The next few illustrations are examples of red, blue and yellow desaturated for night-time.
Aleksander Lindeberg (1917-2015) 1970s Russian folk tale illustration, SadkoMatchbox USA Catalog 1969Utagawa Kunisada III, Kōshi Bath, 1882 miceIllustrated by Willy Pogány from My Poetry Book (1934) for the poem Rock-a-By Lady by Eugene FieldJanusz Grabiański, 1929 – 1976, Polish illustrator and graphic designer for Howard Pyle, Marry Adventures of Robin Hood, 1961Lotta’s Christmas Surprise by Astrid LindgrenPostcard showing New State Auto Ferry Dock, St. Ignace, Michigan in 1939 Carlos Merida, The Bird, 1947 Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright1933 December, cover by Antonio Petruccelli gifts1934 June, cover by Pierre Brissaud market1940 July, cover by Allen Saalburg pipesPoster for the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix by the artist Robert FalcucciLustucru – French – Egg Noodle Advertisement – art by Paul Mohs – 1924Carolina Invernizio was a pink-romantic thriller and the title means The kiss of a dead woman
Header painting: James Glackens (1870 – 1938) Family group, 1911
CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)
On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasn’t yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Sam’s wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.
Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project: