
| JUSTIN SPARKS WILDLIFE ART |
Until September of 2000, I was very content with the life I had chosen. That life was working with the animals you see before you in my artwork. I've always considered myself a lucky man to have had that privilege. But when I discovered that I possessed a talent for painting, I took the only step that felt right to me and began to paint them as I saw them. When you spend your life caring for wild animals, you begin to notice behaviors and personalities unique to each individual animal. Personalities unknown to most humans who view them from afar or sadder yet, through the bars of cages. I made a vow to myself that I would do my very best to capture that personality in each of my paintings and to never hide behind the preconceived notions that humans have of wild animals. I hope that my paintings help YOU to see into the animal world that I have come to know and deeply love. As humans we have a responsibility to be the voice on behalf of the all animals that share this planet with us. I only hope that my paintings SHOUT for each of them! All of my paintings are Watercolor & Gouache on watercolor board. No photography is used. Justin Sparks |
| **Now Open** "The Sparks Gallery" 48 U.S. Hwy 101 Depoe Bay, Oregon 541-891-3335 |
| "Indigo Evening" |