Some books answer questions about life.
The Remembrance Trilogy asks questions—big ones—about the exciting, glorious mystery of life.

Join him on his journey and you may find your own questions and answers.

Alexander Wainwright, Britain’s finest landscape painter, will surprise, enchant and entertain you in his quest for his answers.

Although he may falter, wonder and doubt, he never stops searching. For what greater mystery can there be than the mystery of life?

“The Drawing Lesson is a deeply insightful book about life, choices, forgiveness, madness, self doubt, and creative inspiration. Compelling and moving.” —Vonnie Faroqui, for Writers in the Sky

“A cast of characters that intermingle and mesh creating mystery and suspense as only author Mary Martin can write.” —Fran Lewis, Goodreads.

A Novel of Art, Philosophy and Passion!

Magical light creates stunning visions in Alexander Wainwright’s landscape paintings. His most recent painting, The Hay Wagon, is a marvelous, moonlit scene, with an old-fashioned hay wagon dominating the foreground, with a beautiful, unearthly glow.

Yet, at the pinnacle of his career, Alexander is about to lose his muse. Not everyone appreciates his work. Rinaldo, a conceptual artist, mocks Alexander’s bourgeois love of beauty, believing his success proves that the universe is chaotic and absurd.

Determined to undermine, humiliate and ultimately destroy his rival, Rinaldo defaces Alex’s painting. Alexander brushes off the attack, but soon he has a frightening vision of misshapen, human-like creatures. These trolls start appearing in his art, and he is beset by questions.

Who are these ugly beings? Has he lost both his light and his art?

The creatures lead Alexander to journey from London to Venice and from Toronto to New York as he seeks to understand their meaning. He meets many people, each with a story to tell. Meanwhile, Rinaldo waits in New York City, intent on settling a score in The Drawing Lesson.

The Fate of Pryde

A fabulous tale of art, creativity and—betrayal. Alexander Wainwright, Britain’s finest landscape painter, enchants us with visions of the beyond—that which lies behind the everyday world.

He is, in fact, a true creative genius. Jonathan Pryde, wealthy patron of the arts, offers him a commission to create stained glass windows at his residence at Vence in the south of France. Alex hesitates. He’s a painter, not a glass cutter. Jonathan flatters and entices with promises of creative freedom and fame. Against his better instincts, Alex is lured into Pryde’s world and agrees to visit the home where the stained glass work is to be constructed.

His patron’s home is a luxurious, medieval castle. To Alex’s surprise, many elderly, but forgotten writers and philosophers live there, insisting they are free to leave, but never do. Visions of the beyond have ravaged their minds and they are under Pryde’s care. His patron’s great intelligence and aesthetic sensibility impress Alex so much that he believes he has found a kindred spirit. Yet, underneath, Alex senses Pryde is much more than he seems. As he wrestles with this question, his sense of possible betrayal deepens.

A bunker at the foot of the garden protects Pryde’s secrets. Struggling with his own creative visions, Alex is faced with the question—How can the very best and worst of mankind thrive in one man’s breast?

This is an audio clip of Mary E. Martin reading a sample from near the end of The Drawing Lesson.