Description
Poetry. "ASYLUM GARDEN: AFTER VAN GOGH is a book about seeing: what we see and how we see it. The collection begins with the artist, Van Gogh, during his rest cure at an asylum following a general emotional and physical collapse. He begins to paint landscapes, gardens, peaceful scenes, gradually internalizing what he sees. Upon his release, his vision incorporates a whole new way of seeing: slightly altered landscapes and nightscapes, everything off-center, self-portraits showing a more fraught, perhaps demented, personality. Everything he does, is emotionally charged and completely unique."—Alan Catlin
Author Bio
Alan Catlin is retired from his unchosen career in the "Hospitality Industry." During that time he worked as a proof checker, crowd control expert, clean up man, the grim sweeper, bartender, college tavern manager, management trainee for a national restaurant, night manager of a chain hotel, banquet bartender and coordinator, night club head bartender, nightclub beverage manager, responsible for ordering, stocking and selling over a million dollars (in 70's dollars), and finally, both part time night guy, then, full time day guy in an Irish tavern. During his six decade publishing career, he has released countless chapbooks and full length books of prose and poetry. Among those are ASYLUM GARDEN: AFTER VAN GOGH (Dos Madres Press, 2020), EFFECTS OF SUNLIGHT ON FOG (Bright Hill Press, 2008), Self- Portrait of the Artist Afraid of His Self-Portrait (March Street) American Odyssey and Wild Beauty (Future Cycle Press), Blue Velvet (winner of 2017 Slipstream Chapbook Contest), Hollyweird (Nightballet Press), Walking Among Tombstones in the Fog ( Presa Press) and Last Man Standing (Lummox Press).
Author City: USA