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For four decades, Rosalind Wise has quietly created paintings of flowers and wild gardens. At a glance, many people may see only a simple meadow, wetland, or woodland, but those willing to look a little longer and think a little more will see that her paintings are hiding something greater in plain sight. Wise's career began in 1968 in England, when she was nineteen years old and attended Reading University, followed by Goldsmiths College in London. There, she was told to create big, Rothko-esque paintings and to pay attention to the market's demands in order to succeed in the London art scene. Instead, Wise did the opposite and walked down a different path. At thirty-one, she moved away from the chaos of the city and began to paint flowers over and over again--a cycle of creation that she never stopped. Her work aims to remind us there is something grander in the world. Each painting opens a window into a reality that exists outside of the constant bombardment of screens, advertisements, and consumerism that fills modern life. They reconnect us with the beauty and magic of existence. Rosalind Wise presents reproductions of more than one hundred of her paintings, each capturing the energy and spirit of places that have provided her with inspiration and solace. Shawn Vandor's essay, "Little Dreams of Creation: The Painting (and Prophecy) of Rosalind Wise," dives deep into the artist's purpose and philosophy, giving meaning and context to the magic of her creations.

Celebrating the 100th birthday of one of America's most respected and beloved artists, Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings honors a lifetime of extraordinary achievements across many genres. Best known for his tantalizing paintings of desserts, Wayne Thiebaud has long been affiliated with Pop Art. His bright palette, consumerist imagery, and graphic presentation perfectly suited to the Pop Art moment, though his body of work is far more expansive, continuing to grow as the artist approaches his milestone birthday. Born in Mesa, Arizona, Thiebaud grew up in Southern California and Utah. He spent much of his working career in Sacramento, teaching at Sacramento Junior College in the 1950s and then, beginning in 1960, at the University of California, Davis. After achieving widespread recognition for his nontraditional food still lifes in a 1962 exhibition at New York's Allan Stone Gallery, he began depicting people, doing so in beautifully realized figure studies and portraits on canvas. Across the decades, Thiebaud has explored various details of American life through his art, from urban views and rural landscapes to clowns and household items, all the time continuing to explore the food subjects that made him famous. Wayne Thiebaud 100 accompanies an exhibition of the same name, continuing a Crocker Art Museum tradition of hosting a Thiebaud exhibition each decade since according the artist his first solo show in 1951. In addition to the 100 paintings, prints, and drawings featured in the exhibition, this publication includes numerous other contextual paintings by Thiebaud, art by the masters who inspired him, and photographs of the artist with family and friends, taken over the course of his extraordinary career.