Expressions of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape
John R. Kemp, "Expressions of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape"
English | ISBN: 1496808258 | 2016 | 256 pages | PDF | 51 MB
English | ISBN: 1496808258 | 2016 | 256 pages | PDF | 51 MB
Expressions of Place embarks on a journey across the rural and urban landscapes of Louisiana via the talents of thirty-seven artists located all around the state. Many are acclaimed professionals whose paintings are included in major private and public collections regionally and nationally. Others have found their followings closer to home. All, however, strive to express impressions of the land with artistic styles that range from traditional to the symbolic and almost totally abstract. Such a variety of interpretation becomes possible in a landscape that changes from dark cypress-shrouded bayous, trembling earth, grassy prairies, the gritty streets of inner city New Orleans to vast wind-swept coastal marshes and the piney hills of north and central Louisiana.
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