ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Catherine A. Whitney is an historical fiction author whose work draws deeply from the art, culture, and the creative community of the early 20th Century in New Orleans, Louisiana. Inspired by real artists, places, and events, she crafts richly atmospheric narratives that blend emotional depth with vivid period detail.
Her new novel is: Painting Catherine.
ABOUT THE NEW BOOK
Set against the vibrant artistic movement of 1920s New Orleans, Painting Catherine immerses readers in a world of creativity and romance. Seen through the eyes of Daniel Webster Whitney, a gifted but trouble painter, the novel explores the magnetic pull of the French Quarter’s artistic community and the interior lives of those who inhabit it such as William Faulkner, Sherwood Anderson, Conrad Albrizio, Lyle Saxon and others.
As Dan moves through sizzling nightly salons alive with conversation and passion, New Orleans becomes more than just beautiful backdrop. It becomes a living force that seeps into his work, pushing him toward bolder expression and deeper self-discovery. In the midst of this spiritual ascendence Dan falls in love with his effervescent debutante pupil, Catherine. Life and romance and its ebbs and flows from soaring emotional highs to despair are part of Dan’s experience and expressed in this art.
Rich in atmosphere and emotional depth, this novel captures the beauty and turbulence of a creative life. Dan is a seeker who strives for a transcendence to a higher level of consciousness, a quest for even just a sliver of another dimension.