thirty-eight dioramas at the AMNH, Wilson relocated to New Haven, Connecticut to paint four more dioramas for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and one diorama at the White Memorial Foundation's nature center in Litchfield, Connecticut. The Canadian Museum of Nature hired him in 1963 through 1965 to paint four Canadian bird dioramas. Wilson worked at the Boston Museum of Science from 1966 to 1975. There, he painted six small New England dioramas and one miniature dinosaur diorama. He was welcomed as an artist in residence by the director, Bradford Washburn and the exhibit staff. Wilson painted a total of 57 dioramas over a 42-year career in museums. He died in August, 1976. Style and technique Wilson relied on substantial reference material when designing and painting a diorama background. He collected reference photographs from the specific locations he intended to depict, in addition to painted color references. When asked why he didn't use photographs exclusively, he replied, "Because you can't rely on photographs, even the best color film, to record the color exactly as the eye sees it. Color film tends to increase contrast. So I use my field paintings as an over-all check." Wilson sought to remove the artist's subjective emotional interpretation by letting his many references guide his brush. He transformed the prevailing subjective practice of oil painting by aligning painting aesthetics with science’s fact-based intentions for the dioramas. Wilson sought to make the artist transparent. In his own words derived from Latin, ars celare artem, ("art conceals art"). His work is characterized by a desire to imitate nature so closely that his work is seen as depicting actuality. His colleague, Ray deLucia recalled "the look on his face when someone questioned an effect he had included in a background painting. It was not a look of anger but more of disbelief that his conclusion should be doubted." Personal life Wilson was a lifelong bachelor. The prominent bird artist, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), was Wilson's first cousin. In his spare time between diorama work, Wilson created geometric paper constructions of multi-faceted polyhedra. Notable works The American Museum of Natural History: African Hall, 1934-1944 North American Mammal Hall, 1934-1944 The Peabody Museum of Natural History: Connecticut Shoreline, 1946 Bog Fall Canadian Rockies Desert Everglades Tropical Rainforest The Boston Museum of Science: Woodchuck Twilight in Vermont Racoon Red Fox Chipmunk Varying Hare Tyrannosaurus rex Lobster Fishing Primate PTG Canadian