Kerry Hallam, whose first book “Far Horizons: A Celebration of Life” is sold out in both the original and deluxe signed edition, has a forward by David Rogath, an essay by Donna Smith Fee, and a preface by the artist himself, who writes; “To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, art is the creation of beautiful untruth. In this respect it occurs to me that for the past forty years I have been fully engaged in the pursuit of that premise. If my paintings indeed are ‘lies’, therein is their justification. Their raison d’etre - to offer a glimpse of places that quench the thirst, feed the spirit and free the soul. Beautiful lies, I hope.” The 144-page volume presents the body of his work in chapters with titles such as “Ports of Call,” “Riviera Vistas,” and “Twilight,” capturing the evocative, exotic, and romantic nature of Hallam’s work.