The paintings, executed in both oil and gouache, are mostly vivid Jamaican landscapes.

Yet her vivid landscapes and studies of nature have the spontaneous lines and intuitive colors of a pastel drawing.

In Mississippi, Applebome mixes vivid landscape writing with visits to the state's tacky casinos.

Cassada, on the other hand, seemed taken by the second novel in the trilogy, praising the "tense battles, vivid landscapes and memorable characters".

To Ms. McLachlin's credit she evokes a vivid emotional landscape.

Although the central focus of the novel is a love story, this action is set against a vivid social landscape.

You say we're thrashing about in a perfect storm, but I can only see a rich, vivid cultural landscape all around me.

I can only see a rich, vivid cultural landscape all around me.

Ms. Lansner has a gift for creating vivid dramatic landscapes out of an almost seamless merging of text and movement.

Other noteworthy efforts include the small vivid landscapes of Tom Chibbaro, each complemented by a handmade frame.