August 2013

NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh Features Works by Larry Earley

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC, will present Carolina Grasslands, featuring works by landscape photographer Larry Earley, on view in the Nature Art Gallery, from Aug. 2 through Sept. 3, 2013. A reception will be held on Aug. 2, from 6:30-9pm.

Grasslands cover about 40 percent of North America and comprise a good portion of the North Carolina landscape, from the salt and brackish marshes and canebrakes of the coast, to the Piedmont prairies, and the mountain balds in the western part of the state.

This exhibit includes black and white photographs of long leaf pine savannas, salt marshes, Juncus marshes, and old field meadows. Common to all is a liberating sense of open space. Trees are uncommon, but there is a rich carpet of grasses and wildflowers. “These are landscapes that I have made over many years and in a variety of places in North Carolina,” Earley says. “They capture my love of open spaces and my joy and sense of freedom in exploring and photographing them.”

Earley first exhibited in the Nature Art Gallery in 2004. He has also shown his photographs at the North Carolina Museum of History, Tryon Palace (New Bern), Green Hill Center for NC Art (Greensboro), Lenoir Community College (Kinston), UNC Botanical Garden (Chapel Hill), Through This Lens Gallery (Durham), and numerous other North Carolina venues. His photographs have also been published in numerous state and national magazines.

As a former writer and editor of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine, he has written hundreds of articles on natural history and conservation. For 17 years, Earley also wrote a column for the magazine titled Nature’s Ways. He has authored numerous freelance articles for state and national publications including Audubon, Nature Conservancy, Wooden Boat, Our State and South Carolina Wildlife.

Earley curated an exhibit called Workboats of Core Sound for the North Carolina Museum of History and has published several books, including “The Workboats of Core Sound,” “Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest,” and “North Carolina WILD Places: A Closer Look.” He has won awards for both his writing and his photography and in 2005, was named “Forester of the Year” by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. Earley lives in Raleigh where he is freelancing as a writer, editor, photographer and exhibit developer.

The Nature Art Gallery is located on the top floor of the Museum Store, in the Museum’s Main building. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and its new wing, the Nature Research Center in downtown Raleigh, documents and interprets the natural history of the state of North Carolina through exhibits, research, collections, publications and educational programming. The Museum is an agency of the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, John Skvarla., Secretary.

For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call 919/707-9854 or visit (www.naturalsciences.org).

[ | August 2013 | Feature Articles | Download Carolina Arts' Current Issue | Carolina Arts Unleashed | Home | ]