Mike Glier: Along A Long Line

? The record and results of one man's artistic and ecological adventure Artist and Williams College art professor Mike Glier has translated his preoccupation with man's connection to nature into a series of precisely plotted journeys. For Along a Long Line, he traveled to four disparate locations along the 70th longtitude to experience and paint the very diverse environments and landscapes offered along this narrowly defined slice of the earth. His itinerary included sub-Arctic Canada, the Ecuadorian rainforest, sub-tropical St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands-and New York City. While his colorful abstract landscapes are at the forefront here, also included are Glier's detailed blog entries and photographs. The result: a story of discovery and intense observation, recounted with enthusiasm and the technical mastery of plein air painting in the tradition of Audubon.