Financial Times: Great House

Here is another Illustration that I have produced for the Fiction Review section of the Financial Times: Life and Arts weekend Supplement. The image was created for the review of 'Great House' by american author Nicole Krauss. At the heart of the books many stories is a grand desk with many draws holding many secrets. It mysteriously interweaves the lives of characters within the story and affects them in some way. My illustration focuses on Nadia one of the first characters within the book who has been left the desk after a one night relationship with a young Chilean poet named Daniel Varsky, he leaves her and New York that same night to return to Chile.
In my image I show Nadia looking out of her New York Apartment window on a cold winters evening, it is snowing and she longingly stares out towards a character leaving in a NY Yellow Cab, Daniel Varsky! In the foreground sits the grand old desk with its 19 draws, some of which are locked. On the desks surface are Nadia's writings along with a poetry book and a small framed photograph of Daniel left to her by his namesake. The curtains blow gently in the cold night air.


To read the review:
Financial Times: Great House