In 2008 I began a series of retablos dedicated to species of birds, trees and plants
whose existence is threatened by loss of habitat and climate change.
The retablos are painted on salvaged metal, old advertising and traffic signs. Many of the series are on portions
of an old metal sign that had been used to advertise a housing development (on what had once been a meadow)
in Ojai of the 1960’s.
scroll down to view retablos completed so far
western bluebird (salia mexicana) © Dianne Bennett
Click here for fine art prints of western bluebird
ardea herodius, great blue heron Ojai Valley Meadow Preserve © Dianne Bennett
Click here for fine art prints of great blue heron
tri-colored blackbird Ojai Valley Meadow Preserve ©Dianne Bennett
Click here for fine art prints of tri-colored blackbird
western snowy plover Ormond Beach wetland preserve ©Dianne Bennett
Click here for fine art prints of western snowy plover
Least tern Ormond Beach wetland preserve © Dianne Bennett
Click here for fine art prints of least tern
a’yil desert tortoise, Joshua Tree National Park ©Dianne Bennett
joshua tree/yucca brevifolia Joshua Tree National Park ©Dianne Bennett
costas hummingbird ©Dianne Bennett
island fox, Channel Islands, California ©Dianne Bennett
brown pelican, Oxnard, California ©Dianne Bennett
green sea turtle ©Dianne Bennett
kemps ridley sea turtle ©Dianne Bennett
hutton’s vireo, Nisqually preserve ©Dianne Bennett
light footed clapper rail, Ormond Beach, California ©Dianne Bennett
vermilion flycatcher, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve ©Dianne Bennett