Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty. (Deluxe edition with original signed etching)

A$800 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Signed · Limited edition

Melbourne : Macmillan, 2007. Quarto, gilt-lettered teal cloth in matching slipcase, pp. 192, fully illustrated. First edition, the deluxe edition, limited to 75 numbered copies, with an original signed etching Banksia , printed at Port Jackson press, loosely accompanying the book. Written and published to coincide with the artist s retrospective exhibition at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. A second edition was published in 2008 and a third edition in 2013. All three editions quickly sold out and are highly sought after, only the first edition was published in a deluxe edition with original artwork. A fourth edition was published in 2020. David Thomas Monograph, tracing Criss Canning s career as an artist, is a masterpiece. He has led us through her long journey in The Pursuit of Beauty with great skill, giving us a wonderful picture of a very special human being who has had to face many difficult challenges in her life. She has met them all with admirable courage, because having to balance being a single loving mother and an artist was particularly difficult. The author s analysis of the artist s great gifts and her struggle to develop them is handled with sensitivity and understanding. Criss Canning is a very determined and courageous character with infinite faith in her personal pursuit of beauty through the creation of art. A spiritual aspect seems to underlie much of her work. David Thomas follows Criss all the way as she has moved from strength to strength. He has very m

• Binding: Hardcover

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