The Painter's Quarry; The Art of Peter Prendergast

The overlapping essays in this book create a multifaceted picture of Peter Prendergast's four-decade career in which he has established himself as one of Britain's foremost landscape painters, best known for his bold, expressionist paintings of north Wales, and as a formidable painter of portraits and self-portraits. All of Prendergast's subjects are celebrated with vigor and energy in stunning color reproductions, and the essays highlight his education, teaching, and artistic influences to provide a complete portrait of this celebrated Welsh artist.

ContributorsJohn Russell Taylor is the author of 'The Art Nouveau Book in Britain', and has also published on subjects as wide-ranging as Impressionism, Monet, Michael Parkes, Bill Jacklin and Philip Sutton. He is also an art critic for the Times.Peter Wakelin is The Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. He has written extensively on art in Wales, including a history of the Welsh Group.Peter Davies is a practicing artist. He has written books on contemporary and twentieth-century British art and artists, particularly sculptors and potters.Robert Macdonald is a painter and print-maker. He studied at the Royal College of Art and the Central School, and has been an art critic for Time-Out and The Scotsman. He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Welsh Group, a committee member of the Watercolour Society in Wales, and is the author several books.Lynda Morris is the curator of Norwich Art Gallery and EASTinternational at Norwich School of Art and Design. She has curated exhibitions and written extensively about contemporary art and society including Henry Tonks, Jeff Wall and Ed Middleditch.Tony Curtis is Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan. He is the author of nine collections of poetry and several works of literary criticism in addition to writing and editing a number of books on art in Wales, most notably Welsh Painters Talking and Welsh Artists Talking.David Alton is the former Keeper of Art of the National Museum and Gallery of Wales. He was Galleries Director and Acting Chief Executive of the Lowry on Salford Quays and is currently Arts Director of the Arts Council of Wales. He curated the David Jones centenary exhibition, Lowry in Wales, and exhibitions on Graham Sutherland and photographer Philip Jones Griffiths.