{"product_id":"depth-perception-eric-e-wallace-9781959623403","title":"Depth Perception","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Lucky indeed is the man who can follow his passions,\" contemporary Scottish artist Robert McBride tells an interviewer, \"but if he doesn't go full-tilt at them, he's failing in life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert's main passions are oil painting and swimming. He excels at both. But either might turn his life upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEPTH PERCEPTION, set in Edinburgh, Oxford, London, Cornwall and the Scottish Highlands, takes you into the life, the art, the adventures and the imagination of a remarkable Scottish painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho else but Robert McBride would announce at age 6 he'd become a great artist and be correct? Who else would swim naked in the Thames? Use art to tame a school bully? Leap off a train to court a beautiful stranger? Throw paint at a nobleman's bodyguards? Recite poetry to a mouse? Commune with the Loch Ness monster? Venture too close to a churning whirlpool? Dare to hide secrets and scandals in his paintings?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpulsive and eccentric, Robert will lead you from North Sea oil platforms to Buckingham Palace, from historic Oxford colleges to the world's third-largest whirlpool, from lively Scottish country dances to the raging storms of the Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the array of intriguing characters are art-loving policemen, a claustrophobic duke, an operatic florist, an avaricious landlord, and the witty eclectics known as the Boist'rous Oysters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll recognize luminaries like George Bernard Shaw, Robert Burns, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Orwell and Mary, Queen of Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who is the mysterious, anonymous and unseen critic who stalks Robert McBride from town to town throughout Great Britain?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why, at the peak of Robert's success, does he become Chalky Bob, a grubby chalk artist humbling himself on dirty city sidewalks?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what is the one simple yet highly-significant question Robert asks all those who pose for his portraits? It's a question which few of us dare to confront. Will you decide to answer it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining adventure, humor, romance and suspense - and rich with observations about life and art - DEPTH PERCEPTION is a thoughtful, lyrical and often exhilarating exploration of the world of oil painting and of one man's fascinating creative journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric E. Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959623400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959623403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Booklocker.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Eric E. Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838529360127,"sku":"9781959623403","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6e13c76-8a1d-4fc5-95de-9511b53eff3b.jpg?v=1746590111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/depth-perception-eric-e-wallace-9781959623403","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}