The Middle of Somewhere: An Artist Explores the Nature of Virginia

There's no such thing as the middle of nowhere. Everywhere is the middle of somewhere for some living being. That was Suzanne Stryk's mantra as she journeyed through her home state on a mission inspired by the reflective, encyclopedic sensibility of Thomas Jefferson's book Notes on the State of Virginia. While acknowledging the moral contradictions in the founding father's work and life, Stryk offers a contemporary interpretation of Virginia's ecology from a visual artist's point of view. The Middle of Somewhere is an assemblage of essays, sketches, and ephemera from her travels. In a challenge that is universal, Stryk invites us to travel slowly, tread lightly, and look closely at each somewhere that defines a place.

Author: Suzanne Stryk
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 03/22/2022
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781595349613
ISBN10: 1595349618
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Regional
- Travel | United States | South | South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD,
- Art | Subjects & Themes | Plants & Animals

About the Author
Suzanne Stryk is an artist who finds equal fascination in the natural world and the visual arts. Her conceptual nature paintings and assemblages have appeared in solo exhibitions throughout the United States, and her portfolios and related writings have been featured in Terrain.org, Orion, Ecotone, and the Kenyon Review. She is the recipient of a George Sugarman Foundation grant and a Virginia Commission for the Arts fellowship for the project "Notes on the State of Virginia," the precursor to The Middle of Somewhere. She lives in southwest Virginia.