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Jan 8th, 2023, 12:19 pm
Portraits in Blue series (#1-2) by Penny Fields-Schneider
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Overview: Penny Fields-Schneider worked as a Registered Nurse before completing a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education, and henceforth, redesigning her life as a secondary teacher. An avid reader from a very young age, Penny has always aspired to be an author. In recent years, Penny became seduced by the world of art, dabbling with her brushes, attending art courses and visiting galleries. Her love of art inspired the writing of her first novel, which grew into the Portraits in Blue series. Penny is determined to create works of historical fiction that leave readers with a deeper understanding of the art world as well as taking readers on emotional journeys into the joy and heartbreak that comes with family, friendship and love. When Penny is not writing, she enjoys helping her husband on their cattle farm in northern NSW, loving every minute she can spend with their children and grandchildren as well as catching up with friends and family.
Genre: Fiction > Romance > Drama > Historical

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The Sun Rose in Paris (Portraits in Blue #1):
When a chance foray into the midst of the 1930s Parisian art world ignites passions Jack did not know existed, how can he possibly go home?
Jack has been praised all his life for his extraordinary artistic talent and is rarely seen without his sketchpad. However, in Jack’s world art is considered a hobby - men are expected to support their families with jobs that offered solid prospects for advancement. Future responsibilities are far from Jack’s thoughts when he departs Australian shores for a six-month holiday visiting relatives in London.
On the ocean crossing, Jack is quickly spotted by fellow artist Margaret, who enthusiastically appoints herself his mentor. Through her, Jack is led into a bohemian world where lives are dictated by passions rather than social conventions, and he is persuaded to enrol in Paris’ esteemed Académie Julian.
Arriving in Paris, Jack meets Andrés, an earnest young Spaniard, and his twin sister, Sofia, whose dark eyes and sweet smile captivate Jack’s heart. Together, the trio experience Paris at the height of its golden age, and Jack has never felt so happy.
Fortuitously, Jack’s talent is recognised by the renowned art patron, Gertrude Stein, whilst an opportune encounter with Picasso elicits unsettling advice. While Jack experiences the richness and freedom of life of an artist accompanied by both the wonder and turmoil of perfect love, he knows that he cannot ignore the responsibilities that await him at home, conceding the life he is leading is but a temporary aberration.
Unexpectedly, tragedy threatens and Jack wrestles with an agonizing decision: should he follow the well-laid plans for his future in Australia or pursue a path set to disappoint his family and which offers only uncertainty? Can Jack defy the expectations of a lifetime to follow his passion?

Shattered Dreams (Portraits in Blue #2):

When Jack finally gains the life he dreams of, a life dedicated to art and a loving family of his own, he believes he has found perfection. But can anybody be immune to tragedy and heartbreak?
As Jack leaps onto the train to Malaga, he has no thought for the responsibilities that await him on the other side of the world. All he knows is that he isn’t ready to leave Sofia, the girl who captured his heart in Paris, nor her talented but ill twin brother, Andres.
The twins’ idyllic farm offers sweeping views of the Mediterranean, days spent painting for the Galleria Toulouse, and the enduring charm of Spanish village life. Even so, the trio’s happiness is soon plagued by misunderstandings and complications.
Tragedy, heartbreak and declining economic circumstances force Jack and Sofia to leave the life they love and travel across the world to Australia to seek financial security and family connections.
Soon, the heady lure of Melbourne’s art world beckons them and they fall under the spell of the charismatic but dominating Justus Jorgensen. Jack and Sofia enthusiastically embrace the visionary’s dreams. Tirelessly, they commit to the creation of Montsalvat, an art enclave whose buildings are modelled on seventeenth century Europe and where residents live cooperatively, free from the bonds of social conventions.
While the bohemian lifestyle of Montsalvat proves stimulating, Jack is increasingly disturbed when a darker side of Jorgensen’s personality emerges. Even utopian dreams have costs. What Jack does not anticipate is that everything he loves will be threatened, with tragic consequences that test his very sanity.

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Portraits in Blue series (#3-4)
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