the Seward Park Audubon Center show
20% of all proceeds will be donated to Badger Run Wildlife Rehab
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IN THE HAND - Erin M Linton
Erin M. Linton has spent a lifetime in close company with wild birds—as a child in the Cascade-Siskiyou foothills, as a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator, and as a painter. The works in this exhibition grew from that accumulated intimacy: birds she has held, treated, and watched return to the sky.
Linton works in gouache on reclaimed tea bags, a medium as deliberate as it is distinctive. The layered, muted surfaces of the bags echo the softness of feathers and fur, while her practice of presenting each animal against an abstract, ink-washed ground transforms a species into a subject—an individual rather than a type. These are portraits of birds she has known.
For this exhibition, Linton has selected works featuring species native to the Pacific Northwest and familiar to the Lake Washington shoreline—neighbors, in the truest sense. The show brings together original works and curated reproductions, offering an entry point for visitors encountering her work for the first time.
"In the Hand" is a meditation on what it means to care for something that does not belong to you — and the grace of letting it go.
About the show:
Show opens July 1st
Artist Reception and Events July 25th : Two live painting demos scheduled and a talk. Don’t miss it.
20% of all proceeds will be donated to Badger Run Wildlife Rehab. This is a critical time for the rehab that inspires my work. read more below
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Location: 5902 Lake Washington Blvd S, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: (206) 652-2444
A Cause Close to My Heart: Badger Run Wildlife Rehabilitation
Badger Run Wildlife Rehabilitation, based in Keno, Oregon, is a top-rated nonprofit dedicated to the care and treatment of injured and orphaned native wildlife. Run by a small, passionate team and network of volunteers, Badger Run takes in everything from songbirds to eagles, nursing them back to health and returning them to the wild whenever possible. For animals that cannot survive on their own, Badger Run provides lifelong care and gives them purpose as education ambassadors — sharing their stories with schools, community groups, and anyone willing to listen. Paddington, the Barred Owl at the heart of my painting "We Followed the Same Sun" is one of those ambassadors.
Badger Run is currently in the middle of a critical fundraising campaign to purchase the property on which the facility sits. The land belongs to Liz Burton, the organization's founder, who is retiring and passing the reins to Care Coordinator Amanda Graham. Purchasing the property is the key to everything — it gives Amanda a home on site so she can provide the round-the-clock care wildlife rehabilitation demands, and it secures the future of the aviaries, enclosures, and ambassador animals that Liz built over a lifetime of dedication. Without it, the future of Badger Run is uncertain. I will be donating 20% of all proceeds from my show at Seward Park Audubon Center, as well as the full profits from the sale of "We Followed the Same West," directly to this campaign. If you'd like to contribute directly, please visit badgerrun.org — every dollar matters right now.
If you are local to the Seattle area and would like to support wildlife rehabilitation closer to home, PAWS Wildlife Center in Snohomish and Featherhaven in Enumclaw are a few good options. To find the nearest rehabber to you use https://ahnow.org/
I also want to take a moment to thank Seward Park Audubon Center for making this show possible. Nestled within one of the last stands of old-growth forest in Seattle, the Center is an extraordinary place — connecting people of all ages and backgrounds to the nature right in their own neighborhoods through education, conservation, and community programs. They raise all of their own funds independently, and if this show moves you, I hope you'll consider supporting them directly at sewardpark.audubon.org/get-involved/donate.
