James Prosek Grasslands: Painting the American Prarie

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In 2021, Prosek traveled to the Texas Hill Country to understand the region s threatened prairie habitats, thus embarking on a project to explore the complex realities of contemporary American grasslands. Prosek s art is influenced by his science-based, firsthand fieldwork, with his handwritten notes often lining the margins. The book features his richly detailed watercolors and silhouettes of animals, plants, and habitats that reinforce the importance of the prairies as their own complete ecosystems as well as the boundaries that define them in the present day from fencerows to more subtle transitions that distinguish a native prairie from one with invasive grasses. Art lovers, students of American history, landscape architects, horticulturalists, environmentalists, and lovers of open spaces will enjoy adding this book to their libraries.

Author Bio

James Prosek is an artist, writer, and naturalist. Called the Audubon of the fishing world by the New York Times, he has published more than a dozen books and exhibited his art globally. Andrew J. Walker is the executive director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Spencer Wigmore is the former associate curator, and Margaret (Maggie) Adler is the current curator of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper at the museum. Matt White is a Texas writer, historian, naturalist, and the author of Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait. Andrew Graybill is a professor of history, the director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University (SMU), and the author of Policing the Great Plains.