The Drawing Lesson: The First in the Trilogy of Remembrance

Martin, Mary E.

ISBN 10: 1450229360 / ISBN 13: 9781450229364

Published by iUniverse, Bloomington, IN, 2010

About this Item

An artist, in conflict with a rival, believes he has lost his art and seeks the meaning in the visions which haunt him. Upper edge of the front cover scuffed and nicked. Signed "For Readers Views Literary Award Competition. Mary E. Martin." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 160118

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Drawing Lesson: The First in the Trilogy of Remembrance
• Publisher: iUniverse, Bloomington, IN
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1450229360
• ISBN 13: 9781450229364
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Magical light creates stunning visions in Alexander Wainwright's landscape paintings. His most recent painting, The Hay Wagon, is a marvelous, moonlit scene, with an old-fashioned hay wagon dominating the foreground, with 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 Alexander's success proves that the universe is chaotic and absurd. Determined to undermine, humiliate and ultimately destroy his rival, he defaces Alex's painting. Alexander brushes off the attack, but soon he has a frightening vision of misshapen, human-like creatures. These trolls start appearing in his art, and he is beset by questions. Who are these ugly beings? Has he lost both his light and his art? The creatures lead Alexander to journey from London to Venice and from Toronto to New York as he seeks to understand their meaning. He meets many people, each with a story to tell. Meanwhile, Rinaldo waits in New York City, intent on settling a score in The Drawing Lesson.

About the Author

Murder and fraud, love and forgiveness in the world of the law. 

Inspired by years of law practice, Mary E. Martin has written the legal suspense novels of The Osgoode Trilogy--Conduct in Question, Final Paradox and A Trial of One with Toronto lawyer Harry Jenkins as the protagonist.

Set in the glitter and shadows of the art world.

Now she has completed The Trilogy of Remembrance-- The Drawing Lesson, The Fate of Pryde and now, coming soon, Night Crossing. Britain's finest landscape artist, Alexander Wainwright is the star of this trilogy. 

She and her husband live in Toronto and have three children and two grandchildren.