House of Pictures: Reflections on Art, Memory, and the Meaning of Home

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This book is a personal view of the significance of art using a series of essays, each relating to a particular painting in the author's Arizona home. The pictures engender elements of love and science, work and travel, loss and leisure, but the consistent theme throughout the book is the meaning of home - what and where is home for so many in the world who move and settle in different places? Finally, what is art for, and how do pictures become an integral part of a home? Elizabeth Bernays grew up in Australia then studied agricultural pests in developing countries. After being professor of entomology at the University of California Berkeley and Regents' professor at the University of Arizona, she also obtained a MFA in creative writing. She publishes in a variety of literary journals and has won several awards including the 2007 X.J. Kennedy nonfiction prize for "Flying with Lepidoptera." Website: elizabethbernays.com.