THE PATRON AND THE MUSE
#muse #patron #art, #Tchaikovsky #music, #William Blake, #poetry, #painting. Where is my patron? Where goes my muse? How many times has an artist cried out, “If only I had a patron, I would not have to starve, but could dedicate my life to my art with some degree of comfort.” So goes the litany of […]
The Drawing Lesson, the first in The Trilogy of Remembrance
The Drawing Lesson: I am greatly honoured to have The Trilogy of Remembrance [The Drawing Lesson, The Fate of Pryde and Night Crossing] included in a list of fifteen other novels which contain mythic themes. The list is prepared by the Joseph Campbell Foundation and may be found right here. Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman and JRR […]
CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT
I’m Alexander Wainwright, landscape artist and CyberSpace adventurer. You’ll also find me searching for the MUSE in the novels of The Trilogy of Remembrance–TheDrawing Lesson, The Fate of Pryde and Night Crossing. When I’m between novels, I like to explore all the nooks and cranies of cyberspace. On these journies I have met so […]
THE DRAWING LESSON, Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2 #novels about artists #literary suspense.The Drawing Lesson, the first in The Trilogy of Remembrance. Has the creative spirit of a great artist died? Has Rinaldo so undermined Alexander with the scene at the Tate Modern? Enjoy chapter 2 and get your copy of the novel here. The Drawing Lesson: Despite my telephone messages, […]
Prayers to the Muse
An immense, entirely blank canvas stretches before the artist. Looking away, he busies himself with setting out his paints and brushes. Although he will not admit it, terror strikes his heart when he looks up at that vast, empty white space. “What in god’s name will I paint?” He hunts for his charcoal and puts […]
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