The Colors of
Florida: An Unusual Field Guide, by artist and photographer Randy Johnson, is
a unique book of photographs that presents the state’s flora and fauna in
a rainbow of hues that delights the eye.
The book is perfect
for young and old, native Floridians and visitors, nature enthusiasts and art
students.
It features the entire natural world and includes scenes from both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts as well as springs, rivers, and lakes. Eighty-five species of flora and fauna are identified in the index.
It's in a handy, durable size: 4" x 8.5", spiral bound, 32 pages in heavy, silk-touch cardstock.
An unusual field guide:
The
book’s photos are not arranged by species!
Instead, the pictures are grouped by colors that unfurl as a spectrum from page
to page. Along the top of each page is a strip of color with a range of hues.
The overall colors of each picture—or its focal point—fall within those hues.
The book can be
used as a tool for artists and students in exploring and analyzing color
combinations. A key to the most harmonious color schemes in art and nature is
included.
About the
Artist:
Randy Johnson is a native Floridian. He studied printmaking, painting, and
photography at Florida State University.
In the late 1970s, Johnson worked as an illustrator for the Florida Department
of Natural Resources, where he created the graphics for the original “Save the
Manatee” program and was the editor of GEOJOURNEY, the state’s natural resources
magazine.
In the 1980s, he designed birds-of-prey beer labels for the Mendocino Brewing
Company in California, including Red Tail Ale. In the 1990s, his T-shirt company
SCENE 1 created wildlife designs which
were carried by The Nature Company, Disney Attractions, Rainforest Action
Network, and the Jane Goodall Institute.
Since the early 2000s, Randy Johnson has captured brilliant and colorful
impressions of Florida’s natural world in paintings, photographs and photo
illustrations.
The Colors of Florida: An Unusual Field Guide is dedicated to his grandson,
Charles James Johnson.