Description BIRD, BUTTERFLY, EEL BY JAMES PROSEK From the first buds of springtime to the first autumn frost, nature shows us that change is all around us and that the world has its own way of beginning anew. Bird, Butterfly, and Eel spend their summers on the same coastal farm, but in the fall they go to very distant and different places. Their journeys to the far reaches of land and sea make them remarkable creatures. Author and illustrator James Prosek, uses their stories and his own sun-kissed paintings to introduce young readers to the basic elements of bird, fish, and insect migration. James Prosek (born 1975) is an artist, writer, and naturalist who works at the intersection of contemporary art, nature, and science. Since childhood, he has been fascinated with Maine and its varied species, especially the blueback trout (a relict population of Arctic Char native to only a handful of lakes in Northern Maine). Prosek is the creator of the Farnsworth 2025 mural project entitled Gulf of Maine Pictographs No. 1. The mural depicts the exchange of life and biomass between the land and sea (in this case, the Gulf of Maine). It features a series of large-scale silhouettes of organisms who inhabit this region. Gulf of Maine Pictographs No. 1 is on display on the Museum Street side of the Farnsworth Art Museum building, through May 7, 2027
