Alden Mason: Paintings 

ALDEN MASON: PAINTINGS is a comprehensive monograph published to coincide with the Bellevue Arts Museum exhibition celebrating the iconic Washington artist (to Oct 10). During his extraordinarily long career as both an artist and teacher, Mason (1919-2013) reinvented his style several times and would prove to be an influential force, inspiring the next generation of artists in the region. Through an exuberance in form, color and style, the prolific painter helped lead the way from the aesthetics of the Northwest School to midcentury modernist art in the Pacific Northwest.