Alberta Remembers
Recalling Our Rural Roots
Red Deer Press
Published on 30. September 2005
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-88995-325-3 (ISBN)
Description
In honor of Alberta's Centennial, the magestic beauty of the grain elevator is celebrated by artist Karen Brownlee and author Ken Tingley in 128 vibrant paintings with descriptive text.
Based on the artist's Rural Prairie Communities series, Alberta Remembers pays homage to this rapidly disappearing icon that played such a central role in the development of the Prairie West.
Includes forewords by Jane Ross, Curator, Western Canadian History, Royal Alberta Museum and Daniel T. Gallacher, Curator Emeritus, Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 310 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
853 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88995-325-3 (9780889953253)
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Karen Brownlee, a full-time practicing artist, focuses on landscapes, rural Alberta communities and grain elevators. She is proficient in sumi-e and other diverse styles of Japanese and Chinese brush painting, which she worked in exclusively for ten years. Karen has been a juror for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and was the Alberta recipient of the Davis and Henderson Intercheques Prairie Heritage Preservation Award. She lives in Lethbridge Alberta with her husband, son and daughter.
Longtime Edmonton resident Ken Tingley is a historic resource consultant, author, and editor who cooperated in the development of the inventory of city historic sites both pre- and post-war. His previous book for Red Deer Press was Alberta Remembers: Recalling Our Rural Roots, a collaboration with artist Karen Brownlee.
Longtime Edmonton resident Ken Tingley is a historic resource consultant, author, and editor who cooperated in the development of the inventory of city historic sites both pre- and post-war. His previous book for Red Deer Press was Alberta Remembers: Recalling Our Rural Roots, a collaboration with artist Karen Brownlee.