Wild Wonderful Eco-Banners for All Seasons

Artists for Oceans and Animals - special AOA limited editions

I'm honored to join author and environmentalist Jim Currie to launch Artists for Oceans and Animals - AOA - artists who want to rescue animals in the Gulf and globally. I pledge to contribute 40% of the sale of 2 special limited edition prints to AOA - images below.

A new concept in online catalogs, AOA is the combined effort of artists, musicians, performers, writers, and film-makers to promote animal rescue and ocean conservation and to support the protection of endangered species. The initial focus is on animal rescue and protection in the Gulf because of the active crisis and catastrophe. AOA home base is Jim Currie's environmental blog Sydney'sThumb.

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Print 1 - Mountain Seasons >

click to pop up special AOA edition limited to 50, signed giclee print on archival matte paper,

44 x 60 inches, $750 (includes shipping in continental US), 40% to AOA: $300

22 x 30 inches, $375 (includes shipping in continental US), 40% to AOA: $150

Orders shipped within 10 business days: call 617-733-5493.

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What makes us unique is that our founders include long-time environmentalists and scientists with an eye for what works and what doesn't, and the importance at this point in earth history of transforming consciousness through carefully chosen efforts. The Gulf disaster should never have happened and we are intent in making sure that it doesn't happen again. We are also committed to stemming carbon emissions, protecting the Arctic, coral reefs and precious wildlands before it is too late.

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Inspiration for Flute Player and garden banner at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish NH

Print 2 - Flute Player >

click to pop up special AOA edition limited to 50, signed giclee print on archival matte paper,

44 x 60 inches, $750 (includes shipping in continental US), 40% to AOA: $300

22 x 30 inches, $375 (includes shipping in continental US), 40% to AOA: $150

Orders shipped within 10 business days: call 617-733-5493.

Also available as garden banner on waterproof polyester or satin on request.  View Flute Player garden banner at our Boston showroom at Irish Limestone-US, 21 Drydock Avenue next to the Boston Design Center, on a trellis structure designed by David Valcovik.

Click here for the AOA Catalog

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All of us as artists realize that our own art and the quality of our lives depend heavily on a healthy un-degraded environment. Nature is both a source of our own inspiration and spiritual well being. As a group we've decided we need to take a stand and encourage others to join us. Click here for more information on AOA and visit Jim's blog, Sydney's Thumb.

Eco-Arts: to preserve the wild

Innovations in digital imaging open our eyes to new visions:

new ways to see, new imaginations and new art forms.

Artist Holly Alderman and ecologist Jim Currie envision eco-arts

as a new art form with a mission. The art defines our mission

Art: to preserve the wild.

We experiment with new techniques to capture life in the moment:

to signify the essence and spirit and meaning of a place.

We seek to create new strategies to protect the environment

by raising awareness through changing perceptions on the

frontier of new art forms possible with digital printmaking.

For eco-lodges of all seasons,

Eco-Banners are environmental art

to reflect the beauty of a place,

with versatile applications. 

Memorable. Site-Specific. Exclusive.

Blue Parrot Eco-Banners signify the inner dialog between the eco-traveler and the eco-lodge -- between visionary site owner and architect, between artist, photographer and ecologist. Banners blend imagery and essentials of the natural environment, wildlife, and local lore.

Eco-lodges and conservation centers can order custom series for their unique locations -- Blue Parrot Eco-Banners for brand loyalty and identity.

 

Original. Unique. Creative. Alderman.

"Holly envisions eco-banners with iconic images of the wild,
in all weather night and day like nature herself."

Discover the art & photo studio of Holly Alderman

Holly is an artist and photographer whose lifelong devotion to nature can be seen in her innovative banners and murals exhibited in national parks as well as urban parks and office parks, plus restaurants, residences and gardens from southern California to Maine. The Alderman style combines historic picture research with state-of-the-art digital imaging.

    As a starting point, visit Holly's studio with a banner of the mountain view. Curators, art consultants, decorators and dealers often comment that they have never seen anything like Holly's beautiful banners before, and that is true. Holly's layered images on satin, canvas and silk are visionary blends of nature and art, landscapes, icons and architecture in an original style discovered through digital imaging.
   
    Holly's design concepts take digital imaging and printmaking into a new art world: art based in mural tradition to signify the meaning of a location, the character of the owner, and the geographic orientation of the site but ultimately independent of architecture, free floating in space... soaring like beautiful ideas.

    New works are soon to appear at the Architectural Digest Home Show in New York City in March, the Boston Society of Architects conference in April, and the Royal Chelsea Flower Show (UK) in May. She produces breakthrough canvas murals for Nan Quick's elegantgardenfurniture.com, and Nan's other creative applications from curtains to wallpaper to rugs, coming online soon at InstantClassicism.com.

    Holly's exhibition of garden banners for Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site led to her designing an ornament for the White House; and the garden banners were featured in ThreeQuarksDaily.com, Digital Graphics Magazine, PMA Magazine of the Photo Marketing Association, and Great Output of Lexjet, among others. Landscape designer and author Julie Moir Messervy (who with YoYo Ma designed parks for Montreal) selected several of Holly's garden photos for her next book with Taunton Press (fall 2009). Holly has won blue ribbons for photography at Garden Club of America flower shows of the Garden Club of Dublin, NH.

    She was a Mural Fellow at the National Academy Museum in New York and graduated with high honors in design from Harvard. She has traveled to over 200 cities and towns to photograph public art. She teaches workshops on decorative painting and innovations in digital printmaking for interior decor. Holly photographs locations and designs banners and murals on site and also at North Acres, her own little eco-lodge and studio at the base of Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, shown above. For more information please visit HollyAlderman.com.

Jim Currie, eco-tourism consultant and ecologist, is the author of The Mindful Traveler, advising all to "leave shallow footprints" -- and the inspiration behind SydneysThumb.com with Fergie's Travel Cafe, news articles, investigations of ecological issues and investigative interviews. Jim offers updates on endangered pandas in China. He is an ecology visionary, environmental scientist and adventurer. Jim has honors degrees from Harvard and Berkeley. He and Holly met at Harvard College.

For Eco-Lodges and Wildlife Preserves

A new vision for all who desire to preserve the wild,
    for eco-travelers and adventurers
    and their destinations...

• eco-lodges
• conservation retreats
• wildlife preserves
• land trusts
• eco-tourism groups
  
• private island resorts
• cruise ships and ports
• boutique hotels
• ecology education centers
• and more
  

Visionary branding: in original, site-specific,
custom photo blends, Eco-Banners visualize
Your Unique Place in the world of conservation
and adventure.

Are several of these themes ideal for your location?
        Exotic Birds Eco-Banners          
        Endangered Species Eco-Banners  
        Butterfly Migration Eco-Banners         
        Rare Plants Eco-Banners     
        Jungle, Coastal, or Mountain Eco-Banners        
        Adventurers Extreme Eco-Banners      
        Garden Decor Eco-Banners
        and more?

How are eco-banners different from other art and design?
    Blue Parrot Eco-Banners present a new way to see,
        a new environmental art form with a new look,
        all-weather indoor-outdoor luminous displays
        with an ecological-experience theme:
        to capture the essence and meaning of a special location,
        so that the location itself becomes the new art form. 

Eco-banners blend the beauty of life with spirit of place
to create a new look with transparent photos on satin.

Eco-banners are like murals detached from architecture, to
signify the history and significance of a location, to reflect
the character and interests of the owners, and to denote the
geographical orientation of the site as unique on earth.

Eco-banners on satin express what makes a certain place
memorable, distinctive, original.

Blue Parrot Eco-Banners are a new product, a new technique,
UNLIKE any flags, banners, tapestries or other arts available before,
beyond the old ideas of flags or posters -- never before possible...

• original, exclusive colorful displays of exciting local images,
  
• custom designs blending flora and fauna in a new art technique,
• indoor-outdoor environmental-scale satin banners or mini silk flags,
• all designs also ideal for custom clothing, posters, memorabilia.

Who invented eco-banners?
Holly Alderman, artist and Jim Currie, ecologist, author, The Mindful Traveler

Jim and Holly envision eco-banners and murals to capture the spirit of place. Whether you are building an eco-lodge on a fjord in Patagonia, nestled by Cordillera de Andes, or a desert oasis in the East Sahara, or an alpine retreat in breathtaking Bhutan, the Blue Parrot team will work with you to design distinctive banners and murals for a signature series to add lasting memories to each visitor's experience of your unique setting. We also will adorn tour ships and  charter planes and airports.

Jim advises eco-travelers "please leave shallow footprints" -- he authored a best seller in eco-travel, writes the eco-tourism site www.SydneysThumb.com and consults on ecological issues for business.

Holly pioneers new art forms using innovative techniques for art and photography -- her special exhibition for Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire displayed banners outdoors blending landscapes, gardens, statues, architecture, hanging from May to October.

For eco-lodges, eco-travelers, hotels, cruise ships...

Views of jungles and fountains, landscapes, waterfalls,
statues and wildlife in transparent blends on satin and canvas.
Visit Tapestries of Light, an exhibition of garden banners...

One banner captures the spirit of a place. A series tells the story.
Eco-banners travel anywhere as mementos of a special trip or site.

Bring home the eco-lodge.

    Eco-Banner designs as wall art, wearables, fun stuff, donor gifts:

        to inspire vision and commitment to preserve the wild,
            to awaken interest far away, and keep memories stirring,
                and to beckon future eco-travelers.

    Eco-travelers may purchase the eco-lodge's eco-banners in standard sizes
as decorative art prints to inspire visual memories and future adventures.

   
Imagine site-specific blended imagery
of your own eco-lodge or conservation projects!

These examples (click photos)
of medium size poster prints show framed images of original banners of Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, NH, with blends of the sculpture, gardens, fountains and landscapes. View Golden Turtle Comedy (above left) and Amor Summer (right): both banner designs on paper are shown framed as limited edition posters with inspirational quotes or "Your Brand Name Here" -- the name of the lodge, land trust or sponsor, or a custom imprint for a very special event, or a statement to honor a significant donor, whose major interest in conservation may appear in the artwork.

View Amor Summer again, but printed on satin and framed
as a limited edition fine art print with a gold wash. 

    Eco-banner variations may include your choice of high fashion or casual clothing, fabric architecture for tents, digital weavings for tapestries, canvas bags or umbrellas and more, all with the visual theme and purpose: to inspire vision and commitment to preserve the wil

    Artist Holly Alderman experiments with new applications and new words: "foto-fashions" for apparel based on murals and banners. Foto-fashions become stunning silk shawls. For example, Amor Caritas (above) from Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site became artist Holly Alderman's wrap at a White House party for artists and decorators. A Boston Society of Architects gala inspired her to wear a silk foto-fashion of her murals of Central Park, Cyber Heroes of New York with the Bethesda Statue framed in architect Ogden Codman's neoclassical arch in the National Academy on Fifth Avenue.

    View The Falconer at Central Park as a
life size paper dress, during a fitting of the
giclee print model later printed on silk.

    The past is prologue: Alderman envisions eco-banner designs as wearable art from silk saris to cotton T-shirts plus other options including wallpaper vignettes and memorabilia of all sorts from bags and tents to mugs, magnets, mosaics.

    Museum Quality: All Blue Parrot art products are state-of-the-art reproductions, giclee prints on the best archival paper and canvas.

    Custom: Yes. Your choice of custom sizes; special projects or unique installation problems solved on request.

    Contact: Jim Currie, Manager (email and phone, above right sidebar).

Eco-murals: landscape scenery indoors

Decorator murals of gardens, mountains and more

Landscape and garden scenes 
Click photos to enlarge murals

Decorative Arts

Original paintings on canvas
inspired by local scenery and
art history, murals are made
on site or in the studio ready
to roll up and deliver for
installation anywhere, with
versatile decor applications.

News  from the digital frontier...
Decorative Photography

Original photo-blend murals
combine scenery and animals
with architecture and landscapes
in prints on paper or canvas
for on site installation.

Decorative photography can
also be produced as tapestries,
window shades or curtains,
even lampshades and rugs.

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Early auto eco-travel:
a birch road

Natural narrative scenes enhance a dining room:
Sunday tourists in New England drove through the tall birches along the narrow dirt road just beyond the house, until the disastrous hurricane of 1938.

Decorator challenge: as part of a total renovation, how to make a new, site-specific narrative, natural, personal, original and unique -- hand painting the outdoors indoors

Artist answer: colorful mural paintings on every wall weave together the owners' stories with the special character of the environment and climate.

In New Hampshire Magazine:

    "In 1790, a farmhouse was built on a hillside near Mt. Monadnock. All these years later, nine generations,

Classical pergola, mystical decor

Decorator challenge: the owner loved the new outdoor room with 4 white pillars, but wanted it to be very special, original and unique, and also loved the colors of Florida pottery 

Artist answer: hand painted decorative art -- peony leaves spiraling up the pillars to the sky, using Florida colors with custom sketched and cut stencils (4 x 10 feet) inspired by peonies in the garden around the pillars and ancient Roman wall painting of Pompeii. Created for Susan Turner Interior Design.

More fun ways the stencil creates work of art...