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FOR OVER FIVE decades Charley Harper has been illustrating our world. From his science paintings for the Giant Golden Book of Biology, to the lyrical line drawings in Betty Crocker's Dinner for Two CookBook, Mr. Harper's hand is undeniable. Painting in a style he calls "minimal realism', he captures the essence of his subject using the fewest elements possible. 'I don't count the feathers, I just count the wings.' For the first time, his life's work is being presented in CHARLEY HARPER: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE by TODD OLDHAM
	BOOK WITH STANDARD COVER HARDCOVER 17.3 X 12.2 INCHES 440 PAGES $200
LIMITED EDITIONS AVAILABLE Each numbered, limited edition book is signed by Charley Harper & Todd Oldham. Each edition comes with an elegant cloth slipcase and a special-edition silkscreen print.

	LIMITED EDITION 1 HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT GRAND CANYON, 1952 17 X 12 INCHES 440 PAGES 17.3 X 12.2 INCHES 250 NUMBERED COPIES $400
	LIMITED EDITION 2 HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT SHADOW DANCERS, 1960 17 X 12 INCHES 440 PAGES 17.3 X 12.2 INCHES 250 NUMBERED COPIES $600
	LIMITED EDITION 3 HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, 1956 17 X 12 INCHES 440 PAGES 17.3 X 12.2 INCHES 250 NUMBERED COPIES $400
	LIMITED EDITION 4 HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT GREEN JAY, 1956 17 X 12 INCHES 440 PAGES 17.3 X 12.2 INCHES 250 NUMBERED COPIES $600
	Charley Harper answers the questions he is asked most often about his work, challenges your previous perception of nature with 114 pictures and paragraphs (on 132 pages, 11 1/4 x 11 1/4), and offers a new and unexpected - and unprecedented - way to enjoy it, both visually and verbally. Unlike traditional surrealistic wildlife art, his is flat, simple, and funny. Instead of putting all the details in when he paints, he tries to leave them all out; he reduces nature to the simplest possible visual terms without losing identity, thereby enhancing identity. Minimal realism, he calls it, adding, "When Audubon painted a bird, he had to count all the feathers in the wings. I just count the wings."
Samples from the Book	Buy the Charley Harper Book, Beguiled by the Wild -$39.95 (please note when purchasing, you need to select the UPS Ground - Book option for shipping)

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