Mark |
The Artist
The artist Mark Quigley, is a recently retired Conservation
Officer and began photographing the remains of creatures for
on going criminal wildlife cases. This was originally done
while collecting forensic evidence. This led to an interest
in a relatively new science, conservation paleontology. "With my side
job, as a professional photographer, I had to travel the US
for my clients, and during off times searched out deceased
wildlife. I became very good at locating them. And
photographing them for me was natural. I knew wildlife
behavior from my Department job, schooling and training and
for almost 30 years added to this unique collection".
Previously these
unique pieces of art were only available to private
decorators. Only recently, we have chosen to release a
limited number of gallery prints. |
Photography History
Mark became seriously interested in photography as a
teenager and operates several photography companies today.
Initially Mark used his photography skills on the job as a
Conservation Officer photographing wildlife and collecting
forensic evidence for on going cases. This naturally led
to the unique hobby of locating, photographing animal
remains and selling his one of a kind prints to collectors
as fine art. |
Caesar |
Later he was
selected to adopt a military war dog (Belgium Malinois) that
was injured in Afghanistan but had extensive bomb location
training. Mark used this specialized training provided by
the Navy and rather than looking for explosives, retrained
his dog Caesar to locate wildlife bones. Today Caesar is
excellent at locating animal bones as small as birds, to
large elk.
He continues to search for deceased wildlife and create new
images each year which he sells in limited markets. Mark is
also a well known product, portrait, action/adventure and
natural resource photographer. His work appears in major
magazines, catalogs and ads around the nation and in other
countries. His photography schedule regularly includes
travel around the nation and during his off time, he can be
found hiking and backpacking new areas searching for
deceased wildlife. |
Feral Swine |
"It's a
strange passion to most I know, but I enjoy trying to locate
a certain animal I may be after, determine cause of death,
time of death, age and other features. It's like solving a
case for me and then creating an unusual unique piece of
collectible art from the find. And the buyers and collectors
of my pieces, appreciate my unusual efforts also". |
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