February 26, 2018
Celebrating America, Past, Present, and Future
WINGS!
Tracking the Spectacular Sandhill Crane Migration
FINS!
Celebrating Big, Bold Cars of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s
TEETH!
How Bad Science and Greed Made Rivals of Dentists and Doctors PLUS
Corn Flakes, a History When Babe Ruth Brought Baseball to Japan A Family Mystery Solved, p. 40
Jackson Artist featured on cover of Saturday Evening Post- March 2018 Issue. MARCH/APRIL 2018
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Kathryn Mapes Turner
This month, the renowned Saturday Evening Post Magazine has chosen a painting by Jackson Artist, Kathryn Mapes Turner as the cover image of this month’s issue. The March 2018 issue features a story on the Nebraska’s annual Sandhill Crane Migration as a natural spectacle. In researching graphics for the story, the Post editor, Patrick Perry, saw found Turner’s watercolor paintings of sandhill cranes, and reached out to her.
307.690.9632 kathryn@turnerfineart.com www.turnerfineart.com Hi Resolution images available upon request.
“This is a tremendous honor to have my art featured in such an esteemed publication. For ages, The Saturday Evening Post has an incredible reputation for celebrating American Art which is why this is such a humble and exciting opportunity. It is a dream come true when my art can be enjoyed on its own merit,” says Turner. Her artwork joins the ranks of masters such as American master Norman Rockwell, Constantin Alajalov, John Philip Falter, John Clymer and N.C. Wyeth. Inside the article, artwork from John James Audubon is featured.
An American ClassicThe Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines for the American middle class, with fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features that reached millions of homes every week. Founded in 1821, the magazine published current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, cartoons and stories by the leading writers of the time. The magazine was redesigned in 2013.
February 26, 2018
Celebrating America, Past, Present, and Future
WINGS!
Tracking the Spectacular Sandhill Crane Migration
FINS!
Celebrating Big, Bold Cars of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s
TEETH!
How Bad Science and Greed Made Rivals of Dentists and Doctors PLUS
Corn Flakes, a History When Babe Ruth Brought Baseball to Japan A Family Mystery Solved, p. 40
MARCH/APRIL 2018
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SATURDAYEVENINGPOST.COM
The Cover Artwork “The Saturday Evening Post is know for its art and artists and we hope to continue to this legacy by celebrating this piece.” Patrick Perry- Editor. In reference to this painting by Kathryn Mapes Turner
Kathryn Mapes Turner started painting sandhill cranes four years ago after seeing some inspiring photos taken by friend, Mary Chessman. Since then she has devoted intensive study of the species that has resulted in more than 50 completed works. In these images, Turner explores the movement of these graceful figures in expressive compositions that include an element of abstraction. The Saturday Evening Post cover will feature an oil painting of Turner’s entitled “Splendid” which was inspired by a photo taken by Micheal Forsberg. Turner will contribute her total earnings from the cover to the International Crane Foudation- a research center committed to saving wild cranes through out the world.
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Recently, her painting of a single crane entitled “Sky” was bought by the Board of Trustees at the National Museum of Wildlife Art to be added to the museum’s permanent collection.
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The artwork of Kathryn Mapes Turner has unfolded from the mountain valley of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As a daughter of the Northern Rockies, she was born as the fourth generation and raised on the Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. She grew up riding the trails of the valley, learning wilderness lore and gaining an eye for landscape. The happy synergy of a receptive spirit and a place of magnificent beauty, set the course for her life.
Turner began studying art in her teens from noted American painters. She then left Wyoming to attend the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Studio Arts. She spent an influential semester in Rome, Italy and then studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. She next earned a Master's degree from the University of Virginia. Then she returned home to pursue her dream as a fine art painter. Having held fast to this dream, Turner is now an award winning artist nationally recognized with top honors from the American Impressionist Society, Southeastern Wildlife Exhibition and the National Academy of Equine Art. Her work has been exhibited in the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Charlie Russell Museum, The Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Her art has been featured in various art and wildlife publications, including Southwest Art, Western Art & Architecture, and Fine Art Connoisseur. 2017 JH readers poll recently awarded Kathryn Turner the Best Artist in Jackson Hole. She just returned home from Charleston, SC
where she was the featured artist for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition.
“I am humbled and honored to spend my days painting the natural world. The appreciation we all share for its undeniable beauty is a common thread. I hope to create images that bring awareness to the magnificence of wild species.”- Kathryn Mapes Turner
February 26, 2018