Customer Reviews

Art from the Parks

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The original focus of this book was said to be art selected from the annual Arts for the Parks contest in Jackson, Wyoming, but that idea got lost somewhere since some paintings are not from national parks and paintings from parks have no notation to tell you which park is depicted. I have been following the Arts for the Parks for a couple of years and I find some of the omissions pretty glaring. Why do we get six paintings by Jim McVicker and not one by Ronnie Barnes? Three David Tutwilers and no Shirley Cleary. Three Dempwolfs and no Lanford Munroe. There are many beautiful paintings in the book and the artists comments are interesting and informative. The picture cropping at times is brutish and the desciption of one painting is obviously of another.A good book in spite of the editing.31/2 stars for the art and 1/2 a star for the publisher.

We'd checked out this book from our local library many times, and decided to purchase a copy for our own. This is the same book as in the library. Excellent reference as to styles and subjects, but the text is rather weak, more of a coffee table book, but that's exactly what I was seeking.

Many of the finest modern paintings of America's National Parks are in this book. If you love parks, painting, or both, it would be hard to not be inspired by these pages.

What a beautiful collection of art work form the years of the Art of the Parks contests. No matter what style the paintings are, the compositions are outstanding. Nice picture reproduction with a short relevant text with each entry.