Wood River Valley artist Bex Wilkinson launched a new path in her artwork when she began noticing birds crashing into the window of her studio as she painted. Research even led her to Chicago where 10,000 birds died in a single night after running into the windows of a skyscraper there.
Wilkinson calls attention to the demise of migrating birds in a ritual in which she paints birds with pastels or acrylics, varnish, sequins and glitter. Then she returns the birds to nature by taking them to the Big Wood River.
Learn more about Wilkinson, her art and how you can help birds by visiting her studio during the Artists’ Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley Friday through Sunday, Aug. 22-24. The free tour will feature 40 artists in their studios from Bellevue to Sun Valley from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Learn more about Bex’s story in today’s Eye on Sun Valley video. And find out more about next weekend’s art tour at https://artiststudiotour.com/.