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Performing Arts. On * project closer to home that changed the direction of her artistic future, she won the signage contract two years ago. for Richmond’s Maymount Park. For each of the park’s different wildlife areas, she drew sketches of the animal found there, its habits and habitat and a map of the state.
"It was nice to have special park privileges, to be that close to the animals. They kept beavers and raccoons in small cages while habitats were being prepared. Drawing them, being close to them, I found how much I liked wild animals.”
There’s none of the fierceness of the wild in Geneva's paintings. She captures her foxes, owls and raccoons in passive rather than agressive stances. “I like to think of myself as a silent observer,” she said, explaining that along with the wildlife in her detailed paintings and etchings, she tries to save “the feel of the day.” She won immediate success as a wildlife artist when the signs she painted for Maymount were accepted by the Virginia Museum for the state’s 1980 designer show.
“It was one of the most exciting things that’s hap
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