Painting Katrina - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1589804775 ISBN 13: 9781589804777

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co, 2008

A painterly vision of New Orleans pre- and poststorm neighborhoods. Phil Sandusky is a nationally renowned plein air artist known for his cityscapes. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Sandusky returned home and began recording the devastation. The result is a collection that offers a vision of the beauty and fragility of New Orleans and displays the awesome power of nature. The book contains 76 color reproductions: 30 created a year before Katrina; 30 in the aftermath of the storm, focusing primarily on scenes at the lakefront and the Lower Ninth Ward; and the last 16 painted one year after Katrina, showing the citys painstaking recovery. Sandusky prefaces the paintings with background about his style and a journal chronicling his experience.

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About the Author:

Phil Sandusky's first book with Pelican, New Orleans en Plein Air, was followed by Painting Katrina, an unprecedented artistic response to one of the worst natural disasters to impact the United States. He is currently represented by Cole Pratt Gallery in New Orleans, Reinike Gallery in Atlanta, and Stellers Gallery in Jacksonville. Sandusky has published several articles in American Artist, and he serves as instructor of landscape and life painting at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. His work can be seen in many prominent collections at museums such as New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana State Museum, and Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Synopsis:

Phil Sandusky is regarded as one of America's most respected plein air (open-air) artists, known especially for his evocative cityscapes. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Sandusky returned to his hometown of New Orleans and began recording what he saw.Featuring 76 full-colour reproductions - 30 that show the life and soul of the city a year before Katrina; 30 in the aftermath of the storm; and 16 painted one year on from Katrina, showing the city's painstaking recovery - "Painting Katrina" offers a unique vision of the beauty and fragility of New Orleans, and the awesome power of nature.

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