Most Popular Books by Jon Van Zyle

Favorite paintings of Jon Van Zyle, each accompanied by a personal narrative. Includes Alaska landscapes, wildlife, Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Van Zyle captures his three decades of Alaskan living in the intricate art and drawings and detailed notes of his private sketchbooks.

Painter Jon Van Zyle is internationally known for his striking images of Alaska''s landscapes and wildlife. Behind his vivid paintings lies a lifetime of experiences in the wild--camping, fishing, driving his dog team, encountering animals large and small. Van Zyle captures these experiences in the intricate drawings and detailed notes of his private sketchbooks. 40 color paintings.

Every year, Jon Van Zyle donates a painting to create a fund-raising poster for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race RM. Here are 25 years of his stunning artwork.

Jeff Schultz and Jon Van Zyle are two artists and long-time friends that live and work in Alaska. Jeff, a photographer, and Jon, an artist, are both longtime Alaskans, well-known for their respective art forms and each with a deep love for the natural world, adventure, and the wilds of the Last Frontier.For over forty years, both men have been drawn to the same subjects. Now they have joined forces to share their favorite visions of our Great Land. Double Vision Alaska, captures the essence of their home through camera and paintbrush, and sometimes a combination of both. They invite you to wander through their four seasons of breathtaking images that capture the imagination of all who visit or reside here in the last frontier.The artists'' wives, Joan Schultz and Jona Van Zyle wrote the mosaic of text adding insight into the creativity and dedication of their husbands'' work pursuits.

Jon Van Zyle chronicles his life through his life adventure in his autobiographic Alaska''s Artist Jon Van Zyle: A Life of Art and Adventure. He shares that adventure with some of his earliest paintings to his recent work, allowing readers to follow his long career.As a youth, Jon remembers his artistic mother encouraging him and his twin brother to express their creativity. It worked. Both Jon and his twin brother are professional artists: Jon in Alaska and his brother in Hawaii. His love of the outdoors lured Jon to Alaska and the entire 49th State has become his inspiration. Van Zyle immerses himself into Alaska''s rugged outdoors. Twice he ran the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and since 1979, has been the race''s official artist. In 2004 he was inducted into the Iditarod Hall of Fame. Mushing, wildlife, fishing and the mystique of Alaska are favorite subjects of his and are featured in many of his works.Jon and his wife Jona raise and train sled dogs at the home in Eagle River Alaska. Their dogs aren''t just for show; they are working dogs. The dogs are not only models for Van Zyle''s artistry: they also partner with him and Jona on their adventures in Alaska s rugged wilderness.In Alaska''s Artist Jon Van Zyle: A Life of Art and Adventure, the spirit of Alaska and the spirit of one of its most acclaimed artist become one. The adventure continues.