On Distant Ground: The Art of Scott L. Christensen (Inscribed to fellow artist Joan Marron Larue). This item is unavailable.On Distant Ground: The Art of Scott L. Christensen (Inscribed to fellow artist Joan Marron Larue)

This 140-page publication is an extensive collection of Christensen's intriguing plein air paintings. With an introductory essay by Gary Ferguson, this book features 62 color reproductions--including the 2000 Prix de West Award painting, "Wind River Ice"--along with a select sample of the artist's journal musings, sketches and photographs.

Scott Christensen is one of the country's premier plein air painters. his landscape paintings demonstrate outstanding sophistocation of design and subtle use of color.

He was raised in Lander, Wyoming and was interested in a career of teaching and coaching before a serious football injury in college forced him to redirect his focus. Scott enrolled in a college art class and then began on his own to vigorously persue an intensive study of the great masters including Carl Runguis, Edgar Payne, Joaquin Sorolla and John Singer Sargent.

Christensen ventures out of doors to study and collect information locally as well as from other spectacular locations worldwide. His travels include the eastern and western seaboards of the United States, Sweden, Ireland, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Back in his studio, Scott composes his large landscapes from his small studies made in the field, such as the 2000 Prix de West winner, "Wind River Ice."