Traveling with Winslow Homer, by Robert J. Demarest, is a refreshing, scholarly look at America’s most respected and yet least understood artist. The author takes the reader on a journey of discovery, visiting many of the places made famous by Homer in his wonderful watercolors and oils. Demarest compares the venues Homer rendered on paper and canvas with the same places seen through the lens of the author’s camera. A respected artist and sportsman in his own right, Demarest painstakingly examines Homer’s paintings, illuminating the skill that Homer applied to each venue as he re-arranged the composition to suit his exquisitely well-honed artistic sensibilities. In addition, Demarest offers us insight as to the true nature of the artist himself, by presenting compelling new evidence that Homer was not the reclusive misanthrope others would have us believe. He was also a dedicated sportsman, interested in the outdoors, and in particular, fishing. Traveling with Winslow Homer will undoubtedly change forever the way America and the rest of the world views this distinguished painter/angler.
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"Demarest shows Homer’s creativity, with each place showing how a great realist painting transcends the work of a copyist..." -- The Ridgewood News, Review in Arts and Leisure Section, January 10, 2003
"Oh, that book is beautiful... I'll buy it for my family and friends. I know they'll enjoy it" -- Doris Homer (Winslow’s Niece), Dec 2002
"Your unique perspective on Homer certainly comes across in the publication...a unique view of Homer’s artistic method." -- David M. Reel, Curator of Fine Art & Decorative Art, West Point Museum, Dec, 2002
"Oh, that book is beautiful... I'll buy it for my family and friends. I know they'll enjoy it" -- Doris Homer (Winslow’s Niece), Dec 2002
"Your unique perspective on Homer certainly comes across in the publication...a unique view of Homer’s artistic method." -- David M. Reel, Curator of Fine Art & Decorative Art, West Point Museum, Dec, 2002
About the Author
Robert J. Demarest was the director of the Center for Biomedical Communications at Columbia University’s Medical School for 20 years. He was twice elected the president of the Association of Medical Illustrators, and has won numerous awards for his medical illustrations. His medical and fine art hang in numerous private collections and in the Harvard-Countway Library Permanent Archives. He received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Medical Illustrators, and the coveted Crosby medal from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was authored many important medical texts, and has produced the definitive illustrated work on childbirth and contraception, "Human Reproduction and Fertility Control".
He has presented numerous lectures on the life of Winslow Homer at museums, art societies, and angling clubs, and was the featured speaker at the 2001 Homer Celebration at the Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery. When not producing fine works of art he can be found on one of his favorite trout streams.
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