The Pepper Stringers
English: The Pepper Stringers, from a painting by Lucille Joullin Identifier: newmexicolandofd00jamerich (find matches) Title: New Mexico, the land of the delight makers : the history of its ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Franciscan missions; personal accounts of the ceremonies, games, social life and industries of its Indians; a description of its climate, geology, flora and birds, its rivers and forests; a review of its rapid development, land-reclamation projects and educational system; with full and accurate account of its progressive counties, cities and towns Year: 1920 (1920s) Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 Subjects: New Mexico -- Description and travel Publisher: Boston : The Page company Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: the etching suggests, it is more often found as a tallshrub. The rich green leaves afford a grateful change tothe traveler whose eyes long for relief from the graytones that dazzle one in the ruddy sun. The flowers fur-nish the best of nectar to the honeybees; and the leavesand bean-like pods are eaten with eagerness by animals,wild and domestic. The large roots, thickened trunksand branches make the best kind of fuel. The Indiansays it is a special gift of the gods to him. In its leavesand branches he finds cooling shelter for his temporaryhome; from its beans he obtains food for his horse, burroor cattle and also for himself, for he grinds them intomeal of which he makes mush, bread, sugar, and a re-freshing drink, and from its wood he gains his fuel. Somehow most of these qualities are suggested in theetching. One can feel its cooling shade, and there is aninviting, almost maternal quality in its outspreadingbranches, that the artist must have felt ere he so perfectlyportrayed it. Text Appearing After Image: Influence of New Mexico Upon Art 399 In the etching entitled Desert Flora, Mr. DeVVolfgives a realistic picture of desert growths that containsfar more than appears at a casual glance. Toweringabove all else is the giant saguaro; while partially hidingit is the ocatillo, with its strong suggestion of thorninessand general hostility. Below are the flat-leaved opuntias,while to the left, there are the delicate and graceful creo-sote bush and more ocatillo, with tufts of grass at theirroots. These clearly indicate the drifting white sand,small piles of which are caught at the bases of all theplants. How interesting a study this forbidding lookingflora soon becomes, when one learns the individualisticcharacteristics of each variety! Taking these etchings as a whole, we are most gratefulto Mr. DeWolf for his attempt, and it will be interestingto watch their influence upon other artists in the samefield. Lucille Joullins three paintings are joyous and exuber-ant expressions of her love for Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.