Las Olas Community News

September 2012

Native Visions...Oldest Gallery On Las Olas...Always Has Something New! by Kevin Lane Native Visions, at 807 East Las Olas, opened in 1987 and has established a niche of Wildlife and Nature Art, "...which sets us apart from most galleries right off the bat," quipped Ross Parker, founder and President. "We are also a primary market gallery - meaning that we deal directly with the artists - all living - and typically don't take consignments or work with antiques."

Call of Africa’s Ross Parker Featured in Wildlife Art Journal

June 2012

Why Buy Art? Gallery Owner Ross Parker Provides 13 Compelling Reasons
Founder of Call Of Africa's Native Visions Answers Questions on Every Collector's Mind: Written By Ross Parker

For nearly 30 years, my fine art company, Call of Africa's Native Visions Galleries has built its reputation by serving the needs of both beginning and seasoned art collectors.

Whenever I talk with clients one thing always becomes clear: Art has the power to change people's

Call of Africa’s Ross Parker Featured in The Floridian Hunter’s Journal (Page 10)

April 2008

Donor Spotlight: The Survivor
by Todd Wilkinson

He's endured a civil war that transformed his homeland and turmoil that changed an entire continent - all while nurturing incredible artistic talents and fighting for wildlife conservation.

I can't tell you, exactly, when I discovered that Ross Parker isn't your average dealer of fine wildlife and sporting art. But I know this: the epiphany didn't happen at Safari Club International or in one of Parker's

Artist James Stroud Featured in Wildlife Art Journal

April 2008

Bushveld Impasto: The Art of James Stroud
South African Paints Animals With A contemporary Sculptural Flair: Written by Wildlife Art Journal Staff

James Stroud paints black zebra stripes with the same flourish of surface texture Vincent van Gogh brought to his sunflowers. And, in laying down thick-hued splotches of paint with a palette knife, be it to accentuate an elephant's trunk or rhinoceros horn, his technique-which is to say, Stroud's way of seeing and sc

Wildlife Art

September 2007

John and Suzie Seerey-Lester All-Around Consummate Professionals by Michael Scott-Blair For two people who never really set out to be professional artists, John and Suzie Seerey-Lester have probably put together one of the most complete artistic family packages in the world. Art, books, writing, business skills, sales expertise, historical appreciation - it is all there with hard experience to back it up, and all tied together in one package by this fun-loving couple from Fl

Wildlife Art

August 2007

Zimbabwean Wood-Carver Mopho Gonde Bushveld Dreaming by Todd Wilkinson Mopho Gonde has been dreaming. In the mystical Matopos Hills of southern Zimbabwe, the quiet, bearded sculptor awakens from a six-hour slumber on the precipice of a steep ravine. According to his traditional beliefs, drams are the mediums where artists receive visions passed along from the spirits of departed ancestors. Last night, the offerings were prodigious indeed.

Wildlife Art

January 2007

South Africa's David Langmead A Simple Life Close to Nature By Todd Wilkinson David and Bronwen Langmead live near the end of a long dirt road. While this, by itself, may not seem extraordinary, the country lane wending past their home into the middle of nowhere is located in the mountainous interior of South Africa. The Langmeads and their three young children inhabit an old converted sheep shed in Nieu Bethesda, a frontier-era village, population 50. From their humble porc