Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts has been an artist all his life. But the story for A Land Apart has percolated inside him since he was a teenager canoeing in the woods of northern Ontario. He is the other of two other books, Creative Authenticity, 16 Principles to Clarify Your Artistic Vision and Mastering Composition, which has sold over 40,000 copies. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the painter, Anne Ward.

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