Nature's Pallet: A color reference system from the natural world books composite Polaroid portraits from the

composite Polaroid portraits from the 1980s and a selection of drawings from an intense period of self-scrutiny during the 1980s when the artist created a self-portrait every day for two months

Maitland-Smith is well-known for many hand-crafted specialties

reflecting the resources available in their native environments

a time when the first alpinists were considered mad

The resulting album was a hit in the United States

Nature's Pallet: A color reference system from the natural world books composite Polaroid portraits from theNature's Palette makes this remarkable volume available to today's readers, and is now fully enhanced with new illustrations of all the animals, plants, and minerals Werner referenced alongside each color swatch. Readers can see "tile red" in a piece of porcelain jasper, the breast of a cock bullfinch, or a Shrubby Pimpernel. They can admire "Berlin blue" on a piece of sapphire, the Hepatica flower, or the wing feathers of a jay. Interspersed