Nancy’s Comments (group member since Feb 01, 2020)

Nancy’s comments from the Artists Who Read group.

I recently read Full Spectrum. It was fascinating. Informationally dense. I wish there had been a college class solely on the subject.

Thanks for joining Jeff! I’ll have to add to my list soon. I saw Loving Frank was on your TBR. I loved that book.

One of my artist reader friends at the gallery recommended The Stolen Lady to me. It sounds like it covers some of the same territory as Oil & Marble which I read this year. Has anyone read both? Comments?

Thank you, Arthur! I look forward to visiting the website and looking at the books you suggested. BTW, my husband is named Arthur.

Don't get me wrong. I'm one of the people who loved the book. I was enthralled (not bored, like some) at the descriptions of the coastal marshes. But, I found the idea that Kya would secure a publishing deal of her drawings and descriptions of nature in the marsh somewhat laughable. Yes, some have a natural talent, but it's farfetched that it would rise to that level. Thoughts?

In the last few years, I've read several books I enjoyed with artists in them. I'd particularly like recommendations with painters in them, but anything you have enjoyed (or disliked) is appreciated.

The Art ForgerArt Forger by B. A. Shapiro - a woman artist agrees to forge a painting in return for a one-woman show

The Last Painting of Sara de VosThe Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith - characters surrounding the provenance of a fictional Dutch landscape and its forgery

44 Scotland Street44 Scotland Street series (14 books) by Alexander McCall Smith - there's an artist minor character named Angus Lordie, a gallery owner Matthew, and repeated mentions of Scottish artist, Samuel John Peploe. It's only a small part of the books, but I enjoyed these bits.

Two best-sellers last year had a tiny and somewhat unbelievable art component:
The Great Alone
Where the Crawdads Sing
(I'd love to discuss whether you found these details believable in a new thread.)