When Light Falls from the Sun

Literature & Fiction

Safarik, Allan

Fenton, Terry

Poetry

Hagios Pr

Pictures of one kind or another surround us in our everyday lives, so much so that we assume they been with us forever. Not so. In this readable and witty account, Terry Fenton takes the reader on a journey through the history and characteristics of this omnipresent aspect of our art and culture. Over thirty colour images--many drawn from the collections of great museums--bring depth and understanding to various art periods, styles and genres. As the title suggest, About Pictures is about pictures: what they are, where and when they arose, how to use them, and how to sort them out.

About Pictures

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Reta Cowley came to maturity as an artist in the late 1950s and early 1960s at a time when abstraction was on the ascendant and the Regina Five and the Painters Eleven were stars of the Canadian art scene. However, Cowley explored other directions, becoming a major contributor to the development of Canadian landscape painting after World War II. Reta Summers Cowley is devoted to the life and work of this often overlooked prairie painter. Terry Fenton has drawn from both his personal acquaintance with the artist and his own long career in the arts to provide an in-depth look at Cowley's contributions to Canadian art history. Known primarily as a watercolourist, Cowley is sometimes dismissed as a "hobby painter," but she was a vital and influential part of the thriving arts community on the prairies for over three decades. Her inspiration came from the landscape around Saskatoon, and she painted primarily on location for her entire career. Reta Summers Cowley provides a critical analysis of Cowley's work from the 1940s through the early 1990s, placing it in the context of the popular influences of the time and of modernist painting in general. Also included is a section titled "Cowley on Cowley," which offers an uncensored glimpse of Cowley's own thoughts on her work and practice through interviews, personal diary entries, and study notes.

Reta Summers Cowley (Art in Profile, 5) (Volume 5)

University of Calgary Press

Anthony Caro

Biographies & Memoirs

Vch Pub

R.D. Symons was a cultural giant, and this book presents his life and art for a new generation of readers. Featuring an illuminating essay on his life and art practice by esteemed curator and painter Terry Fenton, Robert David Symons, Countryman also features thirty exceptional water colours.Homeschooled in an artistic family in England, Symons emigrated to Canada at the age of sixteen to work as a cowboy in south-west Saskatchewan. As an artist, Symons worked primarily on paper, frequently in watercolours, drawing upon direct observation and a prodigious visual memory. He greatly influenced many contemporary nature writers, including award-winning Saskatchewan authors, Trevor Herriot and Candace Savage.Robert David Symons, Countryman presents a comprehensive view of one of western Canada's most gifted artists. Symons was an artist and writer who was deeply devoted to the Canadian west, throughout his adventurous and well-documented life.

Robert David Symons Countryman: Artist, Writer, Naturalist, Rancher

Radiant Pr

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