Charles Danford is a landscape and wildlife artist who graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art. After a 35-year in graphic design, Charles began his career as a watercolorist. He is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and teaches classes and workshops. He has earned numerous local, regional and national awards for his work which is in many public places and private collections. His mask was inspired by this Dr. Louis J. Camuti quote: "Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand each other."