{"product_id":"follow-the-sun-robert-lougheed-9780578039701","title":"Follow the Sun: Robert Lougheed","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was the man behind Mobil Oil Company's legendary flying Pegasus and the creator of numerous magazine covers familiar to a generation of readers. Yet even when fully engaged in commissioned work, Robert Lougheed never ceased to paint for himself, as well, and never drew a divide between the two. Both were about expressing the essence and particularity of life. Lougheed was a true \"painter's painter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollow the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to showcase the full breadth of Lougheed's artistic legacy. More than 400 full-color reproductions trace his trajectory from early Canadian studies of working horses to commercial work to western scenes and timeless plein-air oils of European subjects, with much in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quiet, confident man dedicated to painting, Robert Lougheed was born in 1910 and grew up on a farm in Ontario, Canada, the reins of a working horse in one hand and a drawing pencil in the other. After a youthful stint as a newspaper illustrator for the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star, \u003c\/i\u003e he studied in New York with Dean Cornwell and Frank Vincent DuMond of the famed Art Students League.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter earning a place among renowned illustrators, Lougheed joined the Cowboy Artists of America and helped found the National Academy of Western Art. Both honored him with multiple awards. He painted prolifically abroad, bringing back scores of fresh oils, watercolors, and sketches from France and England. Wherever he traveled--the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Alaska, or the American Southwest--he painted incessantly. He mentored many young artists, schooling them in his \"creative truth,\" which included the necessity of creating from life rather than photographs. Wherever he went, he found horses, and he honored them through his art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Don Hedgpeth makes clear why \"contemporary western art owes a major debt of gratitude to Bob Lougheed.\" This book takes a long stride toward repaying that debt and introduces a remarkable artist to any who have not yet had the pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHedgpeth, Don:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFreelance writer and western historian \u003cstrong\u003eDon Hedgpeth\u003c\/strong\u003e is founding editor of \u003cem\u003ePersimmon Hill, \u003c\/em\u003e the journal of the National Cowboy \u0026amp; Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including\u003cem\u003e Traildust: Cowboys, Cattle, and Country: The Art of James Reynolds and Howard Terpning: Spirit of the Plains People\u003c\/em\u003e A fifth-generation Texan, he lives near San Antonio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diamond Trail Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326161686802,"sku":"9780578039701","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a972c07d-3c12-4737-91dd-aa759ff1dd33.jpg?v=1727697586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/follow-the-sun-robert-lougheed-9780578039701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}