Mountain Bluebird by Nathan Catlin
Location: 3604 Broadway, New York, NY 10031 and 3610 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Painted: November 6, 2016
About the Bird: The stunning Mountain Bluebird nests in sagebrush desert, mountain meadows, and alpine tundra, habitats all expected to suffer under climate change. It could lose more than half of its current breeding range鈥攎uch of it vertical space on mountainsides not fully captured in the map鈥攁t 3 degrees of global warming. At 1.5 degrees, it could hold onto habitat in birder-accessible lowland prairies and sagebrush flats.
About the Artist: A Brooklyn painter and printmaker, typically works with a woodcut aesthetic and a black and white palette, focusing on bold, monochromatic imagery. He teaches at Columbia University's School of Visual Arts, where he also received his MFA. Nathan鈥檚 opinion of his 爆料公社 Mural Project subject: 鈥淚t's truly a lovely bird!鈥
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