Welcome, and thank you for visiting my site! I'm an art historian specializing in 19th-century French painting and 20th-century Surrealism. Eventually I hope to become a museum curator, professor, or gallery director and write art history books and articles. I also enjoy creating art in my spare time, especially painting and collage with found objects.
Influential artists upon my art, writing, and research projects includee: Victor Hugo, the Symbolist poets, the Pre-Raphaelities; Symbolist and Surrealist painters such as Odilon Redon, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, and Gustave Moreau.
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My mythology-based fantasy novel Children of Winter , under the name Alice Millais, was published by Silver Lake Publishing in 2006. (currently unavailable--contact me if you're interested). Recently I have been busy with my dissertation.
Synopsis: In this dark fantasy novel filled with echoes of art and mythology, the demon scholar Raimon buries himself in his studies within the frozen chambers of the ice castle Shard. However, when Emperor Julien chooses him, along with the huntress Vaenomel, the incubus Desirat, and the guardian Melichus, to complete a crucial task, Raimon finds himself lost in a maze of ancient secrets that threaten to topple the precarious alliance between the demons and the sirens. To complete his mission, he must find the mortal girl who carries the legacy of a tragic half-breed princess, but to be true to himself, he must choose between his newfound friendships and his own dying race.
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Banner image: Music by Gustav Klimt, 1895.
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