Everett Ruess: Enigmatic hiker-artist drawn into the wild
- February 11, 2010 10:53
When 20-year-old Everett Ruess trekked into the scorching canyon country of southern Utah in 1934, he likely had little notion that the fragments of his life that he’d left behind would serve as a mysterious reminder of his healthy lust for wilderness. Ruess disappeared, but the budding artist's sparse woodblock prints---Western desert, mountain and coastal landscapes---survive in a collection now on view at the Wilding Art Museum in Los Olivos, California...