Plunge into the art and adventures of a brilliant and eccentric Scottish oil painter. This novel follows the life and adventures of a wildly talented Scottish artist and expert swimmer, Robert McBride. Set in Edinburgh, Cornwall, Oxford, London, and the Scottish Highlands, Depth Perception is a mixture of art, romance, adventure, suspense, and humor.
Impulsive and eccentric, McBride will lead you from North Sea oil platforms to Buckingham Palace, from historic Oxford colleges to the world’s third-largest whirlpool, from lively Scottish country dances to the raging storms of the Atlantic.
But who is the mysterious, anonymous and unseen critic who stalks Robert McBride from town to town throughout Great Britain? And why, at the peak of Robert’s success, does he become Chalky Bob, a grubby chalk artist humbling himself on dirty city sidewalks? And what is the one simple yet highly-significant question Robert asks all those who pose for his portraits? It’s a question which few of us dare to confront. Will you decide to answer it?
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About the author
He is the author of eight books of literary fiction–five novels and three collections of his short stories. His work has been published in Alaska Magazine, Alaska Quarterly Review, Boise Weekly, Garbanzo Literary Journal, Rosebud, The First Line, Writers Digest and many other periodicals, in 17 anthologies, and online in Toasted Cheese Literary Journal at Idaho Magazine and at WritersWeekly.com, where he has won awards in many short story competitions. Eric currently lives in Eagle, Idaho.
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