The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser

The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser is a book about Connie and Jim Housers passion for art and each other as well as for living and family. It is a dialogue about their adventures in pursuing those loves and achieving recognition for their accomplishments. There is a profound degree of suchness or Zen quality in Jim Housers paintings as well as a lyricism not unlike the clear concise resonance of Robert Frosts shorter verse. Those essentials are shown in the almost forty paintings photographed for The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser. The imagined and inventive device and use of letters in The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser swiftly conveys the actual events in Jim and Connie Housers lives. The creative partners are portrayed in a rapidly moving dialogue that involves the reader in artists competitions art gallery shows foreign and domestic travel family life and an understanding of the profession of producing a fine work of art in modern times. The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser explains that a fine work of art is very different from the remainder of artistic endeavor. Fine art engages the viewer in a visual dialogue that distinguishes it and bonds the viewer in love or hate but never mediocrity. Not a run of the mill coffee table book The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser is a charming and accurate account of the modern day artists life while creating works of art and bringing them to the publics attention. The story encompasses the tragedies and the successes in the Housers lives and their interaction with others. Written by the artists wife Connie Houser herself an awarded artist and writer it spans the artists relationship thus far and offers insights into their creative work. The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser follows the artists creative work accomplished during their hectic everyday existence. The same full lives of having a family a home and a job to pay bills necessary today to most people. Although the letters themselves are an imaginative artistic device to enliven the book the events are true. Not satisfied to just get by they made career choices that would eventually make them both candidates for inclusion in the prestigious Marquis Whos Who editions of art literature America and the World. Jim has been represented in those volumes for fifteen years and Connie joined the ranks in 2004. Photographs of his paintings will also appear in the 2008-2009 Who´s Who in American Art Artist´s gallery. Their ability to continue to work under conditions that might discourage others is made clear in The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser. Jims profession is painting and Connies is writing and painting. The rest of their work although they contributed much enjoyed it and performed with excellence was done to pay the bills. Jim was a 30-year college professor and full-time family man. Connie organized family matters taught part-time while writing for various publications and magazines plus painting. The carousing hours were the working hours for their creative efforts because silence reigned. Their many travel adventures in the states and abroad guaranteed they played hard with the same energy and enthusiasms. When Jim began winning countless awards for his painting he was invited to show at numerous exhibitions and in New York City galleries. They added these events plus art show openings to their already hectic schedule. Through it all they managed a fulfilling family life while taking creative care of their parents and allowing them their desired home life. Jim Housers paintings in The Letters: Portrait of an Artist Jim Houser cover a span of years that indicate a consistency of expression and innovative style that is extremely sophisticated. The simplicity of the painting belies the hours of