Publisher's Synopsis
This lively yet thoughtful sketch of Alfred Currier's evolution as an artist focuses on his career during the past decade, after he came to Skagit County in Washington state from the Midwest in 1992. Currier regards this decade as his professional coming of age, the crystallization of a personal style and technique and whose recurrent theme is the rendering of the Skagit Delta, particularly the blossoming of its famous tulip fields and the people who work in them.;If Currier became a "neo-regionalist" after arriving in Skagit county, the transformation did not happen overnight. Currier explored from the shores of Puget Sound to the west and the ridges of the Cascade mountains to the east. His senses had to become attuned to the region as he became acutely aware of its light, colour, and primary forms. He settled in Skagit County in Washington state, here he was particularly drawn to the flat Skagit River delta region with its weathers and moods, the changes wrought by the first settlers to this place, and above all, the psychic energy once derived by the Northwest school painters.;Currier dedicates this book to the Hispanic migrant worker. The artist has arranged for a large portion of the book's proceeds to help support the workers and their families.
