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The Country life
of an Artist

By Anita Baarns

About the Book

This book is about making the most of your opportunities. When Anita came to America, she realized her childhood dream to study fine art. The book is a rare collection of 281 works of art, together with entertaining stories describing their creation during the lifetime of their artist.

The book contains 205 pages. Most of the 281 works of art are spot gloss varnished to highlight and protect the images in the book. The book is cased in Full Sierra cloth.
The book size is 11.125 x 8.75 inches and weights just over 2 pounds. Each book is shrink wrapped, unless a personally signed message by the author is requested. The book is printed in the USA by Puritan Press Inc.

Content of the book for sales
Anita riding Conrad to the hunt.

About the author

Anita Baarns was born in Fontainebleau, France, raised in the Netherlands, and came to the United States to pursue her higher education majoring in fine art. She entered Northern Virginia Community College in 1988, graduated summa cum laude, and transferred to the University of Maryland, where she was awarded her degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude, … 

BOOK DETAILS:

ISBN: 978-1-7324733-0-0
LCCN: 2020905220

205

Pages

33

Christmas Cards

281

Works of Art

What Readers say

“Anita Baarns is an extraordinary and gifted artist. Nothing is more challenging than capturing and expressing on a canvass the spirit and personalities of dogs or horses.  I know because she did a portrait of our two labradors. It was brilliant work. Anita Baarns is our era’s George Stubbs and Edwin Landseer. Her book is a must read for anyone who appreciates great art and loves dogs or horses.”

James Farwell – Author

“This book is a delight not only for the subjects brought into vibrant life, but for the edifying and entertaining read it is.  That’s not always the case with books like this!”

 John D. Middleburg.

Your book is absolutely touching and SO beautiful! Your paintings and drawings evoke such memories of the past, some very happy and some so sad…. I and many others are thrilled of course, you decided to focus on the animals instead of abstract. You pay such tribute and give such honor to these wonderful companions and partners that will be in our hearts forever!!!

Sandy D.

Book Specifications:

The book is printed on 205 pages of Endurance Silk 100# stock. The end sheets are printed with the artist’s animal drawings in a sepia color. Most of the 281 works of art which include oil paintings, pastels, pencil, crayon, pen and ink, and watercolor drawings are spot gloss varnished to highlight and protect the images in the book. The book is Smythsewn and cased in Full Sierra cloth in a natural canvas color. The cover and the spine of the book are embossed with a rich copper foil, and the book is protected by a Matte Laminate dust jacket.
The book size is 11.125 x 8.75 inches and weights just over 2 pounds. Each book is shrink wrapped, unless a personally signed message by the author is requested. The book is printed in the USA by Puritan Press Inc.

$65.00

(Free shipping within the USA.)