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Rio Grande Series Rita Deanin Abbey The landscape of the Southwest--its deserts and rivers--has been an inspiration and point of departure for Rita Deanin Abbey's art and evolving visual perceptions. She has captured the energy of the space, forms, and mystifying characteristics of the desert in her abstract compositions. The color, line, and texture that recreate the surroundings and the motion of the river in the Rio Grande Series speak of personal creative sources and Abbey's reverence for nature's complexity. A foreword by William L. Fox, an essay on the Rio Grande by Marc Simmons, and a critique by Katherine Plake Hough of the 32 monotypes of the Rio Grande Series present an enlightening and unique overview of historical, environmental, and artistic features. Rita Deanin Abbey is an emeritus professor of art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her previous books are Rivertrip and Art and Geology: Expressive Aspects of the Desert, with G. William Fiero. William L. Fox is a poet, arts writer, and former executive director of the Nevada State Council on the Arts. Marc Simmons is an historian and author of 35 books. Katherine Plake Hough is director of collections and exhibitions at the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Gan Or January. 96 pp., 33 illus., 32 in color, LC 96-23835, 9" x 10.5" |
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