The Magical Realism of Alyce Frank (New Mexico Magazine Artist Series) [Hardcover]

Joseph Dispenza (Author)

Book Description

Series: New Mexico Magazine Artist Series | Publication Date: December 31, 1999

The latest title in New Mexico Magazine's Artist Series, The Magical Realism of Alyce Frank features a painter who characterizes her own work as 'Taos Expressionism.' She cites Van Gogh, the Fauvists, and the Taos School as important early influences.

Though Frank has been painting for thirty years, she did not become a painter until she moved to New Mexico. ';New Mexico was so powerful and demanding that the way I made peace with it was to paint it.'

When Alyce paints it is with a partner, and they take a picnic. They paint outside and 'if you were there, you would know it was the place, though my paintings are not 'realistic.' A brilliant palette of rich primary and secondary colors embellish her large (36' x 48') landscapes in a way that makes you acutely conscious of the seasons, the life in the trees, fields, and mountains. She could only have created these paintings in New Mexico, and yet their appeal is universal, primitive, mythic.

New Mexico author Joseph Dispenza provides an introductory biographical essay, and interviews Alyce to reveal her thoughts and working process. Interpretations of the paintings appear in the book facing each plate.

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The Magical Realism of Alyce Frank features a painter who characterizes her own work as "Taos Expressionism."

Product Details

• Hardcover: 95 pages
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937206571
• ISBN-13: 978-0937206577
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 10.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I lived monastic life for eight years, studying religion and spirituality first-hand. My order was the Congregation of Holy Cross (CSC). The monastery was in a remote part of Indiana. The first year of my monastic experience was a year of total silence. After I left the monastic life, I worked for social change with a number of humanitarian organizations, including The Center for Social Communications in New York and the Institute for Environmental Change in Toronto. I earned an advanced degree in communication and became an educator and writer.

I am the author of fourteen books, including "OlderMan/Younger Man," "God On Your Own: Finding a Spiritual Path Outside Religion" (Jossey-Bass, 2006), "Live Better Longer" (HarperCollins, 1997) and "The Way of the Traveler" (second edition, Avalon, 2002).

My writings on spirituality and natural self-healing have appeared in magazines, newspapers, and websites, including Alternative Medicine, American Way, Beliefnt.com, Eddie Bauer, Free Spirit, Magical Blend, Massage Magazine, Spirituality and Health, Whole Life Times, and To Your Health. Much of my professional life has been spent teaching, as lecturer at American University in Washington, D.C., and as professor at The College of Santa Fe, where I founded an academic program in Moving Image Arts.

I have been in practice as a spiritual counselor for 20 years. I am the co-founder of LifePath Retreats in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where I live.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A revealing, involving gathering of Frank's achievements., May 3, 2000

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This review is from: The Magical Realism of Alyce Frank (New Mexico Magazine Artist Series) (Hardcover)

The artist herself bills her work "Taos Expressionism", and this collection of her various artistic achievements provides many dramatic full-color reproductions of her works. New Mexico author Dispenza provides the biographical introduction to Frank's life, opening for a revealing, involving gathering of her achievements.