Sketchbook Traveler - by James Lancel McElhinney (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A portable art journal and field guide to enhance the pleasures of travel through painting, drawing, and writing. Encourages readers to deepen their engagement with the places they live in and travel through.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This small yet sturdy sketchbook-and-journal combination is the ideal travel companion--ready to toss into a backpack at a moment's notice. Through drawing, painting, and writing prompts, it invites curious creatives to journey toward an expansive, more meaningful engagement with the world around them.<br /> <br /> Filled with inspiring quotes and blank pages to develop one's own visual journal, this portable canvas is perfect for recording places, observations, and impressions of the world we live in and travel to. In a mix of history, narrative, and art, author James Lancel McElhinney explores the American Southwest, a vast area of breathtaking natural beauty. <br /> <br /> Included are brief historical overviews of the region, composition and painting tips, a gallery of the author's field sketches, and sage advice for becoming a sketchbook traveler who enjoys a mindful engagement with nature. Thirty images and texts explore key subjects and five states in the region: <br /> - 16 sites in the Rio Grande Valley in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, including Bachelor Mountain, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge, Cochiti Lake and Dam, Sandia Mountains <br /> - 6 sites in Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation (UT/AZ border), including White Rock Canyon, John Ford's Point, Ear of the Wind <br /> - 8 sites in Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California, including Quail Springs, Barker's Dam, Hall of Horrors, Hidden Valley, Pinto Peak, Keys View <br /> <br /> Readers will be inspired by the Southwest's red-rock canyons, rugged plateaus, and painted deserts that have long captivated artists, writers, and everyday travelers. By deepening readers' knowledge and enriching their personal experiences, this book ensures that every day will be a meaningful artistic adventure.<br /> <br /> <strong>Contents</strong><br /> Introduction <br /> Chapter 1: La Tierra Incognita<br /> Chapter 2: La Tierra Encantada<br /> Chapter 3: Lessons in Print<br /> Chapter 4: Gallery in Print: Journal Pages<br /> Chapter 5: Work Pages<br /> Chapter 6: Into the Field <br /> Resources: Organizations & Institutions <br /> Parks, Open Spaces & Destinations<br /> Readings<br /> <br /> Author's work is found in the following public collections: <br /> Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina<br /> Avery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University, New York, New York<br /> Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York<br /> Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia<br /> City of Philadelphia, Water Department Archives<br /> Danville Museum of Fine Art and History, Danville, Virginia<br /> Denver Art Museum, Institute for Western Art, Denver, Colorado<br /> University of Denver, Library Special Collections, Denver, Colorado<br /> Free Library of Philadelphia, Print and Picture Collection<br /> Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina<br /> Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br /> Hudson River Museum, Yonkers New York<br /> Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino, California<br /> Medical College of Virginia, Art Collection, Richmond, Virginia<br /> Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas.<br /> Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois<br /> New York Public Library, Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photography<br /> Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Archives and Special Collections<br /> Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA<br /> Temple University, Samuel L. Paley Library Special Collections, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br /> West Point Museum, United States Military Academy<br /> Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut<br /> <br /> <br /><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Part artistic history of the Hudson River Valley, part travel guide, and part how-to-manual on how to be a sketchbook traveler McElhinney's volume is as absorbing as it is beautiful. McHlhinney is that rare contemporary artist who at once seems to live in our 21st century moment of environmental consciousness and at the same time follow in the footsteps of 18th century topographic explorers and 19th century picturesque artists. His knowledge is voracious, and his writing style witty and gregarious. Above all his sketches are transportive, and inspire the reader to travel along in his footsteps, and above all be not afraid to venture out on their own path, to turn looking into seeing, and to record their own journeys. </p>--Anna O. Marley, Ph.D. Kenneth R. Woodcock Curator of Historical American Art<br>
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