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Painting from Life
by
Anne Brooke (Goodreads Author)
Love is never what you think. When a painter goes beyond the degree of intimacy that provides the connection between him and the older man who is his newly-discovered muse, he is forced to undergo a re-evaluation of the true meaning of love.
ebook, Second Edition, 27 pages
Published
December 4th 2012
by Anne Brooke Books
(first published May 7th 2009)
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Painting From Life is not a love story in the traditional sense. It is the story of an artist in a suffocating marriage struggling to achieve perfection in his work. While strolling on the beach with his wife, he meets an old man he’d like to paint. After a brief conversation, the old man agrees to sit for a portrait. The more time they spend together, the more his model, Peter, inspires creativity and instills passion in his art.
The gorgeous and vivid prose captures the essence of the sea, the...more
The gorgeous and vivid prose captures the essence of the sea, the...more
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Painting from Life is a story of obsession, like it should be when you are talking of art, since only a work born from an artist who suffered to create it is worthy of that name. But in a almost Dorian Gray's twist, the artist of this short story takes strength from his art while his muse is slowly dying.
The artist (without name since this is a first point of view perspective) is an unhappy married man and a struggling artist; probably the struggle for his art also caused the problem in his marr...more
The artist (without name since this is a first point of view perspective) is an unhappy married man and a struggling artist; probably the struggle for his art also caused the problem in his marr...more
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This short story is haunting, intense, and unlikely. At just about 15 pages, the author has delivered a stunningly gripping story about an artist and his obsessions. From the hints of the past such as the history between the artist and his wife and the wife’s caustic comments, the author suggests that the unnamed artist may often find these unlikely muses and devote more time than is healthy to them. Similarly, the artist slowly and inevitably becomes the sole caretaker of an older man, Peter, w...more
Painting from Life by Anne Brooke is a very short story about an artist who becomes obsessed and then comes to love the subject he is painting. This is the first thing I’ve read by Anne Brooke, and it won’t be my last.
The story is told by the artist point of view. We never learn his name, nor do we really learn much about him in general. His marriage is in shambles and while he is on a weekend getaway with his wife to salvage what’s left of it, he spots an old man sitting at the beach and watch...more
The story is told by the artist point of view. We never learn his name, nor do we really learn much about him in general. His marriage is in shambles and while he is on a weekend getaway with his wife to salvage what’s left of it, he spots an old man sitting at the beach and watch...more
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Love is never what you think. When a painter goes beyond the degree of intimacy that provides the connection between him and his newly-discovered muse, he is forced to undergo a re-evaluation of the true meaning of love. In a strange wist on the Dorian Gray theme, perhaps the artist steals the subject’s essence as love and art meld into one.
The book was not what I expected. The main character, an artist, is entranced by the character he sees and feels in another man’s f...more
This was a really lovely story, and though its not a romance in the traditional since by any means, it was still a very romantic tale.
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A fabulous story about the life-giving power of creativity contrasted by the death of a love relationship.
I am looking forward to reading more from Anne Brooke!
I am looking forward to reading more from Anne Brooke!
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Beautiful and haunting
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Anne Brooke’s fiction has been shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Novel Award, the Royal Literary Fund Awards and the Asham Award for Women Writers. She has also twice been the winner of the national DSJT Charitable Trust Open Poetry Competition.
She is the author of six published novels, including her fantasy series, The Gathandrian Trilogy, published by Bluewood Publishing and featuring gay scribe...more
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She is the author of six published novels, including her fantasy series, The Gathandrian Trilogy, published by Bluewood Publishing and featuring gay scribe...more
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“It feels as if there are two people inside me. One I know, but the other is unfamiliar, though not unwelcome. He lives and breathes within me and I revel in it.”
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