Announcing my new book, "Snowy Fields"

I'm happy to announce the forthcoming (mid/late Nov 2023) publication of my book of drawings and written reflections, SNOWY FIELDS, done during the past year. It's a slightly oversized 9" x 10" paperback art book, printed on coated paper. It contains the entire series of drawings, a long reflective essay that I wrote about place, identity, grief, and my artistic process, and an essay about my work by the British artist, writer, composer and educator Michael Szpakowski. The book can be pre-ordered now at a reduced price, and you can find all the details about it on the Phoenicia Publishing website.

It's always exciting when a project that began in uncertainty gradually comes together, takes shape, and is finally refined into a finished form. The moment when it is launched, to find its own way into the world, is also my chance to thank YOU, my online readers, who encouraged me and offered feedback as this series of drawings took shape. I also thank all those who corresponded with me about the artwork, and supported me through a time of change, grief, and discovery. You helped me personally, and you helped this project come into being. I'm grateful.

Comments

[Peter]

I cannot wait for this to show up in our mailbox. I love your art, particularly when your words and drawings complement each other. We've just moved and are living in our first apartment. Your book will serve as a celebration.

[Roderick Robinson]

I actually got a pass in Oxford and Cambridge O-level Art. One of my rare academic triumphs. That was in 1951; safe to say that whatever skills I had then have been frittered away in other less demanding fields of endeavour.

In those days we were still sufferiung from shortages atrributable to WW2. Notably when tuition turned to scraper-board. The art master, a refugee from Nazi Germany, encouraged us to consider snow scenes since they economised on the area of board that needed scraping. I'm assuming you never faced that privation.