Painting Blue Water
by Leigh Fossan
Katherine Ross, a struggling artist-turned-successful-businesswoman, has a life many would envy. At only thirty-one years old, Katherine runs one of the top luxury real-estate firms in Manhattan, and she lives in a fabulous loft with her dreamy husband. That is, of course, until her marriage comes to a screeching halt, forcing Katherine to face the truths she’s been burying deep within her heart. She hasn’t been happy for a long time. And her life, while glamorous, is not the life she ever wanted.
Fighting through the fog of her confusion and pain, Katherine makes the daring, or possibly insane choice to start over somewhere new. She leaves her business, her friends, and the city behind, while she ventures alone to the mountains in hopes of rediscovering her artistic roots in a place surrounded by beauty, peace, and quiet.
But life in Bluewater isn’t as simple as it may seem, and when her art career suddenly begins to take off in this unlikely setting, Katherine finds herself torn between two worlds. Does she pursue her lifelong dream and become the world-famous artist she always wanted to be? Or does she open her heart to the possibility of new dreams and a life she never imagined?
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Fighting through the fog of her confusion and pain, Katherine makes the daring, or possibly insane choice to start over somewhere new. She leaves her business, her friends, and the city behind, while she ventures alone to the mountains in hopes of rediscovering her artistic roots in a place surrounded by beauty, peace, and quiet.
But life in Bluewater isn’t as simple as it may seem, and when her art career suddenly begins to take off in this unlikely setting, Katherine finds herself torn between two worlds. Does she pursue her lifelong dream and become the world-famous artist she always wanted to be? Or does she open her heart to the possibility of new dreams and a life she never imagined?
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As a kid, she’d fallen in love with the mountains. She
found them gloriously exotic—colossal piles of earth and trees reaching higher
than the empire state building. She had imagined that the dinosaurs must be
buried beneath them. That, of course, was the only way to explain their massive
size.
Oh my God, are you going to turn into one of those
mountain people who don’t shave their legs or armpits and who, like, hunt for
their food?!
Scattered thoughts would dance in her head and team up
with the heartburn, teasing her. She felt like she was on a long trip and
forgot to pack something very important or like she was nearing the end of a
crucial semester at school only to realize she had missed several classes and
would fail her exams.
My Review:
Painting Blue Water was a slowly developed
character-driven story of healing and personal growth. It was lavishly detailed with vibrant and
evocatively described scenes that smoothly scrolled through my cranium as if my
gray matter were a movie screen. The
main character of Katherine was an anxious little bird with a trunk load of
personal insecurities, an inability to speak up for herself, and an acid
stomach as a bonus. Wishing to start
her life anew and leave her humiliating failure of a marriage behind, she
uproots herself across the country to a beautiful vacation spot that was a
happy memory from her childhood, with the intent to hopefully find herself
again and reawaken her love of painting.
I have no artistic abilities whatsoever and envied Katherine’s talents,
but more so, I coveted her ability to completely lose herself in her art. The cast of characters was large, endearing,
and small-town quirky, but my favorite was not the main character of Katherine
but Eli Trust, the spry and precious octogenarian inn owner. I adored him.
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Author Bio –
Painting Blue Water is the debut novel for Leigh Fossan. A creative soul at heart, Leigh grew up with a paintbrush in her hand and went on to study the arts in Florence, Italy. While abroad, Leigh was one of the few recipients of the Coluccio Salutati Award for Creative Writing. Today, Leigh is a professional artist and her paintings are collected around the world. She lives in Colorado with her artist husband, and their young daughter, who wants to be a scientist.You can see Leigh's paintings at www.lavfineart.com
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