Pen and ink offset print

16" x 10" pen and ink offset print by Kate Davis, featuring a Red-tailed Hawk catching a rattlesnake. Originally drawn by Kate Davis in high school and then improved upon in college, Kate later adapted the piece into a large metal sculpture (sans rattlesnake) in 2006.

Kate Davis began life with a love of animals and by junior high school in 1973, she was caring for mammals and raptors with the Cincinnati Zoo Junior Zoologists Club. She provided educational programs at the zoo and in the community, as well as illustrating their publications and doing taxidermy work. After locating to Missoula in 1978, Kate received a degree with honors in Zoology from the University of Montana in 1982. She moved to a ranch outside of Missoula and obtained the required federal and state rehabilitation, possession, eagle exhibition and falconry permits. Kate founded Raptors of the Rockies in 1988, educating schools and the public about raptors and resource conservation. Since then, Kate and birds have appeared in 1970 programs for 140,800+ audience members, young and old alike, 145 schools (so far.) She has also presented her lively PowerPoint programs across the country from Boston to Seattle, with Chicago, Salt Lake City and Detroit in between.

Pen and ink offset print
16" x 10"