The Tidings of Magpies
L'avvicinarsi di Gazze
13 1/2" x 11 3/4"
oil on panel

excerpt from novel:

Had it not been for the tidings of the magpies, his first Sicilian day would have turned inside out, sweet sadness festering into grief. But they surrounded him at the day's end when he'd climbed high enough to look out and imagine he could see the coast of Africa. A thin bruised line on the horizon and the calls of the magpies.

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