FROM THE SAME AUTHORS...

NOTES ON A SHARED LANDSCAPE

Making Sense of the American West

by David Bayles

FIRST PRINTING MAY 2005 ● $29.95 HARDCOVER

 

In this superbly crafted collection of personal writings and photographs, David Bayles explores the bungled love affair between Euro-Americans and the western landscape that ironically continues to infatuate them. William Kittredge, whose books include Who Owns The West?, recognizes Bayles as a “longtime traveler in the dry interior west... who is profoundly conversant with the region’s watersheds, ecosystems and cultures”, and concludes, “This is a book anybody who is thinking seriously about the West ought to read and re-read....It’s honest and useful. That’s my idea of high praise.”

 

THE VIEW FROM THE STUDIO DOOR

How Artists Find Their Way in An Uncertain World

by Ted Orland

FIRST PRINTING APRIL 2006 ● $12.95 SOFTCOVER

 

In this perfect companion piece to Art & Fear, Ted Orland argues that when it comes to artmaking, theory and practice are inseparably linked. In a text marked by grace, brevity and humor, Orland connects the line between timeless philosophical questions about the underlying nature of art making (How do we make sense of the world?), and gritty real-world issues that artists confront the moment they’re off the starting blocks and producing work on a regular basis (Is there art after graduation?). Think of it as practical philosophy for the working artist.