The Vernacular Bestiary
By John Nichols
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About this ebook
The Vernacular Bestiary is a collection of snapshots of animals that go from A to Z.
Vernacular means amateur snapshots.
Bestiary is a lot of animals.
Each page also contains a quotation to give additional meaning.
This collection was built up over a 30 year period by John Nichols, owner of the John Nichols Gallery.
The Vernacular Bestiary has been exhibited at several museums and public schools and viewers were encouraged to write poems about their vavorite animal in the exhibit. These poems were displayed along side the photos of each animal.
John Nichols
John Nichols of Santa Paula, Calif. began writing essays for local newspapers in 1990 and over the years branched out into magazine articles for Edible Ojai and Ventura County, photography magazines, exhibit catalogs and ghost stories for an annual theatrical event called Ghostwalk. After over 25 years of writing the results are assembled into his fourth book "Essay Man: Selected Essays and Writings". As an independent curator and photo historian he developed several exhibits on the St. Francis Dam Disaster of 1928 for the California Oil Museum. All that research led to his first book in 2002 for Arcadia titled St. Francis Dam Disaster. In 2010 John was selected to be interviewed and documented by Focus on the Masters. Focus on the Masters is a non-profit art appreciation program that documents, preserves and presents the works and lives of accomplished contemporary artists. Their archive includes oral histories, video taped interviews, photographic portraits and examples of the artists' work. Photographs by John Nichols are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Ventura County, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Univ. of Austin, Texas, the Jackson Wheeler Collection (promised gift to the Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard), The Santa Paula Art Museum, the City of Ventura, the Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura and numerous private collections. Selected exhibits include the Santa Paula Art Museum, the California Oil Museum, the Museum of Ventura County, Ojai Art Center, Ojai Valley Museum, Annual Santa Paula Art and Photography Show, Carnegie Art Museum and others. In 1984 he opened John Nichols Gallery.com in historic downtown Santa Paula to exhibit and promote vintage and contemporary photography and art. He has curated numerous art and history exhibits throughout Ventura County. In 1974 he joined the stage crew at the Monterey Jazz Festival and is currently the stage manager of the Garden Stage. For several years he has been collaborating with Gail Pidduck to produce art about agriculture. That lead to the development of the Ag Art Alliance to further promote exhibits and workshops for artists. The Art About Agriculture exhibit at the Santa Paula Art Museum has become a popular annual exhibit drawing artists from throughout the United States.
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