Wyoming cabin where Page retreated to write  for a month.  Photo by Page Lambert

The WILD theme also inspired my latest post over at All Thing Literary. All Things Natural. About bones, stories, a cabin in the wilderness, and snake medicine, I confess to taking more than 9 years to turn 400 pages of wilderness journaling into my next memoir. Now it's a public confession. I hope you'll hold my wimpy toes to the fire, cause the sequel to In Search of Kinship is not yet done.   Wishing you a fearless fall!  Page

I wish I had packed this book along with me to the Wyoming cabin to help learn technique.  I might have been brave enough to draw more than a few bones (see drawings).  Edited by Adam Duncan Harris, this book From Oklahoma Press looks at the finest works--and the artistic process--of one of the greatest wildlife artists of our time, Bob Kuhn.  "For those of us who portray wildlife . . . our decision to persist in our quest for excellence is almost always based on a love affair, a fascination with the creatures of our planet, and a need to share this feeling the best way we know how."

Sketch by Bob Kuhn

 So said wildlife artist Robert Kuhn (1920-2007), who spent a lifetime sketching and painting animals, and generously mentoring other artists. Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct presents a generous sampling of his rarely seen sketches alongside the vibrant paintings for which he is best known. Appearing in conjunction with a traveling exhibit mounted by the National Museum of Wildlife Art, in Jackson, Wyoming, this book allows readers to observe the artistic process of one of the greatest wildlife artists of our time.