Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons by Susan OwensAs exhilarating as a lungful of oxygen: that's how some of his contemporaries felt about John Constable's paintings. Others, though, were baffled by his uncompromisingly fresh and realistic treatment of the natural world. Author Susan Owens follows Constable's work and life through the seasons, tracing the rhythms and resonances of the artist's year to offer a vivid, unconventional perspective on this beloved figure. Whether in London in May,

how they hunt or fish or scavenge or gather

his name on the front pages of newspapers around the world

Mike Krebill walks us though his favorite edible plants and mushroom

faced considerable hostility as he ventured to distribute Protestant Bibles in a Catholic stronghold

Cement Mixer

Each activity has been carefully written by Kirsten Bradley

the weariness in you at the cellular level

poet and travel writer

His books include A Walker in the City

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