Shannon (1951- ) is an American artist perhaps best-known for his "Oxbow" series of sweeping landscape paintings, one titled The Oxbow After Church, After Cole/Flooded..., 1998. In showcasing his highly personal portraits as well as landscapes, Rosenfeld (art history, Marymount Manhattan College, New York) and several other art scholars dispel the misinterpretation of his work as merely a reprise of the Hudson River School. Their essays discuss his themes, work in other media, and the polishing process he developed that infuses his paintings with a luminescent light. The quality oversize volume features his more recent work as well; a chronology; list of selected exhibitions, installations, awards and collections; and a bibliography. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less