Sam Hyde Harris, an early California plein aire landscape painter, earned his living as an artist from 1903, at the age of 14, until he passed away in 1977. This book offers a glimpse of his sometimes outrageous personality and insight into his methods and styles. Over 400 images that demonstrate, without words, the progression and refinement of his subject and technique. By including the different stages of a work of art, pencil drawings, work-up sketches, maquettes, and the final product, the illustrations sometimes do what words can not accomplish.