A LIFETIME OF BIRDS

Celebrate the natural world with five decades of art drawn in pen and ink by prolific and award-winning North Carolina artist Edrie Bradley Knight.Whether soaring in flight or bursting into song, birds have a way of capturing the human imagination. Over the course of five decades, artist Edrie Bradley Knight’s fascination with these creatures grew into a series of drawings that inspire joy and wonder in our natural world. From 1971 to 2021, Knight brought birds to life in pen and ink drawings with the covers of the Knight family Christmas cards, spreading joy to friends and family around the globe. Now, for the first time, all drawings from her Christmas Birds series are collected here. From the backyard birds who frequent Knight’s North Carolina home, to magnificent creatures from far-flung regions, these drawings show a wide range of splendor in the animal kingdom. This journey through five decades of Knight’s incredible life and career celebrates the exquisite beauty of our feathered friends.