting Cards in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 2010, she has been creating fine art painted paper collages of the Ohio landscape. In her collage work, she paints acrylic paint on tissue paper, newsprint, recycled brown bags, book and poetry pages. She collects these painted colors into a palette to use at the start of a painting. She then tears, and sometimes precisely cuts the paper, and adheres it to canvas in layers. This technique creates a painting that at first, may appear as an oil painting, but on closer inspection, small pieces of paper, written words, newsprint, drawing and poetry become visible and provide additional meaning. She works from photographs that she takes herself while driving the back-roads of western Ohio. She is inspired by the ever changing landscape and weather in Ohio as well as the flat open countryside, bright sunrises and expansive sunsets punctuated by barns, and silos. She wants those who view her work to see and appreciate the beauty around us every day of the year in Ohio.
Click here to visit the Pennyjane Art Co. Art Gallery & Studio’s website
Collages
Click on the image to view more of Jane’s collage work.
Illustrations
Click on the image to view more of Jane’s illustration work.
Books
Click on the image to view more of Jane’s book illustrations.
Corporate sponsors,
We need your support to make our annual fundraiser, The Art of Nature, a success. Business sponsors are the main source of income for the event. Last year we had 38 business sponsors at various levels, each receiving an ad in our event booklet, a listing in our newsletter and a wildlife ambassador-inspired appreciation plaque to display at their business. These are the companies that BNC Members are encouraged to support! If you, or someone you know, owns a business and may be interested in more information please, contact us soon!
Click on the link below if you are interested in becoming a Corporate Sponsor! Thank you for your consideration! We’re looking forward to an amazing event.