Suzan Campbell

The book opens with a discussion of landscape painting in New Mexico, with reference to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century artists and what inspired them. The bulk of the book, pages 30 to 279, is given over to the present day artists and their paintings. The book concludes with a very brief Biography for each artist, a Glossary and an Index to the artists.

Each artist has a page of introduction and at least three examples of his/her work, occasionally more. While brief the text for each artist is surprisingly comprehensive, providing an indication of background and training along with comments on the work. What is particularly appealing is that it also manages a certain intimacy, bringing each artist to life. What is particularly interesting is the even balance between male and female artists represented. The artists, thirty one in total, range from the established to the immerging, and the range of work is wide, predominantly representational from impressionist to realist, but with a few approaching abstract.

This is a large book, landscape in format which of course allows for most of the work to be shown advantage. It is illustrated throughout in full-colour with well in excess of 200 paintings.… (meer)