Behind Closed Doors now available on Amazon!

I'm excited to announce that the crime novel by JJ Marsh is now available on Amazon, via Kindle. The paperback and hardcover versions will be printed soon.

Amazon link

Behind Closed Doors book cover finished

I've been very excited about this project from the beginning. Working with author JJ Marsh has been a pleasure. We had skype meetings to go over her ideas and visions for bringing this to life. That was both productive and fun. She was able to provide clear guidance for me and was also clear about what she didn't want. I was also able to read the book about detective Harriet Stubbs before anyone else, which was cool in and of itself. She sent around this video and here are some of the comments JJ received from those who viewed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roo1PF06xTE&feature=player_embedded#!

I LOVE the cover. Really, really beautiful. How did you choose the artist? He's great and the video is wonderful.

It's spectacular! What an emotional, brooding build up. Honestly now, did you shed a tear at the end result?

The artwork is fantastic. You would never imagine that much work would go into a jacket. It is mellow and enigmatic. It looks like something familiar to me and makes me feel comfy. It is absolutely the sort of jacket that will get the book picked up from a shelf for a closer look.
The colours are welcoming and vaguely reminiscent of Monet. The front cover looks appealing and hopeful. In contrast the back cover is that teensy bit menacing, with the dark tower and bleeding reflections into the water.

Fabulous. And I know that view so well! Brings back memories. It is a masterpiece and you must be overwhelmed. Brilliant!

Well done too for a perfect match musically. It is spot on. Even if your audience doesn't know the story, the marriage of visual and aural experiences conjure up notions of suspense, elegance and wide-eyed excitement. It feels classical, obviously the music ultimately takes you there. But the images too. I love the build up to a finale, that isn't a finale. You see the title and it fits. You are satisfied you now know what the artwork was building to be. But the music doesn't quit, it just fades out. Which I think your audience will find intriguing and it will make sense when they realise this will only be the first outing of Ms. Stubbs.

Wow. Utterly gorgeous! Seriously, it's like an impressionist masterpiece!

Fixing something that isn't working

I enjoyed Sacramento artist Terry Miura's latest post about making adjustments to an older painting.

http://lightandcolor.blogspot.com/2012/01/metamorphosis.html?showComment=1326821352233#c908015747515054991