David Ligare expands the realist tradition through the very unreality of his art. Since the late 1970s, he has used his considerable technical skills and historical knowledge to create perfectly ordered Classical paintings influenced and informed by the ancient Greeks. Setting subjects within the specifics of California he bathes them in the pure and wondrous light of the coast. Released in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, this publication features revelatory essays, a chronology, and more than 200 reproductions and photographs.