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Timeless Echoes - The Life and Art of Robert Butler (Paperback)
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Timeless Echoes - The Life and Art of Robert Butler (Paperback)
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Timeless Echoes: the Life and Art of Robert Butler, a full color
autobiography of 400 pages, features over 200 photos of Robert
Butler art, as well as another 65 of art by each of his nine
children, who became talented artists in their own right. Over 100
photos of Butler's life round out this most fascinating book of
historic proportion. Through talent, a fierce work ethic, and a
winning personality, Butler moved from a turpentine still in
Baxley, Georgia, to international fame as an artist, being named as
one of the 26 original Florida Highwaymen. Butler's journey led him
around the world and into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. This
book reveals the "heart behind the art" of Robert Butler. The one
thing that rings clear throughout this book is that the hand of
destiny was upon this man from very early childhood. As an African
American artist struggling to survive midst the Civil Rights era of
our country and facing myriads of conflicts, and even though Robert
attempted to escape those conflicts, it was those very conflicts
which served him well by honing his natural ability to paint and
outfitting him with an eye to see the rapidly diminishing
landscapes of a wild Florida. It pushed him to put those landscapes
to canvas before they completely disappeared. Destiny had in mind
to see to it that this artist would be the only artist attributed
to having painted every ecosystem in wild Florida, something which
will never be repeated in history, as many of these ecosystems no
longer exist, having succumbed to "progress." Butler paintings are
distinctive in their dramatically lit, romanticized portrayals of
his beloved wild Florida. His paintings are known to be finely
detailed, while exuding an ethereal light in them, giving them an
almost sacred quality, the music of his heart. He managed in his
autobiography, just as he did in his art, to strike a balance in
celebrating wild Florida, while at the same time grieving at her
passing. In reading this book, one cannot help but grow their love
and admiration for the swamps, palmetto flats, hardwood forests,
rivers, lakes, pine flats, and wildlife of wild Florida. The reader
will come to understand not only the art of Robert Butler, but also
the very heart of Robert Butler and his love for wild Florida. As
one reviewer of the book said, "This book is one of the best,
recently written books on personal development." Another reviewer
stated, "Butler's story will indicate that he . . . found (his
life's) purpose and defined it. Along the way, he discovered
universal laws that he used to give generously back to the world.
And you thought this book was about art " Just as he realized his
dream of seeing his life story in print, Robert Butler laid down
his paintbrush for the last time and departed this life on March
19, 2014. However, Florida, as well as the whole world, will
forever know that "the Butler was here."
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