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Painting Missouri
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Karen Glines is an award-winning journalist and educator at the University level with degrees from St. Louis University and Webster University. She is editor of New Regionalism: The Art of Bryan Haynes. Her honors include the Governor's Humanities Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement for writing Painting Missouri: The Counties en Plein Air, which "recognizes an individual or group whose book or publication has increased understanding and appreciation of Missouri's history and culture," and the Quest Award, which acknowledges "Individuals whose work reflects an enduring quest for the highest standards of professional ethics and excellence," from the Missouri affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women. A native Missourian, she resides in Des Peres, Missouri. Billyo O'Donnell is founder of the Artists Along the Katy Trail project and was selected as one of America's Fifty Exceptional Plein Air Painters by the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California. A graduate of Missouri State University, he received the Missouri Arts Council's Individual Artist Award in 2012 - the highest award the state can confer to an artist. He received the Governor's Humanities Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement for Painting Missouri: The Counties en Plein Air, which "recognizes an individual or group whose book or publication has increased understanding and appreciation of Missouri's history and culture." His works are included in prestigious collections in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Born and raised near the Missouri River, his studio is located in Byrnes Mill, Missouri.

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"Billyo O'Donnell has captured the state by creating a painting for each of the 114 counties and the city of St. Louis. His depictions are striking. These wonderful paintings are accompanied by brief but informative essays written for each locale by Karen Glines, who has uncovered captivating facts and lore at every turn. This unique combination of -- Lawrence O. Christensen "coauthor of A History of Missouri: Volume IV, 1875 to 1919"

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