The Smoky Valley / Reproductions of a series of Lithographs of the Smoky Valley in Kansas

A series of lithographs portrays the Smoky Hill River and its surrounding Kansas prairie through shifting light and seasonal moods. The artist records riverbanks, cottonwood groves, pastures, farmsteads, willows, twilight scenes, and the faces and hands of pioneer farmers, translating rural labor and quiet solitude into stark black-and-white and color studies. An introductory essay situates the works and the artist's attachment to the landscape, while the reproductions emphasize composition, texture, and the interplay of water, trees, hills, and human presence.