Sandra SethSandra Seth, author of Golden Aspens, Silver Wings, Our Shared Fragile Earth is a wildlife photographer, artist and writer, is a a second-generation New Mexican. Seth hopes her wildlife photography and writings about nature will call attention to theto value of all life, especially birds and wildlife and the habitat they rely on for survival. Her work was selected for the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery Nationwide Juried Show and the Museum of New Mexico Biennial Juried Show, among others. Her many photography awards include winning Best Photograph at the Taos Fall Arts Festival Invitational Show; having a one person show of her paintings, "Transcendence;" being chosen as the Festival Artist along with receiving the Friends of the Bosque del Apache's highest honor, the Martha Hatch Award, an award given "to the person who best exhibits the characteristics of an ideal volunteer and who has made outstanding volunteer contributions to the Friends and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Her photograph titled "Sandhill Crane Pair- Reflections" was chosen as the Bosque del Apache NWR's Festival's theme. She co-authored Adobe! Homes and Interiors of Taos, Santa Fe and the Southwest, was featured in Janice Goldfanks' book Making Ourselves at Home: Women Builders and Designers, and was included in Stand Against the Wind, a Biographical Sketchbook of New Mexico Women by Maryann Abkemeier and Laura Robertson. Seth has lectured on Southwest art and architecture at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, and Lecturer on Southwest art and architecture at Heard Museum, Phoenix and well as being a Tour Leader and lecturer on Southwest art and architecture for Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art Forum. She was an Artist in Residence at Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA Valerie Graves, www.Valerie Graves.com, the illustrator for Golden Aspens, Silver Wings, Our Shared Fragile Earth has received numerous awards for her highly acclaimed and beloved oil and pastel paintings, including many Best In Shows. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Taos Fall Arts Festival, and is in a large number of museum and private collections; has had many one man shows; been in a number of group shows across the country. She was an Artist in Residence at Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA., was chosen juried show at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, and has been the Illustrator and co photographer for a number of books. Read More Read Less