{"product_id":"a-view-from-the-south-theron-thomas-dewey-9781611179125","title":"A View from the South: The Narrative Art of Boyd Saunders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration of the prolific artist's heartfelt devotion to the people and places of the American South\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA View from the South: The Narrative Art of Boyd Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive examination of the life and art of one of America's premier printmakers. In this celebration of an enduring and widely acclaimed career as an artist, Thomas Dewey II chronicles Saunders's work not only as a printmaker, but also as a painter, sculptor, illustrator, author, educator, amateur musician, and sometimes horseman. With great care Dewey exposes the common thread that runs through Saunders's visual expressions: his intriguing tales that reveal his heartfelt devotion to the people and places of the American South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDewey has captured Saunders's life story through intensive research as well as via a series of interviews with the artist over several years. Details of Saunders's early life on a West Tennessee farm and his family's long attachment to the land document a profound influence on his life, outlook, and art. But Saunders was also moved by literature--namely that of William Faulkner, whom he met while earning a master's of fine art at the University of Mississippi. Saunders credits Faulkner with inspiring much of his work, demonstrated in his \u003ci\u003eSpotted Horses, \u003c\/i\u003e a limited volume of lithographs illustrating Faulkner's short story of the same name, which was published by the University of South Carolina Press in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a distinguished professor emeritus of the University of South Carolina, Saunders founded its Art Department's printmaking program as well as a southern printmaker's organization called the Southern Graphics Council. In the more than forty years since its founding the organization, now called SGC International, it has grown well beyond its southern borders and now serves twenty-five hundred members worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA View from the South\u003c\/i\u003e features more than 120 color images showcasing the themes, ideas, and techniques Saunders has used in his paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts. His art is exhibited throughout the world and is included in many private and public collections, including the Boston Public Library, the U.S. Wildlife Collection in Washington, D.C., and Shanxi University collection in China. \u003cbr\u003eA foreword is provided by Charles R. Mack, professor emeritus of art history at the University of South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theron Thomas Dewey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611179122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611179125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.30h x 10.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Theron Thomas Dewey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078505918719,"sku":"9781611179125","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a67c4ab1-ebab-4790-bca4-6b64cd91fdc6.jpg?v=1685475906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-view-from-the-south-theron-thomas-dewey-9781611179125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}