My longtime campfire buddy David Wright is universally recognized as one of America’s outstanding artists specializing in historic paintings depicting scenes from early woodland and Rocky Mountain exploration. His work has graced book covers, including two of my books, magazine articles and limited art prints. His originals hang in museums and are in demand for private collections. David is a recognized authority on historic authenticity, which is reflected in the period-correct accuracy of his paintings.
Those who enjoy David’s work now have an opportunity to have a coffee table book that tells the David Wright story with over two hundred of his paintings reproduced in color. Titled DAVID WRIGHT: Historian With A Brush, this hardcover, commemorative gift edition celebrating the life and art of David Wright, and published by Grandin Hood Publishers of Franklin, Tennessee has just been released. The large format book presents the artist’s biography, and an extensive portfolio of his work.
The book’s visually illustrated history text, authored by Western Writers Hall of Fame writer James A. Crutchfield, gives the reader an exciting journey through the life of the artist, culminating as one the nation’s foremost painters of American exploration, Indian nations, and early American history.
Combined with personal and archival photographs from Wright’s collection, Crutchfield’s text follows the artist from his early Kentucky roots, through his art education in Nashville and Europe, and combat endeavors of Vietnam. The colorful saga continues with tales of activities with long hunters and mountain men; as advisor to movie productions, and a lifelong passion for American history that is the subject of his art.
The greater balance of the book’s pages are devoted to full-page presentations of Wright’s paintings, arranged within portfolios, with each portfolio identified by the subject genre. Commentary from celebrity patrons and notables in the historic literary and art world introduce the galleries. Brief historical background text and anecdotes accompany each of the paintings.
A limited quantity of 300 books are offered as special “Artist’s Signature Edition” copies. Each is signed and numbered by the artist and presented in custom, “Grained Buffalino” slipcases, with gold foil stamping, and will include an enclosed 10”x14” signed print of an iconic David Wright painting. Price for these books is $300.
A standard edition of the 10”X14” book is available for $75.
To order your copy go to https://davidwrightart.com/.