Edward was constantly drawn to
the peaks, canyons, glaciers and alpine meadows of Mt. Shasta. He
carried the Mountain in the very fiber of his soul and was seldom
without his paints, his camera and his walking staff. With
sensitivity to nature akin to that of John Muir, Ed became recognized
as an authority of the flora, geology, history and lore of Mt.
Shasta. In over fifty years exploring The Mountain, Ed discovered
that Shasta was mother to over six hundred species of flowering
plants and ferns, one hundred twenty-five species of lichens and
seven hundred species of fungi.
In his lifetime, Edward Stuhl painted more than two-hundred full color pictures of the magnificent flowers of Mt. Shasta. These beautiful, delicate wildflower paintings have been exhibited at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco; the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, as well as many collages and universities of California.