It is a land of contrast, of far-spreading plains and high-reaching canyon walls, and of air stretched thin--a land made for painting, not, perhaps, for living. Intrigued by the danger, the drama, and the savage light of this land of geological upheaval and downcutting, artists have long been drawn to the far west of Texas. The forty-nine paintings selected for this volume display the variety, the majesty, the glory of this vast region.
It is indeed a natural studio for artists. Space and scale are there--the broad horizontals of the open plains and the stark verticals of the sheer...