{"product_id":"the-native-trees-of-canada-9781770467446","title":"The Native Trees of Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of the artist's bold reinterpretation of a century-old book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a foreword by Sheila Heti, Leanne Shapton's cult art book inspired by a government textbook is back in print with a gorgeous new cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile shopping in the used-book store the Monkey's Paw in Toronto, Leanne Shapton happened upon a 1956 edition of the stalwart reference book \u003ci\u003eThe Native Trees of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1917 by the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. Most people might simply view the book as a dry cataloging of a banal subject; Shapton, however, saw beauty in the technical details and was inspired to create her own interpretation of \u003ci\u003eThe Native Trees of Canada.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShapton distills each image into its simplest form, using vivid colors in lush ink and house paint. She takes the otherwise complex objects of trees, pinecones, and seeds and strips them down into bold, almost abstract shapes and colors: the water birch is represented as two pulsating red bulbs contrasted against a gray backdrop; the eastern white pine is represented by a close-up of its cone against a radiant summer sky. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eGuest Book; Toys Talking; Sunday Night Movies; Swimming Studies; Was She Pretty?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImportant Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry\u003c\/i\u003e, Shapton puts forth yet another entirely new facet of her creative artistry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeanne Shapton is an author, artist, illustrator and publisher based in New York City. She is currently the art editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the co-founder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J\u0026amp;L Books. Shapton is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Shapton is the author of nine books: \u003ci\u003eToronto\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty?\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eImportant Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIncluding Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNative Trees of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Sunday Night Movies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGuest Book: Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn Cars and Toys Talking, a children's book\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2012 National Book Critic's Circle Award for autobiography, and was long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878090674450,"sku":"9781770467446","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0670e437-0f95-4c3b-9b46-bed8fed6f5da.jpg?v=1738156060","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-native-trees-of-canada-9781770467446","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}