New Art of Willard Gayheart

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies

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Beskrivning

This is a portfolio of 87 drawings by the Appalachian pencil artist Willard Gayheart dating from the early 1970s to the present. The book features information about each drawing taken from interviews with the artist and the owners of the art. Additionally, the book contains information about the artist's life and music and where his art can be found in the region.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-05
Mått:178 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786465514

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Willard Gayheart is a gifted pencil artist, songwriter and musician. He owns an art and frame shop, The Front Porch Gallery, in Woodlawn, Virginia, and divides his time between music and drawing. Writer and researcher Donia S. Eley is based in Pulaski, Virginia. An avid music lover and art collector, she devotes much of her free time to causes throughout and beyond the New River Valley, among them the preservation and perpetuation of art, music, land conservation and Appalachian culture.

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“Gayheart imparts a special personal warmth and empathy to his graphite depictions of his friends and neighbors...Willard Gayheart does himself proud in this important collection of regional art with appeal and worth reaching far beyond the mountains of western Virginia”—Appalachian Journal.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsForeword by Grace Toney EdwardsPreface and Acknowledgments by Donia S. EleyIntroductionFamilyFront Porch GalleryFiddle and PlowGayhearts in the RegionThe Crooked Road to Art CollectionThe Art of Willard GayheartIndex