Beauty in the Beast

Flora, Fauna, and Endangered Species of Artist Ralph Burke Tyree

CJ Cook, Paige Herbert

• Publisher: South Pacific Dreams Publishing
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9780998422473
• Edition: 0

Ralph Burke Tyree was a prolific artist who helped popularize Polynesian art in the 20th century. Beauty in the Beast is the story of Tyree''s creative genius in painting flora and fauna, including colorful and exotic animals from around the world, many of which are endangered species. Published to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, Beauty in the Beast explores the works of the last ten years of Tyree''s life when animals became his focus. Some endangered species covered are the pangolin, cotton-top tamarin, ornate Hawk-eagle, dwarf lemur, red panda, slow loris, and several big cats, including tigers, lions, and leopards. A tribute to the artistic brilliance of Ralph Burke Tyree and the animals and plants of our planet, Beauty in the Beast begins with a quote by Albert Einstein that evokes one of the greatest challenges of our time: "Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Foreword
• Chapter 1: Marines and Margo
• Chapter 2: Some Flowers in her Hair
• Chapter 3: Black Velvet, Genesis of a Genre
• Chapter 4: Threatened, Endangered, & Extinct
• Chapter 5: Birds of a Feather
• Chapter 6: Rodents, Rabbits, & Carnivores
• Chapter 7: To the South
• Chapter 8: Amazing Africa
• Chapter 9: Asian Animals
• Chapter 10: Land down Under
• Chapter 11: Dabbling with Domestics
• Conclusion
• Afterword
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• About the Authors