Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons by Susan Owens Lovelit and an offering of delicious

and an offering of delicious proportions

"[Brown's] research and work have given us a new vocabulary

The exacting prose and jewel-toned illustrations echo the harmony of monarch and milkweed in this carefully researched book

and an obsession with preserving things from the past

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Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons by Susan Owens Lovelit and an offering of deliciousAs exhilarating as a lungful of oxygen: that's how some of his contemporaries felt about John Constable's paintings. Others, though, were baffled by his uncompromisingly fresh and realistic treatment of the natural world. Author Susan Owens follows Constable's work and life through the seasons, tracing the rhythms and resonances of the artist's year to offer a vivid, unconventional perspective on this beloved figure. Whether in London in May,