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Shafer Art Gallery to exhibit works of Smithsonian caliber artist Dr. John Cody
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Callosamia Securifera Moth - Watercolor painting by Dr. John Cody - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
Dr. John Cody, dubbed "The Audubon of Moths," has had his paintings featured at the Smithsonian Institute, the Museum of Natural History, and soon the Shafer Art Gallery when its next show, "Endangered Journey: Monarch Migrations," opens on Oct. 2. Cody pinpoints his interest in moths to one childhood memory when he was 5 years old. "There was this huge moth resting on a tree during the day, and I crept up to it very closely with my hands out, with my index finger and thumb, ready to catch it by the wings," he said.