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An examination of William Wegman and how he transposes images of daily life to reflect both beauty and absurdity.

Contemporary artist Beckman is best known for his larger-than-life figurative paintings depicting seemingly emotionless subjects in meticulous detail. There is something unsettling in the directness of his figures, and this sense of unease is no less apparent when viewing his portraits and landscapes.

Although best-known as a painter of innocence and childhood memories whose scenes hearken back to a simpler and timeless past, William Kurelek 1927-1977 was also a chronicler of the experiences of various cultural groups in Canada devoting entire series to Ukrainian, Polish, Irish, Jewish and Inuit peoples. This magnificently illustrated volume features in-depth essays that explore Kureleks entire oeuvre, from his formative years when he underwent psychiatric treatment and converted to Roman Catholicism to his later work where he metamorphosed into an anguished prophet of a modern apocalypse.

Kern was an artist on many expeditions including with Frémont, Pope (Santa Fe), and to the northern Pacific and Japan. Kern County and the Kern River are named after him.