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Luminosity: The Paintings of Stephen Hannock

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The painings shown in this book are clearly the work of a master at the height of his career. This book is a testament to this great talent. I am a collector of Hannock's paintings. Several are illustrated and I can attest to the acccuracy of the colors.Congratulations to Stephen and Chronicle Books for an extraordinary accomplishment.

After a hard day's work, late at night, winding down and looking for something sweet to fall asleep with, I open this beautiful book and look at the paintings. I look at them, and go into them... lying down in the meadows and on the hillsides, on the banks of the rivers... under the canopy of a leafy tree... and feel the warm grasses on my arms and legs, the earth under my back... smell the clear rich, fragrant air... listen to the singing water, birds, crickets, bees buzzing nearby... and watch the clouds and the sky change colors with the moving sun. This is paradise.. heaven. After several minutes, fifteen, a half hour, of this, I am ready to tuck myself into my own bed, in my own house, on a cold winter's night, and drift off into a dreamy landscape where I spend the night in the greatest amount of warmth and pleasantness I can imagine.