The first monograph devoted to this artist-illustrator. It includes his own long article, "Communicating the Idea: Notes on Composition and Design" and a full biography tracing his art education (taking classes taught by Harvey Dunn at the Art Students League), his professional life in illustration and transition to a painter of historical subjects.
Having honed his technical skills working for The Saturday Evening Post, McCalls, and Redbook after World War II, unparalleled illustrator Kenneth Riley moved West to become one of the most respected artistic interpreters of pre-reservation Native American culture.