Art of Ray Swanson: Celebrating People and Lifestyles

Beautiful new art book with 181 images, 148 in full color. 10" x 13" vertical format. Bound in linen with gold stamped hard cover & colorful dust jacket that is shrink wrapped & individually boxed in mailing cartons. Ray Swanson is a well known artist of the American Indians, particularly the Navajo Indians of Arizona. Includes paintings of his 33 year career of painting subject matter such as landscapes, seascapes, Americana of the Midwest, & genre paintings of many cultures in Alaska, Morocco, Italy, Nepal, Hong Kong & Europe. Paintings are watercolors & oils in traditional realism style. His personal biography is inspiring as it tells of his humble beginnings as a South Dakota farmboy as he turned adversity into opportunity & realized his dream to be a great artist. He is a member of the American Watercolor Society, Master Artist of the Artists of America, & Cowboy Artists of America. To order & information: Old Paint Publishing, Drawer 5965, Carefree, AZ 85377. Phone & FAX: 602-488-3635.O'Keefe, Tom is the author of 'Art of Ray Swanson: Celebrating People and Lifestyles', published 1994 under ISBN 9780963856500 and ISBN 0963856502.