Artline Etc.'s Book of the
Week Choice
for the Week of March 22, 1999
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Into
the Wilderness: An Artist's Journey : Paintings and Photography
by
by Stephen Lyman (Illustrator),
Mark Mardon (Contributor), Bev Doolittle (Introduction)
Paperback - 180 pages (November
1995)
Synopsis
Lyman celebrates the importance of the wilderness
through his beautiful paintings and extraordinary photos. Through Lyman's
art, and in the words of writer and former Sierra magazine editor Mark
Mardon, the reader can experience the deep quiet of the woods, find serenity
at the water's edge, climb mountains, and be at home in the wilderness.
Midwest Book Review
Environmentalist/painter Stephen Lyman's 35 solo
trips into Yosemite's backcountry wilderness are captured in Into The Wilderness:
paintings which communicate the beauty of the wilderness. Mark Mardon provides
the text which traces Lyman's journeys and discoveries.