The Drawing Lesson, the first in the Trilogy of Remembrance

By Mary E. Martin
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Published: June 08, 2011
Words: 98,523 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780987761903

Short description

With magical light, Alexander Wainwright, Britain’s finest landscape artist, creates stunning visions of the beyond. His painting, The Hay Wagon, wins the Turner Prize. His nemesis, Rinaldo, a conceptual artist, seeks revenge. Fearing the loss of his muse, he is seized with a vision, he paints ugly, misshapen, humanoid creatures on his canvas.

Extended description

Magical light creates stunning visions in Alexander Wainwright's landscape paintings. His most recent one, "The Hay Wagon", is a marvelous, moonlit scene, with an old-fashioned hay wagon dominating the foreground. The scene emits a beautiful, unearthly glow.

Yet, at the pinnacle of his career, he is about to lose his muse. Not everyone appreciates his work. Rinaldo, a conceptual artist, mocks Alexander's bourgeois love of beauty, believing that his success proves the chaos and absurdity of the universe.

Determined to humiliate and ultimately destroy his rival, Rinaldo defaces Alex's painting. Alexander brushes off the attack, but soon he has a frightening vision of misshapen, human, troll-like creature which suddenly appear in his art. He is beset by questions. Who are these ugly beings? Has he lost both his light and his art?

The creatures lead Alexander on a journey from London to Venice and from Toronto to New York as he seeks to understand their meaning. Along the way, he m.. (Read more) Magical light creates stunning visions in Alexander Wainwright's landscape paintings. His most recent one, "The Hay Wagon", is a marvelous, moonlit scene, with an old-fashioned hay wagon dominating the foreground. The scene emits a beautiful, unearthly glow.

Yet, at the pinnacle of his career, he is about to lose his muse. Not everyone appreciates his work. Rinaldo, a conceptual artist, mocks Alexander's bourgeois love of beauty, believing that his success proves the chaos and absurdity of the universe.

Determined to humiliate and ultimately destroy his rival, Rinaldo defaces Alex's painting. Alexander brushes off the attack, but soon he has a frightening vision of misshapen, human, troll-like creature which suddenly appear in his art. He is beset by questions. Who are these ugly beings? Has he lost both his light and his art?

The creatures lead Alexander on a journey from London to Venice and from Toronto to New York as he seeks to understand their meaning. Along the way, he meets many people, each with a compelling story to tell.

Meanwhile, Rinaldo waits in New York City, intent on settling the score on the Williamsburg Bridge.
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spirituality, philosophy, creativity, enlightenment, artists, literary suspense, conceptual art, representational art, turner prize

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