Category Archives: Leonardo da Vinci

WALK THIS WAY

Sometimes, to understand history, you must put yourself in another person’s shoes. Walk with me… Pretend for a moment that you are a master painter. You live in fifteenth-century Florence. It takes you over a year to complete a masterpiece. … Continue reading

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The first cellular phone?

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN I see an angel reading a text message. This painting, Tobias and the Angel (c. 1467) from the studio of Andrea Verrocchio, is considered to contain three of the earliest instances of painting by Leonardo … Continue reading

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DEAR INDIANA JONES

IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO GET THE WORD OUT? Think of poverty stricken Van Gogh – a posthumous billionaire. Is that the sound of an artist turning in his grave? BOOKS OF FUTURE PAST So here’s the scene: it’s … Continue reading

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?

A TRUTH by any other name should smell as sweet  As an author I want to give my characters ideal names. They deserve the best. They deserve names that represent who they are at their core – a DNA signpost … Continue reading

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DOWN TO EARTH IS FOR SISSIES

  “Old age is no place for sissies”  – Bette Davis Since biology has determined that I must sleep 30% of my life, I’ve given myself permission to dream big and write surreal because Bette Davis was right, and Self-publishing … Continue reading

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THE ‘MONA LISA’ IS ONE HAUNTED LADY

Leonardo is only one-tenth of the law but possession is nine-tenths of the truth   What if a contact-high with a famous portrait is so visceral that the sitter follows you home and changes your life forever?   ART IMITATES LIFE: ‘SECOND … Continue reading

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VISITATION

The next time you visit a gallery or open a book of renaissance art… what will a face in a painting say to you? There is a spiritual hush in the rooms an art gallery. But only some paintings offer … Continue reading

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PEARL BY PEARL

‘PEARL BY PEARL‘ book 2 of  two –  A TIME-TRAVEL FANTASY about reincarnation, love, lost identities, and missing paintings. The fairy-tale of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ retold in a world of state-of-the-art technology… about a savant orphan who thrives in a society that shuns her … Continue reading

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THE INDIGO PEARL

  TIME-TRAVEL FANTASY ‘THE INDIGO PEARL’ and ‘PEARL BY PEARL’ is a two book series – an historical time-travel fantasy about Delphi Sharpe, an autistic woman savant trapped in a near-death experience whose soul is coerced into transmigrating into the … Continue reading

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The Phoenix Project

‘PEARL by PEARL’ – the past-life memories of a renaissance woman – by Veronica Knox   *REMINDER: Delphi Sharpe,  orphaned at birth, from a mother who swore her conception was immaculate, has the psychic ability to ‘read’ the provenance of … Continue reading

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