Book

Abajian, Kathryn J.

First sight of the desert : discovering the art of Ella Peacock / Kathryn J. Abajian.

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2005.

vii, 144 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

"Utah artist Ella Peacock - fiercely independent and idiosyncratic in the manner of Georgia O'Keeffe, to whom she is often compared - painted the desert landscape and rural setting around her Spring City home in purposeful isolation, rendering her subject matter in a subtle tonalist style. Writer Kathryn Abajian was immediately drawn to the painter, then eighty-six years old, and she found in Peacock a remarkable role model for a life of voluntary simplicity, devotion to work, and dedication to an uncompromising artistic vision."--BOOK JACKET.

Peacock, Ella Smyth, 1905-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Utah -- In art.

Mt. Peacock -- Grandfather's portrait -- The girl in the red scarf -- Out west -- Lehi Roller Mills -- The Manti Temple -- Being demolished -- Spring City chapel -- The old homestead at Pigeon Hollow -- First sight of the desert.

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