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A Painter's Life:
a novel,
K. B. Dixon

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• About the Book
• A Painter's Life, Chapters 1-26
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• Recommended Reading
• Bonus story! "How to Have Your Portrait Painted"
• About the Author
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A Painter's Life: a novel
K. B. Dixon

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“Often books about painters don’t ring true, but this one … does.”
—Sharon Butler, artist and writer, Two Coats of Paint

WINNER! 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Made up of biographical scraps, journal entries, review excerpts, and interviews, A Painter’s Life is a life told in pieces. It is the life of artist Christopher Freeze and in the course of this “thoughtful and drily humorous” novel (Lydia Millet, for the Oregon Book Awards) we learn about his interests and obsessions, feel his struggles, and come to know those around him—his family and friends, his dealer and fellow artists, and his would-be monographer. Ultimately, the scattered pieces come together, revealing a complete portrait of a talented, sometimes troubled artist trying to make his way through the art world and through life. A Painter’s Life is about one man’s ceaseless struggle to make something beautiful.

Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist 2010
Oregon Book Award Finalist 2011

"Beguiling ... a slyly funny and perceptive take on creativity and the artist's life … In A Painter’s Life, Ken Dixon got it right."
—John Foyston, The Oregonian

About the Author

K. B. Dixon’s work has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals. The recipient of an OAC Individual Artist Fellowship Award, he is the author of four novels: The Sum of His Syndromes, Andrew (A to Z), A Painter’s Life and The Ingram Interview as well as the short story collection, My Desk and I.