One reason I was delighted to collaborate on the Kickstarter
project with Kansas City artist Nick Naughton is that his art work embraces
realism. The Saltness of Time is a story much suited for realism. One of the
scenes I hope he'll use for an etching illustration is this one:
It was a house
made for another era, another place, a set of dreams beyond my understanding.
In the failing light, and in the shadows of the trees, the air around the
white, three-story mansion had a bluish tinge, the color of my own cold lips.
The house needed painting. And what a job that would be! Wide eaves above the
attic windows that were above that third floor. Fancy-cut posts, gables, and
columns. The entire front porch of the house was screened in. It had the look
of a plantation mansion, and I wondered if the porch might not contain a
misplaced southern gentleman in a white suit and Panama hat, frozen in
mid-stride while smoking his after-dinner cigar.
Below is an image of one of Nick's works. If the project
get's funded, the DVD we're going to do to provide will document the letterpress and bindery process and also show
Nick working on the illustrations for the book.
