“An artist is someone who can’t not make art.”

While watching a YouTube video featuring Peter S. Beagle, bestselling author of The Last Unicorn, I heard this wonderful description of what an artist is: “An artist is someone who can’t not make art.”

Drawers that John made

Now I know for sure that I am an artist. I can’t not make oil paintings, and sculpture, and write poetry, and write screenplays, and write novels. I make my personal world artfully complex and aesthetically rich. Densely populated with art of all kinds. I can’t not make art.

 Squiggly balusters that John made

Railing over our kitchen

Now, here’s the artist’s proof: 

I paint for no one. I write music for no one. I sculpt for no one. It seems I write novels for no one. I must be crazy . . . but at least - I'm an artist.

So . . . I need fans, preferably super-fans, to spread the word about my books and write short reviews, and simply forward this link and my Facebook page to your Facebook friends. And I would love to have you read my latest novel called Seabird – before publication.

Here’s what Seabird is about:

A young woman with amnesia washes up on a tropical beach in Southeast Asia to discover she’s being simultaneously pursued by a cutthroat band of pirates, a ruthless Asian triad, and the relentless FBI. 

 

Naturally, she’s attractive, shrewd, and capable. After all . . . I mean . . . what else would you expect?

Happy reading, 

John Clapp III