Product Description

Local artist, Phil Sandusky recounts 150 paintings that he created from 1987 to 2002 in the Crescent City. His subjects range from landscapes, street scenes, and architectural studies to the occasional figure study. This collection is more than a tourist's souvenir of historic architecture and picturesque cemeteries. While Sandusky does celebrate the city's seductive beauty, including its gracious mansions and verdant oaks, he also portrays its urban side, from dilapidated stonefronts to rusting cars. His creative eye has focused on many neighbourhoods of this historic city, including Uptown and Audubon Park, the Central Business District, Lakeview, and City Park, as well as the more well-known Garden District and French Quarter.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #270286 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

With new appreciation for New Orleans...
Thanks to Phil Sandusky, we have a pre-Katrina record of New Orleans seen through the appreciative eye of an artist. The design and execution of his plein air work fits perfectly the appealing clutter and humidity-laden atmosphere of the aging city. His choice of subject matter represents everything from uptown's residences to mid-town breweries and includes the above-the-watertable tombs, Jackson Square monuments, lakefront marinas, riverfront industry, city park views, and more.

Besides this rich array of images, the text is worthwhile reading for its account of life in the city and his discussions of painting technique. From one artist (originally from Louisiana) to another, thanks, Phil!

A wonderful collection
Phil Sandusky, in the tradition of Claude Monet and other French Impressionists of the late 19th century, insists on painting outdoors, on location, in order to capture the visual experience of the imagery and light of the "fleeting moment" in the life of his subject. The subject in this case is pre-Katrina New Orleans, and this book is a wonderful collection of 150 of Sandusky's works from 1987 to 2002.

I was born in New Orleans, and lived there for twenty-one years, and so I am familiar with many,if not most, of the locations he has captured on canvas. He has done a marvelous job of recording not only what specific sites look like: buildings in the French Quarter, homes in the Garden District, above-ground tombs in the cemeteries, Audobon Park lagoon,scenes of City Park, and much much more . He has I think captured the spirit or feel of the city as I remember it. I can highly recommend this book to anyone who has an attachment to New Orleans, and to anyone with an interest in Impressionist painting. I understand that Sandusky will be coming out with a collection of post-Katrina paintings, and I for one am looking forward to that.