Painting Missouri: The Counties en Plein Air by Karen Glines, Karen Glines
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- Pub. Date: February 2008
- 248pp
- Sales Rank: 209,406
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 2008
- Publisher: University of Missouri Press
- Format: Hardcover, 248pp
- Sales Rank: 209,406
- ISBN-13: 9780826217561
- ISBN: 0826217567
Synopsis
With more counties than most other states, Missouri posed a unique challenge for Billy O'Donnell: an outdoor painting on location en plein air for each of Missouri s 114 counties plus the city of St. Louis. Here are scenes both familiar and intimate: farmhouses and barns, Lover's Leap in Hannibal, and the view of St. Louis from the roof of the Cathedral Basilica. Accompanying the paintings are essays by Karen Glines, who provides essential historical information about the counties, from interesting facts about their foundings and names to the stories behind their courthouses. Additional comments by O'Donnell relate some of his experiences while creating the paintings. "In Missouri," observes O'Donnell, "I have found all that an artist needs, and beyond this, I have found an even deeper connection to place."
Biography
Karen Glines is a journalist who lives in Des Peres, Missouri. Billyo O'Donnell is founder of the "Artists Along the Katy Trail" program and was selected as one of America's 50 Exceptional Plein Air Painters by The Haggin Museum in Stockton, California. His works are included in prestigious collections in the United States, Japan, and Europe. He lives in Eureka, Missouri.
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