Cover reveal for the audiobook edition of My Own Voice

The image for the cover of My Own Voice is the left panel of my triptych (a set of three oil paintings, many times used as a format for altar decoration, but not here.) Is the figure dancing out of joy, or getting themselves tied in utter frustration? You decide. When I painted it, I likened the red fabric to chewing gum on the floor, into which you step and can never release yourself. The more you fight to free yourself, the more you become entangled.

I did the preparatory work for them by drawing sketches of a nude model, who posed with a silky, red piece of fabric. Then I created a composition out of these sketches. I did a version of this arrangement in a different color scheme, in watercolor. You can see this version on my facebook page. Then I created the version presented here, in oil. Later, the panel on the right inspired the cover of my novel, Apart From Love and the one on the right--the cover of My Own Voice. These books belong to the same series, Still Life with Memories, so it is only fitting that the covers, as well as the poem below, originate from the same set of art pieces.


Shimmering luster, let me try, let me reach youLayers beyond layers of red, all aglowWith trembling fingers I touch... Flimsy tissueIt comes down upon me, folding high into low 
I dance with abandon, with no inhibition,Entangled in fabric, I can no longer fleeCan't breath, for now I can see the strange fusionNow I know: this tissue is me
(This poem is included in my poetry book, Home.)

Click the image and then play the voice sample to hear the beautiful narration by Heather Jane Hogan.



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The three-panel oil painting, tangled, that I used for the covers of Apart from Love and My Own Voice.