{"product_id":"depth-perception-paperback-1","title":"Depth Perception - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric E. Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lucky indeed is the man who can follow his passions,\" contemporary Scottish artist Robert McBride tells an interviewer, \"but if he doesn't go full-tilt at them, he's failing in life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert's main passions are oil painting and swimming. He excels at both. But either might turn his life upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEPTH PERCEPTION, set in Edinburgh, Oxford, London, Cornwall and the Scottish Highlands, takes you into the life, the art, the adventures and the imagination of a remarkable Scottish painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho else but Robert McBride would announce at age 6 he'd become a great artist and be correct? Who else would swim naked in the Thames? Use art to tame a school bully? Leap off a train to court a beautiful stranger? Throw paint at a nobleman's bodyguards? Recite poetry to a mouse? Commune with the Loch Ness monster? Venture too close to a churning whirlpool? Dare to hide secrets and scandals in his paintings?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpulsive and eccentric, Robert 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the array of intriguing characters are art-loving policemen, a claustrophobic duke, an operatic florist, an avaricious landlord, and the witty eclectics known as the Boist'rous Oysters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll recognize luminaries like George Bernard Shaw, Robert Burns, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Orwell and Mary, Queen of Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who is the mysterious, anonymous and unseen critic who stalks Robert McBride from town to town throughout Great Britain?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why, at the peak of Robert's success, does he become Chalky Bob, a grubby chalk artist humbling himself on dirty city sidewalks?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining adventure, humor, romance and suspense - and rich with observations about life and art - DEPTH PERCEPTION is a thoughtful, lyrical and often exhilarating exploration of the world of oil painting and of one man's fascinating creative journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 540\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44265682174087,"sku":"9781959623403","price":34.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ePy-IZcNQG9781959623403.webp?v=1774680409","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/depth-perception-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}