Artist Andrei Kushnir’s latest collection of landscapes awakens the senses for a journey through the seasons spent on an idyllic historic property, situated in the hunt country of the northern Virginia Piedmont. Visitors to Valley View Farm are entranced by the astounding peacefulness of the landscape; residents speak of a heartfelt sense of place and home that the property engenders. Kushnir captures their experiences—the sleepiness of winter, the newness of spring, the intensity of summer, and the crisp call of autumn—in paintings such as Evening in the Valley and Gardens of Plenty. His palette of inviting colors offers serenity and transforms the simple act of viewing into an engaging experience . . . like being on the farm.

Painted History: The Landscapes of Valley View Farm

Arts & Photography

Kushnir, Andrei

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Howell Press

Epic Journey: The Life and Times of Wasyl Kushnir

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Cherry Orchard Books

The Shenandoah Valley is widely renowned for its beauty and its idyllic landscape of farms, fields, historic towns, and Civil War battlefields. Framed to the east and west by the majestic Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, the region is defined by the river made famous in the 1882 song "Oh, Shenandoah." The highly regarded painter Andrei Kushnir has spent years traveling throughout every corner of the Shenandoah Valley, capturing its myriad landscapes and architectural features with panache and an extraordinary appreciation for place. The paintings collected here highlight Kushnir’s rare ability to paint any landscape before him―pastoral or industrial, recreational or social, rural or urban, riparian or agricultural―all the while working out in the elements, en plein air. By organizing Kushnir’s paintings along highways US 11, US 340, and VA 42, enabling travelers to follow the paintings in geographical order, the book captures the Shenandoah Valley and its famous river in a uniquely comprehensive and intuitive way. In addition to the 263 plein-air paintings, Oh, Shenandoah presents in-depth historical and curatorial essays by Warren R. Hofstra, William M. S. Rasmussen, and Jeffrey C. Everett about the Valley and Kushnir’s significant contribution to our understanding of it, adding a rich, textual component to complement Kushnir's artistry.
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Oh, Shenandoah: Paintings of the Historic Valley and River

History

Jeffrey C. Everett

Americas

George F. Thompson Publishing

Since 2001, Andrei Kushnir has rendered the world-renowned Shenandoah Valley through his stunning plein-air paintings--paintings created outside and on site. As a complement to Oh, Shenandoah, his classic 2016 book of paintings of the Valley, this new volume by Kushnir presents work unlike any other: paintings of landscapes and places seen from the interstate, in this case the three interstates running through the Shenandoah Valley--I-66, I-64, and especially I-81. This remarkable new book features eighty-six paintings that reveal why I-81, particularly in the Shenandoah Valley, has long been considered one of America's most scenic interstates. The Shenandoah Valley's Interstates is introduced by noted historian Warren Hofstra, who deftly explains how the Valley became so famous and why I-81 is but the newest version of the historic "Valley Road," from its origin as an Indian path to the Valley Pike and then US 11. Kushnir's book will not only appeal to residents and travelers alike but will also serve as a clarion call to other artists to render their home landscapes and interstates with their own creative work. &nbsp;

The Shenandoah Valley's Interstates: Plein-air Paintings along I-81, I-66, and I-64

Individual Artists

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