Blue Horse, Red Desert: The Art of Tom Russell - Hardcover

Tom Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0982860129 ISBN 13: 9780982860120

Publisher: Bangtail Press, 2011

Known to American audiences primarily through his music, singer-songwriter Tom Russell is every bit as talented on the canvas as he is the page, just as devoted to exploring his chosen art form when there s a brush in his hand as a guitar. And so it's perhaps no surprise that the same sensibilities that enliven and inform his music -- the passion and compassion, his sense of western history and rich feel for his own context -- are also tangibly on display on his canvases.

Through the course of presenting more than sixty of Russell's finest paintings, Blue Horse, Red Desert spans some of the most productive years of his artistic career. We see the whimsical humor of such pieces as Free Range Chickens Crossing the Rio Grande; we share in his sense of historical umbrage with Custer's Last Stand and Juarez / Guernica, and we appreciate the sharp, intellectual awareness of his predecessors in homages to Fritz Scholder and Edward S. Curtis.

With a brilliant biographical introduction by Russell and complemented by an afterword by masterful author Paul Zarzyski, Blue Horse, Red Desert is destined to be seen as a milestone in the blooming career of a true American master.

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About the Author:

Tom Russell has released twenty-seven albums of original songs. His songs have been covered by Johnny Cash, Joe Ely, Doug Sahm, Ramblin Jack Elliott, and others. His newest record is Mesabi.

For more information on Russell's catalogue and art, go to tomrussell.com. His paintings are currently shown by Rainbow Man Gallery, rainbowman.com, and Yard Dog Gallery, yarddog.com.

Review:

From the Afterword Tom is one of the great Renaissance men of our times -- songwriter, painter, novelist, essayist, filmmaker, you name it.

--Paul Zarzyski, Author of 51: 30 Poems, 20 Lyrics , 1 Self-interview

Tom Russell's art brings together primitive, Native American, Southwestern and Mexican influences as he does in his music, with an eye as keen as his ear.

--Monte Hellman, Director, Two Lane Blacktop and The Road to Nowhere

We have three Tom Russells at home, and another became the cover of the album we made together in 2009. Tom's paintings are much like his songs: deeply original, unsentimental, and unflinchingly honest.

--Gretchen Peters and Barry Walsh, Recording Artists

Tom Russell's art brings together primitive, Native American, Southwestern and Mexican influences as he does in his music, with an eye as keen as his ear.

--Monte Hellman, Director, Two Lane Blacktop and The Road to Nowhere
We have three Tom Russells at home, and another became the cover of the album we made together in 2009. Tom's paintings are much like his songs: deeply original, unsentimental, and unflinchingly honest.

--Gretchen Peters and Barry Walsh, Recording Artists

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