Dr. Will South, author of numerous books on both California Impressionism and Modernism, asks the question: How can more than 100-year-old, simple landscape paintings, however pleasant, be relevant in a world where humans are glued to their phones and consume hundreds of images per day?
South provides a historical context in which to gain an understanding of long-ago California art, and helps us see how a healthful and positive message may still be felt in the numerous beautiful paintings now on view at the Blowing Rock Museum of Art.