Johannes Nevala, born 1966 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, is an artist who paints birds, especially on the seashore where he captures the birds in oil, watercolors and different graphic techniques. His art is inspired by the Nordic light and the artists von Wright

Von Wright

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, Bruno Liljefors

Bruno Liljefors

Bruno Andreas Liljefors was a Swedish artist, the most important and probably the most influential wildlife painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...

, Gunnar Brusewitz and Lars Jonsson

Lars Jonsson (bird artist)

Lars Jonsson is a Swedish ornithological illustrator.-English:*Birds of Sea and Coast Penguin ISBN 0140630031*Birds of Wood, Park and Garden Penguin ISBN 0140630023...

, who specialised in nature and birds.

Nevala has had several exhibitions since 1993, including in New York

New York

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, Stowe

Stowe, Buckinghamshire

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, Palm Beach

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, London

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, and Holland

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On several occasions his art was included in the ”Birds in Art” exhibition arranged by Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is located in Wausau, Wisconsin. It is best known for its annual "Birds in Art" exhibition, which exhibits contemporary artistic representations of birds. The annual exhibition has been held beginning the week after Labor Day since the museum's founding in 1976...

 in Wausau, Wisconsin

Wausau, Wisconsin

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