Agee James, and Evans, Walker, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Outstanding depression photography now reissued--DW)

Albers, Josef, Interaction of Color (The basic source for all understanding of color and color theory--Dick Nelson)

Altea, Rosemary, You Own the Power, Exercise to Inspire and Unleash the Force Within

Angrill, Muntsa Calbo I, The Big Book of Drawing and Painting the Figure

Ash, Russell, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Wonderfully skilled and beautifully reproduced paintings by a currently unpopular master--Lance Woodley)

Bateman, Robert, Thinking Like a Mountain. (About making sound ecological choices which will affect our children's children. Lovely writing--Sylvia Brault)

Berger, John, About Looking

Black, Robert Alan, Broken Crayons

Breathnach, Sarah Ban, A Man's Journey to Simple Abundance. ("There are no perfect men, of course, but some are more perfect than others, and we can use all of those we can get." --Merle Shain)

Brommer, Gerald, Watercolor and Collage workshop and Collage Techniques

Brown, Clint, Artist to Artist –Inspiration and Advice from Artists Past and Present. (A collection of quotations that I've been leaning on for the past couple of months--RG)

Browne, Sylvia, Tools for Life (release from negativity by using intuition, hypnosis, visualization, etc.--Mary Smart)

Buchanan, Ross, Life Without Limits

Cameron, Julia, The Artist's Way (A spiritual workshop aimed at guiding the participant to a level of higher creativity--Sandy Sandy)

Carlson, John F, Guide to Landscape Painting, (a reliable classic--SJ)

Christensen, Lisa, A Hiker's Guide to the Rocky Mountain Art of Lawren Harris ("Art is the distillate of life, the winnowed result of the experience of people, the record of the joyous adventure of the creative spirit in us toward a higher world." Lawren Harris--Sue Legault)

Coelho, Paulo, Veronika Decides to Die. (Don't be put off by the title - it isn't a heavy or painful book! It makes one reflect on the pointlessness of not doing what you really want to do and of not being who you really are. In fact, you'll go crazy otherwise!--Ginny Brink)

Couch, Tony, Keys to Successful Painting

Cox, Mary, ed. Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market (2500 places to sell your stuff. This book got me an income--Mark Jagger)

Curtis, David, A Light Touch, Successful Painting in Oils.

Dillard, Annie, The Writing Life (A beautiful expression of the trials and beauties of being a writer. Applies to a lot of creative fields--Joseph Penn)

Dispenza, Joseph, The Way of the Traveler—Making every trip a journey of Self Discovery (Sacred travel and actual meaningful journeys of the soul--D Y Duke)

Edwards, Betty, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Inspirational, practical, educational and good review of what in important about the 'art process' as well as the techniques to achieve what you wish in art--Marcia Riquelme)

Elkins, James, How to Use Your Eyes (An art historian takes a look at the details of the world around us and proclaims the works of art that are everywhere--G Peter)

Elkins, James, What Painting Is

Field, Joanna, A Life of One's Own

Flack, Audrey, Art & Soul (Truly food for the artist's soul--Anni Adkins)

Franck, Frederick, The Awakened Eye

Gardner, Howard, Art, Mind and Brain

Gauguin, Paul, Noa Noa; The Tahitian Journal

Gawain, Shakti, Developing Intuition (Workbook to increase intuitive ability. Gawain outlines methods of accessing the power, how to act on it, and suggests exercises for discovering passions--Norah Borden)

Gilot, Francoise, Life with Picasso

Goldstein, Nathan, The Art of Responsive Drawing

Gottsegen, Mark D. The Painter's Handbook (The best recent general reference guide to studio technique, supports, sizes, grounds, paints, pigments, etc, etc. Exhaustive and fun to read--Dick Wiggins)

Griffel, Lois, Painting the Impressionist Landscape (how to paint impressionist light, well organized, lots of tips--JB)

Gruppe, Emile, Emile Gruppe on Color (My kind of subjects and colours--Ron Cawardine)

Handell, Albert, Painting the Landscape in Pastel (Luminous examples--Recommended by several)

Henri, Robert, The Art Spirit (Purely inspirational and a re-read and a keeper on the shelf next to your paints--Marcia Riquelme)

Higgins, James, 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques

Hirsch, Robert, Exploring Color Photography (The best book I have found to date on the subject; practical, thorough--Dick Soon)

Holm, Kirsten, ed., Writer's Market

Houston, Jean, The Possible Human

Howard, Ken, A Personal View Inspired by Light (Getting light into a variety of subjects, indoors, outdoors. Brilliant British artist--NN)

Howard, Vernon, Psychopictography (out of print and hard to find, but worth it--Ruth Cox)

Kaplan, Aryeh, Sefer Yetzirah, The Book of Creation (The creative forces available to all of us. Read between the lines for artists. Wow!!--Mary Smart)

Kingston, Karen, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui (This is a good book for artists who need to clean up their workspace--DD)

Kruglov, Vladimir, Russian Impressionist Paintings-1870, 1970

Lauer, David A., Design Basics (recommended by Gerald Brommer, a well known artist and respected teacher from California--Jill Ehlert)

Leal, Brigitt, The Ultimate Picasso

Maisel, Eric, Everyday Calm: 30 Ways to Soothe Your Inner Beast (Little Everyday Deck), more books by Eric Maisel

Matthews, Andrew, Being Happy (This book is not necessarily for artists, but for any person who wants to grow happier--it has large print, 130 pages and is fully illustrated by Matthews, a professional portrait artist who studied in NY--Leanne Cadden)

May, Rollo, The Courage To Create

McKim, Robert, Experiences in Visual Thinking

Michalko, Michael, Thinkertoys

Milner, Marion, On Not Being Able to Paint (A psychoanalyst and painter whose writings show great insight into the processes and temperaments of artistic practice--Rose Frain)

Mowry, Elizabeth, Paint the Changing Seasons in Pastel

Peters, Tom, and Austin, Nancy, A Passion for Excellence

Plaskett, Joe, A Speaking Likeness (an autobiography, has about 24 full color paintings and many beautiful black and white reproductions--Margaret)

Pollock, Griselda, Mary Cassatt, Painter of Modern Women (Just wonderful paintings by a great role model--RR)

Reid, Charles, Painting What You Want to See (Or any of his other books. Good thoughts, particularly about color, in making watercolors and oils--Randy)

Reid, Jack, Watercolor Basics—Painting Snow and Water.

Ross, John, The Complete Printmaker, Techniques, Traditions, Innovations (the top book by a master printmaker and instructor. Useful printshop companion--W. Wong)

Schmid, Richard, Alla Prima (Beautifully produced insight into the methods of this widely respected artist--Bob Tenniel)

Sheppard, Joseph, How to Paint Like the Old Masters (a good step by step instructional for painting people--Dan Willrett)

Sinetar, Marsha, Do what you Love, the Money will Follow (Helped me decide which livelihood and branch of it was best for me—David Clowes)

Smuskiewicz, Ted, Oil Painting, Step by Step (A basic but exalted demonstration book by a living master--J Kresba)

Speed, Harold, The Art and Science of Drawing (shows how drawing can be done as painting--Dan Willrett)

Strisik, Paul, Capturing Light in Oils (North Light Books - Great treatment of light and shadow--Ron Cawardine)

Tirabassi, Becky, Change Your Life

Weir, Roberta, Leonardo's Ink Bottle, The Artists Way Of Seeing (Celestial Arts Publishing, book on artists' search and discovery, creativity and aloneness--Margaret)

Westerman, Arne, Paint Watercolors Filled with Life and Energy (excellent resource for artists or students who enjoy figurative work or street scenes--Margaret)

Winterson, Jeanette, Written on the Body (A book about consuming passion and love--joey)

Wolf, Rachel, The Acrylic Painter's Book of Styles and Techniques (A well illustrated compendium of the methodology of seven artists in the medium of acrylic--Joe Blodgett)

Wolfe, Tom, The Painted Word (A simple expose by a non-painting truth-seeker of the power and sham of critical opinion among New York's cutting edge--R Baker)

Yarnell, Jerry, Paint Along with Jerry Yarnel Landscapes

Zukav, Gary, Thoughts from the Seat of the Soul; Meditations for Souls in Process