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Dawn by the river... 

Excerpts from The Painter: A Novel of Pursuit
 
Tuesday July 30
     As always, dawn brings fresh light on my thinking. From where I sit on the grassy bank behind our house, the other side of the inlet isn’t visible, and the mist makes a pale gray continuum of water and sky.... 

           From The Painter: A Novel of Pursuit,  page 5

 
Tuesday August 1
     It’s very still in the dawn by the river. Mist as thick as drizzle drifts listlessly across the intersection of the river with the Bay. Totally alone, I sense an incipient whirlwind of inspiration at the grandeur of the anatomy of crabs, the streamlined architecture of their shells, the brilliant engineering of their limbs.... 
     The sun cuts abruptly through the mist, and it’s time to return to the house, collect my paints, and lock in the profits of these dawn intuitions. As I breakfast, the cottage seems oddly empty and forlorn.
     The morning unfolds in all its glory. The weather is splendid. A soft breeze reduces the toll of the summer humidity.
                      From The Painter: A Novel of Pursuit, page 44

 
Thursday August 15
   At dawn, the sky is overcast, with heavy clouds hanging low over the river, like a gray silk canopy. The air is heavy and humid. It’s going to rain. I survey the scene from the verandah of my little house, and watch sheets of water start to fall. The prospects of the day are not promising. The weather is bad enough. Worse is the abrupt failure of inspiration in animals or landscape. My spirit craves the solid shapes of the human body. 
           From The Painter: A Novel of Pursuit, page 51


 
Monday August 26
     Dawn is a yellow glow over the water, underneath violet wisps of cirrus. I’m up and about early. When I come in to breakfast, my head is damp from the mist. 
 Making a good start on a landscape, I resolve doggedly to give my full attention to the river, setting aside the sculpted portrait of April that’s taking shape in my studio. 
              From The Painter: A Novel of Pursuit, page 87

 
Tuesday August 27
     Before sunrise, April comes silently and sits beside me. The sky and the river are awash with lush color: crimsons, corals, violets and mauves predominate in an unexpectedly gorgeous dawn. She stays quiet, absorbed – I hope – by the glory of the morning. By six o’clock, the flamboyant display of gaudiness is finished, disappearing as quickly as it became visible. It’s followed by a subtle orange glow, and pale silvery blues and grays.
                From The Painter: A Novel of Pursuit, page 89

 

Reference:
     See Stephen Denning, The Painter, A Novel of Pursuit, (iUniverse, October 2000) 

 

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