Gold Leaf Lover
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Jody is an artist who paints, while Arielle is a sculptress. What starts out as an artistic field trip to Europe ends with romance in the air. But aren't holiday romances notoriously whirlwind? The young women are getting more than their money's worth!
A romance which also highlights five great cities in Europe while touching on works of art by the Masters.
Suzy Stewart Dubot
An Anglo/American who has lived in France for nearly 40 years, she began writing as soon as she retired. She moved to London in 2012 and spent more than a year there with family. The spring of 2014, she returned to France, Her laptop has never had any trouble following her.Before retiring, she worked at a variety of jobs. Some of the more interesting have been : Art and Crafts teacher, Bartender, Marketing Assistant for N° 1 World Yacht Charterers (Moorings), Beaux Arts Model, Secretary to the French Haflinger Association...With her daughters, she is a vegetarian and a supporter of animal rights! She is also an admirer of William Wilberforce.(If you should read her book 'The Viscount's Midsummer Mistress' you will see that she has devoted some paragraphs to the subject in Regency times.)PLEASE BE KIND ENOUGH TO LEAVE A REVIEW FOR ANY BOOK YOU READ (hers included).
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Gold Leaf Lover - Suzy Stewart Dubot
Gold Leaf Lover
by Suzy Stewart Dubot
Copyright © Jan. 2014 by Suzy Stewart Dubot
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Gold Leaf Lover
Gustav carefully began laying the fine sheet of gold leaf on the sizing and blew softly. There was something entrancing about the way the gold fluttered before adhering to the canvas. He never tired of this process. It was a reward in itself. He loved the brilliance and the richness that the gold or silver gave to his paintings and the thought cast him back centuries to the illuminated manuscripts and Byzantine works that had inspired him.
As the brush smoothed the creases from the gold, he knew it was probably the last sheet that the painting would need. He sighed knowing the picture was nearing completion and he would need to sever himself from its thrall. It would be leaving him.
In some ways he was lucky because he knew his works were desired. He didn’t have to spend time and energy finding a market to bring in money. People solicited him and he had the luxury of picking and choosing his clients. He also had the immense satisfaction of knowing his works were appreciated in his lifetime. His mind shifted for a second to the next piece he had been commissioned to do. He had already begun the sketches for it and a thrill coursed through him at the thought of new possibilities for the project. Naked women, semi-exposed, in a bed of wild flowers. There was nothing he loved more than the eroticism suggested by the women in his pictures and yet, the beauty of the female form always shone through, making