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Fred Krakowiak's Outstanding Book
"An Artist's Safari" Drawing Global Raves
While Fred lives in Phoenix, Arizona, like
ourselves his heart is in Africa. Amazon describes it as
follows: Part memoir, part meditation, this intimate
portfolio is a collection of vivid stories and evocative
images that honor this immense and wild land. Through
breathtaking illustrations and a well-informed narration,
the collection captures an Africa full of color and texture,
energy and motion, passion and hope. In addition to sketches
drawn while trekking, the book features reproductions of
final pieces painted on a variety of materials
&emdash;bronze, copper, rice paper, silk &emdash;and
expressed through the ancient art of sumi. Accompanying
sidebars reveal facts about the various African
animals&emdash; lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, water
buffalo,and the like&emdash; such as their markings, size,
behavior, gestation, life span, predators, defense, and
conservation measures being taken to save them.
Here's what readers are saying about Fred's outstanding
book.
"The impeccable quality, unique technique, and attention to
detail in Krakowiak's work is a tribute to the magnificence
of the untamed world." &emdash;Kevin
Peters, nature sculptor
"It is the power of the paintings that will bring you back
to this book time and again." &emdash;David T. Gies,
Commonwealth Professor of Spanish, University of Virginia,
in Virginia Quarterly Review
"Krakowiak is a gifted artist and offers the reader his
perceptions of sights of Africa in a variety of
media." &emdash;Jean L. Cooper, grants officer and
information services librarian, University of Virginia, in
Virginia Quarterly Review
"A stunning coffee table portrayal of a safari by a wildlife
artist." &emdash;Talking Travel Africa. Available
at Amazon
3rd
International African Diaspora Heritage Trail
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