Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Leland Brewsaugh (1935 2003) was a prolific sculptor, designer, and painter. He was a student of nature had a lifelong career painting birds and the landscapes of Florida and North Carolina. He was most known for his detailed life size carving birds in the swamps and marshes southeast. Brewsaugh attended University of Florida in the 1950s, but wanted something more artistic. He landed at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, where he obtained the foundation for what would be a lifelong love and career in art. After college, he spent years as a freelance illustrator. During a stint as a contractor with a military agency he learned how to use blueprints to make detailed models, a skill critical for the lifelike sculptures he would create throughout the rest of his life.